Thank You, Akira Hayami! The Xavier Database of Historical Japan

This article introduces the Xavier database, one of the major sources for studying historical populations in Japan. The database consists of 162 years of annual observations for 28,105 individuals living in three villages and one town of the current Fukushima prefecture between 1708 and 1870. We re...

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Autores principales:	Satomi Kurosu, Miyuki Takahashi, Hao Dong
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Publicado:	International Instititute of Social History 2021
Materias:	Japan Historical demography Household registers Longitudinal data Economic theory. Demography HB1-3840
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2a10cc77be6842f98766bb9c19d458502021-11-11T08:08:39ZThank You, Akira Hayami! The Xavier Database of Historical Japan10.51964/hlcs111132352-6343https://doaj.org/article/2a10cc77be6842f98766bb9c19d458502021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://hlcs.nl/article/view/11113https://doaj.org/toc/2352-6343 This article introduces the Xavier database, one of the major sources for studying historical populations in Japan. The database consists of 162 years of annual observations for 28,105 individuals living in three villages and one town of the current Fukushima prefecture between 1708 and 1870. We review the extensive efforts of the founder of Japanese historical demography, Akira Hayami, and his group in collecting, transcribing, coding, and finally making local population registers into this database for demographic analysis. We discuss the studies that flourished domestically and internationally using the data in the last two decades, followed by the discussion of current and promising development. Satomi KurosuMiyuki TakahashiHao DongInternational Instititute of Social HistoryarticleJapanHistorical demographyHousehold registersLongitudinal dataEconomic theory. DemographyHB1-3840ENHistorical Life Course Studies (2021)
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spellingShingle	Japan Historical demography Household registers Longitudinal data Economic theory. Demography HB1-3840 Satomi Kurosu Miyuki Takahashi Hao Dong Thank You, Akira Hayami! The Xavier Database of Historical Japan
description	This article introduces the Xavier database, one of the major sources for studying historical populations in Japan. The database consists of 162 years of annual observations for 28,105 individuals living in three villages and one town of the current Fukushima prefecture between 1708 and 1870. We review the extensive efforts of the founder of Japanese historical demography, Akira Hayami, and his group in collecting, transcribing, coding, and finally making local population registers into this database for demographic analysis. We discuss the studies that flourished domestically and internationally using the data in the last two decades, followed by the discussion of current and promising development.
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Thank You, Akira Hayami! The Xavier Database of Historical Japan

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