German Socioeconomic Variables
Col. Var # Description
1- 16 Administrative area name
17- 22 1 Sequence number
Labor Variables
23- 28 2 Proportion of entire population dependent on primary
industry, 1882 (+)
29- 34 3 Proportion of entire population dependent on primary
industry, 1895
35- 40 4 Proportion of entire population dependent on primary
industry, 1907
41- 46 5 Proportion of entire population dependent on primary
industry, 1925 (**)
47- 52 6 Proportion of entire population dependent on primary
industry, 1933 (**)
53- 58 7 Proportion of entire population dependent on secondary
industry, 1871
59- 64 8 Proportion of entire population dependent on tertiary
industry, 1871
65- 70 9 Proportion of entire population dependent on secondary
industry, 1882
71- 76 10 Proportion of entire population dependent on tertiary
industry, 1882
77- 82 11 Proportion of entire population dependent on secondary
industry, 1907
83- 88 12 Proportion of entire population dependent on tertiary
industry, 1907
89- 94 13 Proportion of women 14+ engaged in secondary industry, 1882
95-100 14 Proportion of women 14+ engaged in tertiary industry, 1882
101-106 15 Proportion of women 14+ engaged in secondary industry, 1907
107-112 16 Proportion of women 14+ engaged in tertiary industry, 1907
Distance Variables
113-118 17 Number of Regierungsbizirke to Berlin - - nrbtob
119-124 18 Number of kilometers from capital to berlin - kmb
125-130 19 Log kmb - log nrbtob
Net migration rates - calculated from p1 = p0 + b - d + n
per 100,000
131-136 20 Net migration rate for 1872 - 1875
137-142 21 Net migration rate for 1876 - 1880
143-148 22 Net migration rate for 1881 - 1885
149-154 23 Net migration rate for 1886 - 1890
155-160 24 Net migration rate for 1891 - 1895
161-166 25 Net migration rate for 1896 - 1900
167-172 26 Net migration rate for 1901 - 1905
173-178 27 Net migration rate for 1906 - 1910
179-184 28 Net migration rate for 1872 - 1890
185-190 29 Net migration rate for 1891 - 1910
191-196 30 Net migration rate for 1872 - 1910
Rates of Natural Increase per 100,000
197-202 31 Rate of natural increase from 1872 - 1875
203-208 32 Rate of natural increase from 1876 - 1880
209-214 33 Rate of natural increase from 1881 - 1885
215-220 34 Rate of natural increase from 1886 - 1890
221-226 35 Rate of natural increase from 1891 - 1895
227-232 36 Rate of natural increase from 1896 - 1900
233-238 37 Rate of natural increase from 1901 - 1905
239-244 38 Rate of natural increase from 1906 - 1910
245-250 39 Rate of natural increase from 1872 - 1890
251-256 40 Rate of natural increase from 1891 - 1910
257-262 41 Rate of natural increase from 1872 - 1910
Farm and Bank Variables
263-268 42 Average farm size, 1882
269-274 43 Average farm size, 1909
275-280 44 Number of banks, 1900
Social Indices
281-286 45 Percent Catholic, 1871
287-292 46 Percent illiterate among recruits, 1875-76 (*)
293-298 47 Percent rural (under 2000) , 1871
299-304 48 Percent Catholic, 1880
305-310 49 Percent illiterate among recruits, 1880
311-316 50 Percent rural (under 2000) , 1880
317-322 51 Percent Catholic, 1885
323-328 52 Percent rural (under 2000), 1885
329-334 53 Percent in cities of 100,000+, 1885
335-340 54 Percent in cities of 20,000+, 1885
341-346 55 Percent Catholic, 1890
347-352 56 Percent rural (under 2000), 1890
353-358 57 Percent in cities of 100,000+, 1890
359-364 58 Percent in cities of 20,000+, 1890
365-370 59 Percent Catholic, 1900
371-376 60 Percent illiterate among recruits, 1900
377-382 61 Percent rural (under 2000), 1900
383-388 62 Percent in cities of 100,000+, 1900
389-394 63 Percent in cities of 20,000+, 1900
395-400 64 Percent Catholic, 1910
401-406 65 Percent rural (under 2000), 1910
407-412 66 Percent in cities of 100,000+, 1910
413-418 67 Percent in cities of 20,000+, 1910
419-424 68 Percent Catholic, 1925 (**)
425-430 69 Percent rural (under 2000), 1925 (**)
431-436 70 Percent in cities of 100,000+, 1925 (**)
437-442 71 Percent in cities of 20,000+, 1925 (**)
443-448 72 Percent Catholic, 1933 (**)
449-454 73 Percent rural (under 2000), 1933 (**)
455-460 74 Percent in cities of 100,000+, 1933 (**)
461-466 75 Percent in cities of 20,000+, 1933 (**)
Notes: A code of -99 indicates a missing value. Area 69
is not included in the data (Germany without Alsace &
Lorraine). Thus the area id's range from 1 to 68, 70 to 72.
(+) Proportion of entire population dependent on primary industry
is not available for 1871 because in the census it was calculated
differently than for the other years given.
(*) Variable 46 attributes to the RB Potsdam and Berlin the percentage
illiterate for their combined results as were given in the statistics.
it attributes to the 4 areas of Baden the figure for Grossh, to the
3 areas of Oldenburg the result for Grossh, and to the 3 areas of
Elsass-Loth the result for Reichsl.
Note: "Baden", "Oldenburg", and "Elsass-Loth" are not
identified in the data. Baden probably consists of Konstanz,
Freiburg, Karlsruhe and Mannheim. These are adjacent in the data,
and have the same value for variable 46 (and they're in the right
part of Germany). Oldenburg is almost certainly H. Oldenburg, F.
Lubeck and F. Birkenfeld. Elsass-Loth is almost certainly
Unterelsass, Oberelsass and Lothringen. The only difficulty is that
the four areas tentatively identified as Baden have a different value
of variable 46 from the three areas tentatively identified as
Oldenburg, while the codebook states that they all should have the
value for Grossh. There is no area with a name resembling Grossh in
the data.
(**) for 1925 and 1933, administrative districts 2,10, 69,70,
and 71 were not part of Germany.
Note: It appears that the variables labelled "proportion"
have three decimal places, while those labelled "percent" have one
decimal place.
