Princeton European Fertility Project
Codebook for Thirty-Year Data File
Cols. Description
1-2 Country identification number
3 Series number
4-5 Area identification number (00 = entire country)
6-7 File number (01 on every record)
8-9 Regional classification
(See country-specific list of codes.)
10-11 Ethnic or language classification
(See country-specific list of codes.)
12-13 European Region
1 = Ireland
2 = French Europe
3 = Central and Northwest Europe
4 = Scandanavia
5 = Mediterranean
6 = Eastern
7 = Russia
14-15 blank
16-37 Country or area name
38-39 blank
40-44 Index of total fertility (If) circa 1870
45-49 Index of total fertility (If) circa 1900
50-54 Index of total fertility (If) circa 1930
55-59 Index of total fertility (If) circa 1960
60-64 Index of marital fertility (Ig) circa 1870
65-69 Index of marital fertility (Ig) circa 1900
70-74 Index of marital fertility (Ig) circa 1930
75-79 Index of marital fertility (Ig) circa 1960
80-84 Index of nonmarital fertility (Ih) circa 1870
85-89 Index of nonmarital fertility (Ih) circa 1900
90-94 Index of nonmarital fertility (Ih) circa 1930
95-99 Index of nonmarital fertility (Ih) circa 1960
100-104 Index of marriage (Im) circa 1870
105-109 Index of marriage (Im) circa 1900
110-114 Index of marriage (Im) circa 1930
115-119 Index of marriage (Im) circa 1960