ArticleHistorical methods
Union Army Veterans, All Grown Up.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Children and Grandchildren of Union Army Veterans: New Data Collections to Study the Persistence of Longevity and Socioeconomic Status Across Generations.Historical methods · 2023Article
- Before the Accommodation Principle: Disability and Employment Among Union Army Veterans.Journal of occupational rehabilitation · 2020Article
- How Well Do Automated Linking Methods Perform? Lessons from U.S. Historical Data.Journal of economic literature · 2020Article
- Vicious Habits: Sexually Transmitted Infections among Black and White Union Army Veterans.Journal of applied history · 2020Article
- Does adult height predict later mortality?: Comparative evidence from the Early Indicators samples in the United States.Economics and human biology · 2019Article
- Persistent Social Networks: Civil War Veterans Who Fought Together Co-Locate in Later Life.Regional science and urban economics · 2018Article
- Linking the 1940 U.S. Census with Modern Data.Historical methods · 2018Article
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Abstract
This paper overviews the research opportunities made possible by a NIA-funded program project, Early Indicators, Intergenerational Processes, and Aging. Data collection began almost three decades ago on 40,000 soldiers from the Union Army in the US Civil War. The sample contains extensive demographic, economic, and medical data from childhood to death. In recent years, a large sample of African-American soldiers and an oversampling of soldiers from major US cities have been added. Hundreds of historical maps containing public health data have been geocoded to place soldiers and their family members in a geospatial context. With newly granted funding, thousands of veterans will be linked to the demographic information available from the census and vital records of their children.
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