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Description & Citation--Study No. 3577

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:3577
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03577
 
Title:Census of Turin, Italy, 1705
 
Principal Investigator(s):Donatella Balani, University of Turin
 
  Eric Monkkonen, University of California, Los Angeles
 
  Geoffrey Symcox, University of California, Los Angeles
 
Funding Agency:National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and Ministero dell'Universita Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologia (MURST)
 
Grant Number:NEH: RO-22202-91, MURST: 4040000 (Quadro 8)
 
Bibliographic Citation:Balani, Donatella, Eric Monkkonen, and Geoffrey Symcox. CENSUS OF TURIN, ITALY, 1705 [Computer file]. ICPSR03577-v1. Turin, Italy: University of Turin/Los Angeles, CA: University of California, Los Angeles [producers], 1995. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. doi:10.3886/ICPSR03577
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This study is a census enumeration of the city of Turin, Italy, in 1705. The census was ordered by Duke Victor Amadeus II as the city prepared for a siege from part of the French army, as ordered by King Louis XIV. A house-by-house survey of all inhabitants was conducted to assess how many men were able to bear arms and how many people there were to feed. All of the inhabitants, including both citizens and immigrants streaming into the city from the surrounding countryside to escape the invaders, were listed by name, along with their ages, family relationships, birthplaces, occupations, dwelling places, and any weapons kept in the household. Fifty cantonieri (ward-captains) were assigned to survey the 122 isole (city blocks). The information for 15 of the isole are absent. This study also includes a WinZipped archive of AtlasGIS files, which can be used to produce maps of Turin, Italy.
 
Subject Term(s):census, census data, census records, population size, populations
 
Geographic Coverage:Italy, Global
 
Time Period:1705
 
Date(s) of Collection:1992 - 1993
 
Unit of Observation:Individuals
 
Universe:The population living inside the city walls of Turin, Italy, in 1705.
 
Data Type:census/enumeration data
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) The data file contains foreign language characters. (2) The AtlasGIS files are software-specific files for use with a mapping software package. AtlasGIS is owned by Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). Users should consult the ESRI Web site (link) for information about how to use the GIS files.
 

Methodology

Sample:The personnel of the duke's court and the courts of other members of the ducal family were not reported. Students and teachers in the city's two academies were not counted. The clergy, male and female, also were not counted. The Jewish population residing in the single isola (Beato Amedeo) that comprised the ghetto was not included. The inmates of the city's hospitals and poorhouses were not listed. The population of Turin's suburbs outside the city walls was not included in the census.
 
Data Source:nominative census
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2005-01-07
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2005-12-15.
 
  2005-12-15 - On 2005-08-15 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-12-15 to reflect these additions.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Census Data
  • DS2: Map Files
 

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