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The unemployed and the crises of the nineteen thirties - Applicants for unemployment relief in Stockholm 1928-1936

SND-ID: SND 0307

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Tomas Fürth - Stockholm University, Department of History

Description

This survey forms part of the project 'Kris och krispolitik i Norden under mellankrigstiden' at the Department of History at Stockholm University. The study deals with the social conditions for unemployed during the depression in the thirties; who became unemployed, the circumstances of the entry into unemployment, the influence of unemployment on living condition, and possibilities to go back to work when the crisis is over. The dataset includes information on the situation of the unemployed at five different occasions during the thirties; 1930, the year of unemployment, 1933, year unemployment came to an end, and 1935.

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

Riksarkivet

Responsible department/unit

Department of History

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Unemployed and help seeking individuals in Stockholm 1933-02-28.

Time period(s) investigated

1928-01-01 – 1935-12-31

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Topic and keywords

Research area

Unemployment, HISTORY (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Work Sciences, History (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

housing, occupations, employment, unemployment, living conditions, income, ill health, alcoholism, households, crime and security

Publications

Fürth, T. (1979) De arbetslösa och 1930-talskrisen : en kollektivbiografi över hjälpsökande arbetslösa i Stockholm 1928-1936(The unemployed and the crises of the nineteen thirties. A collective biography of applicants for unemployment relief in Stockholm 1928-1936; with a summary in English). Stockholm: Stockholms kommunalförvaltning. ISBN: 91-85676-02-0.
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ISBN: 91-85676-02-0

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The unemployed and the crises of the nineteen thirties - Applicants for unemployment relief in Stockholm 1928-1936

Associated documentation

Version 1.0

Citation

Tomas Fürth. Riksarkivet (1999). The unemployed and the crises of the nineteen thirties - Applicants for unemployment relief in Stockholm 1928-1936. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/000919

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Tomas Fürth - Stockholm University, Department of History

Variables

232

Number of individuals/objects

666

Published: 1992-01-01
Last updated: 2019-02-06