The Morts Pour la France Database (doi:10.7910/DVN/2APQZ6)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

The Morts Pour la France Database

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/2APQZ6

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2023-06-13

Version:

4

Bibliographic Citation:

Gay, Victor; Grosjean, Pauline, 2023, "The Morts Pour la France Database", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2APQZ6, Harvard Dataverse, V4, UNF:6:WAgP1YUM7klPEZlNeLilCQ== [fileUNF]

Study Description

Citation

Title:

The Morts Pour la France Database

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/2APQZ6

Authoring Entity:

Gay, Victor (Toulouse School of Economics)

Grosjean, Pauline (USNW)

Software used in Production:

STATA SE

Grant Number:

ANR-17-EURE-0010

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Access Authority:

Gay, Victor

Depositor:

Gay, Victor

Date of Deposit:

2023-08-29

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/2APQZ6

Study Scope

Keywords:

Social Sciences, World War I, Military fatalities, France

Abstract:

This dataverse contains the Morts Pour la France (MPF) database, a database of all 1.3 million French fatalities of the Great War with a host of individual-level information. It also contains data files for département- and municipality-level military death rates.

Kind of Data:

Stata data format (dta)

Kind of Data:

text fomat (txt)

Kind of Data:

shapefiles

Notes:

The data are based on MPF records disseminated on the Mémoire des Hommes web platform (https://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/)

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Sources:

INSEE. 2015. Code officiel géographique au 1er janvier 2015 [database]. Paris: INSEE. https://www.insee.fr/fr/information/2560698.

IGN. 2015. Geofla®Communes édition 2015 France Métropolitaine [database]. Paris: IGN. https://geoservices.ign.fr/geofla.

Origins of Sources:

Morts pour la France de la Première Guerre mondiale - Base de données des Morts pour la France de la Première Guerre mondiale. Site Mémoire des hommes (https://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr)

Data Access

Other Study Description Materials

Related Studies

Gay, Victor, 2020, "TRF-GIS Départements (1870–1940)", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ULQYM5, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:1tK0SNF/sKIgUoWzr//Pyw== [fileUNF]

TRF-GIS Communes (1870–1940) Gay, Victor, 2020, "TRF-GIS Communes (1870–1940)", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LZTZWE, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:BDJwhwivJxhQeIGSj2c6qQ== [fileUNF]

Gay, Victor, 2020, "TRF-GIS Military Subdivisions (1874–1940)", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TAMQAG, Harvard Dataverse, V2, UNF:6:f577Tynn8GsdCCJcWkA5Sg== [fileUNF]

Related Publications

Citation

Title:

Victor Gay and Pauline Grosjean. 2023. "Morts pour la France. A Database of French Fatalities of the Great War." Explorations in Economic History, 90, 101550.

Identification Number:

10.1016/j.eeh.2023.101550

Bibliographic Citation:

Victor Gay and Pauline Grosjean. 2023. "Morts pour la France. A Database of French Fatalities of the Great War." Explorations in Economic History, 90, 101550.

Other Reference Note(s)

Victor Gay (2021). Mapping the Third Republic. A Geographic Information System of France (1870–1940). Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, 54(4), 189–207. doi: 10.1080/01615440.2021.1937421

Victor Gay and Jörn Boehnke (2022). The Missing Men. World War I and Female Labor Force Participation. Journal of Human Resources, 57(4), 1209-1241. doi: 10.3368/jhr.57.4.0419-10151R1

Victor Gay (2023). The Intergenerational Transmission of World War I on Female Labor. The Economic Journal. doi: 10.1093/ej/uead029

Julia Cagé, Anna Dagorret, Pauline Grosjean and Sumitra Jha (2023). Heroes and Villains: The Effects of Heroism on Autocratic Values and Nazi Collaboration in France. American Economic Review. doi: 10.1257/aer.20211509

File Description--f7338875

File: mpf_deathrate_dep.tab

  • Number of cases: 87

  • No. of variables per record: 5

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:suX3eExbnXUlt5lhKnQR4g==

File Description--f10857212

File: mpf_deathrate_municip.tab

  • Number of cases: 34893

  • No. of variables per record: 8

  • Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

Notes:

UNF:6:QPAakUB6U972UciqcBu5zA==

Variable Description

List of Variables:
  • dep_1911 - Département identifier [TRF-GIS 1911]
  • dep_name_1911 - Département name [TRF-GIS 1911]
  • mpf - Number of non-civilian male MPFs
  • pop_m_15t44 - Male population 15-44 in 1911
  • deathrate - Military death rate (%) [MPFs / male population 15-44 in 1911]
  • dep_2015 - Département identifier [INSEE 2015]
  • dep_name_2015 - Département name [INSEE 2015]
  • geofla_2015 - Municipality identifier [GEOFLA 2015]
  • insee_2015 - Municipality identifier [INSEE 2015]
  • com_name_2015 - Municipality name [INSEE 2015]
  • pop_1911 - Municipality population in 1911 in 2015 geography
  • mpf - Number of non-civilian MPFs
  • deathrate - Military death rate (%) [MPF / population 1911]

Variables

Département identifier [TRF-GIS 1911]

f7338875 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:hvz/dSaYCz0JevHXDuUCHQ==

Département name [TRF-GIS 1911]

f7338875 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:rVcBbk0c8qQYFVRfUGYn8g==

Number of non-civilian male MPFs

f7338875 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 2572.0; Max. 81921.0; Mean 14330.862068965514; Valid 87.0; StDev 10254.054091252649

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:ADSPfp4RZn3m/3t37vkEtw==

Male population 15-44 in 1911

f7338875 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 87.0; Max. 1090751.0; Min. 21620.0; Mean 100855.32183908048; StDev 122463.77761403518

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:tsveylx7IH1CD5sITaDb8w==

Military death rate (%) [MPFs / male population 15-44 in 1911]

f7338875 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 16.069842157692744; Min. 6.688877582550049; Valid 87.0; StDev 3.84236382708757; Max. 29.32469940185547;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:P37gjHFjzgVAkyZEMeGQyw==

Département identifier [INSEE 2015]

f10857212 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:IHpyBaKcGDQZpRjoISxUhQ==

Département name [INSEE 2015]

f10857212 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:nD8RejWUbikf9FMlI86QXA==

Municipality identifier [GEOFLA 2015]

f10857212 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:CeL6Qg7w4dTVI3QgPgZK1A==

Municipality identifier [INSEE 2015]

f10857212 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:lfZlXymMFrCBkRvT8hh0Eg==

Municipality name [INSEE 2015]

f10857212 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:JNuBd2tkaE/ntfzeO/dOyg==

Municipality population in 1911 in 2015 geography

f10857212 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1134.6774138080382; Min. 18.0; Valid 34893.0; StDev 16526.1376428312; Max. 2888110.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:cvRWRDJ/N7HungwTyUb63w==

Number of non-civilian MPFs

f10857212 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 361.4231323933255; Min. 0.0; Mean 35.548104204282126; Max. 64220.0; Valid 34893.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:9l03eykGfgF4tLtZ/WsmKg==

Military death rate (%) [MPF / population 1911]

f10857212 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 1.5591404934885782; Min. 0.0; Valid 34893.0; Mean 3.9445030325561117; Max. 22.5

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:aDYDCALsvw5coQHL06PDpA==

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README.txt

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gay_grosjean_2023.pdf

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gay_grosjean_2023_appendix.pdf

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DEATHRATE_DEP.zip

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mpf_deathrate_dep.txt

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mpf_deathrate_dep_codebook.txt

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DEATHRATE_MUNICIP.zip

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mpf_deathrate_municip.txt

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