DFG-Project "Numeracy in Africa and the Middle East": Research data are available
Data files
The following data sets were created and processed and geocoded in the DFG project BA 1503-18-1:
Exploring numeracy trends in Africa and the Middle East, 1700-1970: How large was the colonial impact?
- Various African countries: slave register data of the late 18th and early 19th century
afr1730-1960_censu_2016_may_Maag_geo.dta
afr1700_slave_midlo_and_MISD_brazil_geo.dta
- Algeria, census data of the late 19th century
dz_1876_censu_2015_jul_weber_geo.dta
dz_1830_milit_2015_jul_weber_geo.dta
- Egypt, census data of the mid 19th century
eg_1780_census_2014jan_ghanem_geo.dta
- Ghana, marriage data of the late 19th and early 20th century
gh_marr.dta
- Lesotho; marriage data of the late 19th and early 20th century
ls_1860_marri_2014jan_eichhorn_geo.dta
- Liberia; this data is proprietary and can be downloaded from the site: www.disc.wisc.edu/archive/liberia/index.html
- Réunion/Mauritius; census data of the late 18th and early 19th century
re_1730_censu_2015_mar_Heinisch_geo.dta
- Senegal/Gambia/Mali; census data of the 19th century
sn_censu_1770_data_onsn_sn_gm_ml_used_in_cappelli_baten_2017_geo.dta
sn_1790_sevso_2014jan_gebhard_geo.dta
- Somalia; census data of the mid late 19th century Anthrop.
so_ht200123.dta
- South Africa/Lesotho/Botsw.; census data of the mid to late 19th century
za_1830_censu_2014_oct_Geissel_geo.dta
- South Africa; marriage data of the 19th century
za_1840_marri_2014jan_funk_geo.dta
- Turkey/Syria/Iraq /Pal./Leb.; census data of the mid late 18th and early 19th century
tr_iq_ir_ps_1770_ghanem_nov15_end_with_co_geo.dta
- Uganda/Tanzania; marriage data of the late 19th century
ug_1860_marri_2012aug_also_contains_zt_Tanzania_Kristina_geo.dta
- Zimbabwe; death register data of the late 19th century
zw_1974_census_2015_jul_walter_cyear_geo.dta
zw_1850_death_2014jan_gerdon_geo.dta
Data File Elite Numeracy Europe
keywood_baten_elite_numeracy_europe.xls
If you use this data-set, please cite Keywood and Baten "Elite Numeracy Europe".