Reconstructing lifespans through historical marriage records of barcelona from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Francisco Villavicencio; Joan Pau Jordà; Joana M. Pujadas-Mora

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19884-2_10

Reconstructing lifespans through historical marriage records of barcelona from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Francisco Villavicencio, Joan Pau Jordà, Joana M. Pujadas-Mora

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

5 Scopus citations

Abstract

This chapter presents a methodology for reconstructing the lifespan of individuals through a nominal record linkage procedure using historical marriage records of Barcelona from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The data are extracted from the Barcelona Historical Marriage Database (BHMD), a unique source that contains information about more than 600,000 marriages celebrated in both urban and rural parishes of the Barcelona area from over 450 years (1451-1905). We discuss the main characteristics of the database, the standardisation of the nominal information, the marriage linkage procedure and the reconstruction of the lifespans. Finally, we briefly introduce an application of Bayesian models to study adult mortality on the basis of the reconstructed lifespans.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Population Reconstruction
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	199-216
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319198842
ISBN (Print)	9783319198835
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19884-2_10
State	Published - Jan 1 2015
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Sciences(all)
Computer Science(all)
Arts and Humanities(all)

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-319-19884-2_10

Cite this

@inbook{e8dc51f3114f4b7bb252d92222083f7f,

title = "Reconstructing lifespans through historical marriage records of barcelona from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries",

abstract = "This chapter presents a methodology for reconstructing the lifespan of individuals through a nominal record linkage procedure using historical marriage records of Barcelona from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The data are extracted from the Barcelona Historical Marriage Database (BHMD), a unique source that contains information about more than 600,000 marriages celebrated in both urban and rural parishes of the Barcelona area from over 450 years (1451-1905). We discuss the main characteristics of the database, the standardisation of the nominal information, the marriage linkage procedure and the reconstruction of the lifespans. Finally, we briefly introduce an application of Bayesian models to study adult mortality on the basis of the reconstructed lifespans.",

author = "Francisco Villavicencio and Jord{\`a}, {Joan Pau} and Pujadas-Mora, {Joana M.}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.",

year = "2015",

month = jan,

day = "1",

doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-19884-2_10",

language = "English (US)",

isbn = "9783319198835",

pages = "199--216",

booktitle = "Population Reconstruction",

publisher = "Springer International Publishing",

}

TY - CHAP

T1 - Reconstructing lifespans through historical marriage records of barcelona from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

AU - Villavicencio, Francisco

AU - Jordà, Joan Pau

AU - Pujadas-Mora, Joana M.

PY - 2015/1/1

Y1 - 2015/1/1

N2 - This chapter presents a methodology for reconstructing the lifespan of individuals through a nominal record linkage procedure using historical marriage records of Barcelona from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The data are extracted from the Barcelona Historical Marriage Database (BHMD), a unique source that contains information about more than 600,000 marriages celebrated in both urban and rural parishes of the Barcelona area from over 450 years (1451-1905). We discuss the main characteristics of the database, the standardisation of the nominal information, the marriage linkage procedure and the reconstruction of the lifespans. Finally, we briefly introduce an application of Bayesian models to study adult mortality on the basis of the reconstructed lifespans.

AB - This chapter presents a methodology for reconstructing the lifespan of individuals through a nominal record linkage procedure using historical marriage records of Barcelona from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The data are extracted from the Barcelona Historical Marriage Database (BHMD), a unique source that contains information about more than 600,000 marriages celebrated in both urban and rural parishes of the Barcelona area from over 450 years (1451-1905). We discuss the main characteristics of the database, the standardisation of the nominal information, the marriage linkage procedure and the reconstruction of the lifespans. Finally, we briefly introduce an application of Bayesian models to study adult mortality on the basis of the reconstructed lifespans.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84944219792&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84944219792&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-19884-2_10

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-19884-2_10

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:84944219792

SN - 9783319198835

SP - 199

EP - 216

BT - Population Reconstruction

PB - Springer International Publishing

ER -

Reconstructing lifespans through historical marriage records of barcelona from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Abstract

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this