The Danish West Indies Panel
https://doi.org/10.5878/05g8-5n03
Economic-demographic panel dataset over the Danish West Indies (current-day US Virgin Islands), 1760-1914. The dataset contains demographic information on the population, and their ownership of property. The dataset has been assembled from primary sources in the Danish National Archive's collection, for more than 50 benchmark years. The dataset contains information about historical individuals, but all individuals are long deceased, so the dataset is in a legal sense not personal data.
Documentation files
Documentation files
Citation and access
Citation and access
Data access level:
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Research principal:
Data contains personal data:
No
Citation:
Method and outcome
Method and outcome
Unit of analysis:
Population:
The total population on the island of St. Croix, in the Danish West Indies, during the period 1760-1914.
Description of sampling:
Full population on the island of St. Croix, no sampling. Data has been collected for 59 benchmark years, with as regular intervals as the sources allow for.
Time period(s) investigated:
Variables:
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Data collection - Transcription
Data collection - Transcription
Mode of collection:
Transcription
Description of the mode of collection:
Data has been transcribed manually from historical sources kept in the Danish National Archive. The transcription has been undertaken by the researchers involved in the project, and by research assistants employed particularly for the project.
Time period(s) for data collection:
2018 - 2023
Data collector:
- University of Gothenburg
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Source of the data:
- Registers/Records/Accounts: Historical
- Registers/Records/Accounts
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage
Geographic location:
Geographic description:
The island of St. Croix, one of the three islands in current-day US Virgin Islands, in the Caribbean. During the period covered by the dataset, these islands constituted the Danish West Indies.
Administrative information
Administrative information
Responsible department/unit:
Department for Economy and Society
Contributor(s):
- Kathrine Faust Larsen – University of Gothenburg
Funding
Funding
Funding agency:
- Swedish Research Council
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Award number:
2018-01840_VR
Award title:
Reversal of fortune or persistence of wealth? Institutions and wealth inequality in a Caribbean plantation economy, 1750s to 1917
Funding agency:
- Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius stiftelse
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Award number:
P18-0020
Award title:
Reversal of fortune or persistence of wealth? Institutions and wealth inequality in a Caribbean slave plantation economy, 1750s to 1917
Topic and keywords
Topic and keywords
CESSDA topic classification:
Swedish Standard Classification of Research Subjects 2025:
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Publications
Publications
Citation:
Galli, Stefania, Klas Rönnbäck and Dimitrios Theodoridis (2023): Reconstructing a slave society: Building the DWI panel, 1760-1914. Göteborg Papers in Economic History no. 32.
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Versions
Versions
Version:
2
Data added:
Alternative dataset with smaller correction of one category of the population (see codebook)
Published:
Metadata
Metadata
Versions
Versions
Version:
2
Data added:
Alternative dataset with smaller correction of one category of the population (see codebook)
Published:
