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