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Studies and Data from Historical Social Research
Data of historical studies are characterized by a
high heterogeneity of the collected data.
The historical sources of these studies can be both text documents
(e.g. church registers, written documents of finance departments,
court documents) and official statistics or data of institutions
like e.g. the German ‘Reichsbank’. This heterogeneity is reflected
in the stored data of the historical studies.
The data stock covers both detail investigations with strongly
focused space and time reference and studies which are very wide in
their spatially and temporally design. |
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There are historical studies containing micro data.
(Persons’ characteristics, raised from different archival sources, like the
birth and dying data
from church registers)
On the other hand there are studies containing macro data.
(Aggregate data, e.g. election results or socio-economical and political
characteristics, related to
the relevant space unit, e.g. to the constituencies.)
Finally the data of historical studies cover also collective biographies.
(Collected characteristics of career processes, as this is for example the
case of the studies to the parliamentarians’ biograpies.)
Studies with time series data represent an important part of the
Archive’s quantitative historical studies.
(e.g. the historical statistics of the official statistical sources for the
German Empire and its member states)
For the data stock of the historical studies archived at GESIS ZA there
are provided search capabilities and they are accessable under:
Overview of data from historical social research:
Furthermore, a reference-guide containing web addresses of selected
institutions and organisations, is offered:
- Link-Collection: selected links of Historical Social Research (HCQ) (as of
2005)
For further questions please, don't hesitate to contact us:
- R. Hinterberg (Phone: +49 (0)221 - 47694 54), e-mail, or
- G. Franzmann (Phone: +49 (0)221 - 47694 34), e-mail
Staff
© GESIS Rainer Metz
22.02.2008
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