Program for Studying Intergenerational Transmissions in Infant Mortality Using the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS)
Studies conducted in historical populations and developing countries have evidenced the existence of clustering in infant deaths, which could be related to genetic inheritance and/or to social and cultural factors such as education, socioeconomic status or parental care. A transmission of death clus...
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description | Studies conducted in historical populations and developing countries have evidenced the existence of clustering in infant deaths, which could be related to genetic inheritance and/or to social and cultural factors such as education, socioeconomic status or parental care. A transmission of death clustering has also been found across generations. One way of expanding the knowledge on intergenerational transfers in infant mortality is by conducting comparable studies across different populations. The Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) was developed as a strategy aimed at simplifying the collecting, storing and sharing of historical demographic data. The current work presents two programs that were developed in STATA to construct a dataset for analysis and run statistical models to study intergenerational transfers in infant mortality using databases that are stored in the IDS. The programs use information stored in the IDS tables and after elaborating such information produce Excel files with results. They can be used with any longitudinal database constructed from church books, civil registers, or population registers. |
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spelling | doaj-art-4ebd058dc0ef41089a56e8489a04ca7b2025-02-02T20:38:27ZengInternational Institute of Social HistoryHistorical Life Course Studies2352-63432018-05-0171127Program for Studying Intergenerational Transmissions in Infant Mortality Using the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS)Luciana Quaranta0Lund UniversityStudies conducted in historical populations and developing countries have evidenced the existence of clustering in infant deaths, which could be related to genetic inheritance and/or to social and cultural factors such as education, socioeconomic status or parental care. A transmission of death clustering has also been found across generations. One way of expanding the knowledge on intergenerational transfers in infant mortality is by conducting comparable studies across different populations. The Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) was developed as a strategy aimed at simplifying the collecting, storing and sharing of historical demographic data. The current work presents two programs that were developed in STATA to construct a dataset for analysis and run statistical models to study intergenerational transfers in infant mortality using databases that are stored in the IDS. The programs use information stored in the IDS tables and after elaborating such information produce Excel files with results. They can be used with any longitudinal database constructed from church books, civil registers, or population registers.http://hdl.handle.net/10622/23526343-2018-0010?locatt=view:masterHistorical demographyIntergenerational transmissionsInfant mortalityIntermediate Data StructureSTATAComparative research |
spellingShingle | Luciana Quaranta Program for Studying Intergenerational Transmissions in Infant Mortality Using the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) Historical Life Course Studies Historical demography Intergenerational transmissions Infant mortality Intermediate Data Structure STATA Comparative research |
title | Program for Studying Intergenerational Transmissions in Infant Mortality Using the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) |
title_full | Program for Studying Intergenerational Transmissions in Infant Mortality Using the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) |
title_fullStr | Program for Studying Intergenerational Transmissions in Infant Mortality Using the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) |
title_full_unstemmed | Program for Studying Intergenerational Transmissions in Infant Mortality Using the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) |
title_short | Program for Studying Intergenerational Transmissions in Infant Mortality Using the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS) |
title_sort | program for studying intergenerational transmissions in infant mortality using the intermediate data structure ids |
topic | Historical demography Intergenerational transmissions Infant mortality Intermediate Data Structure STATA Comparative research |
url | http://hdl.handle.net/10622/23526343-2018-0010?locatt=view:master |
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