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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.
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Citation and access

Data access level:

Creator/​Principal investigator(s):

Research principal:

Data contains personal data:

No

Citation:

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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:

274

Data format/​data structure:

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:

Source of the data:

  • Registers/Records/Accounts: Historical
  • Registers/Records/Accounts

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

Responsible department/​unit:

Department for Economy and Society

Contributor(s):

  • Kathrine Faust Larsen - University of Gothenburg

Funding

Funding agency:

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:

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

Funding information:

https://www.wallander-hedelius-browaldh.handelsbanken.se/sv/beviljade-anslag/foretagsekonomi-varen-2018

Topic and keywords

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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.

SwePub:

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Versions

Version:

2

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5878/05g8-5n03Opens in a new tab

  • Data added:

    Alternative dataset with smaller correction of one category of the population (see codebook)

Published:

Version:

1

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5878/kr6s-5y43Opens in a new tab

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