Database underlying the publication: Regional differentials in infant mortality of the Netherlands in the late 19th and early 20th century: Evaluating the importance of demographic, sociocultural, environmental, and medical factors

This database contains cross-sectional data for all municipalities in the Netherlands in two separate periods 1877-1879 and 1908-1910. Per municipality a wide variety of data is given for the two short periods. It contains demographic data: population size, infant mortality, stillbirths, births, male births, illegitimate births, and migration figures. Religious data: absolute numbers of adherents per religion. Medical data: numbers per medical personnel category and various vaccination figures. Furthermore it has participation data: unemployment rate, percentage employed in agriculture, labor participation of women, and the number of eligible voters in municipal elections. Finally it contains data on the water pipe supply, economic region, and the soil type of the municipality. It is the basis for the historical-demographic research article "Regional differentials in infant mortality of the Netherlands in the late 19th and early 20th century: Evaluating the importance of demographic, sociocultural, environmental, and medical factors". It contains the original Excel Database (with all relevant data), a STATA do-file (which 'cleans' the data), spatial datasets, and associated spatial weight files.<br>It also includes data derived from 'Mourits, Rick J; Boonstra, Onno; Knippenberg, Hans; Hofstee, Evert W; Zijdeman, Richard L, 2016, "Historische Database Nederlandse Gemeenten", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/RPBVK4, IISH Data Collection, V5' and the (adjusted) shapefiles are from 'Boonstra, O.W.A. (2007). NLGis shapefiles. DANS. https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-xb9-t677'. Make sure to cite both when using this database!

本数据库收录荷兰所有市镇在两个独立时段（1877-1879年与1908-1910年）的横截面数据。针对每个市镇，这两个短时段均配有多类详实统计数据。其中涵盖人口统计数据：人口规模、婴儿死亡率、死产数、出生总人口数、男婴出生数、非婚生婴儿数以及移民统计数据；宗教统计数据：各宗教的信众绝对人数；医疗统计数据：各类医护人员数量及多种疫苗接种相关数据；此外还包含社会参与相关数据：失业率、农业从业人口占比、女性劳动参与率，以及市镇选举的合格选民人数；最后还收录了市镇的供水管网供应情况、所属经济区域类型与土壤类型数据。
本数据集是历史人口研究论文《19世纪末至20世纪初荷兰婴儿死亡率的区域差异：评估人口、社会文化、环境与医疗因素的重要性》的核心支撑数据。
数据集包含原始Excel数据库（涵盖全部相关研究数据）、用于数据清洗的STATA do文件、空间数据集，以及配套的空间权重文件。
本数据集还整合了来自"Mourits, Rick J; Boonstra, Onno; Knippenberg, Hans; Hofstee, Evert W; Zijdeman, Richard L, 2016, 《荷兰市镇历史数据库（Historische Database Nederlandse Gemeenten）》, https://hdl.handle.net/10622/RPBVK4, IISH数据馆藏，版本5"的相关数据；经调整的形状文件（shapefile）则源自"Boonstra, O.W.A. (2007). NLGis shapefiles. DANS. https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-xb9-t677"。使用本数据库开展研究时，请务必同时引用上述两项来源！