The elderly in 1787 and 1801:

Coresidence

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Elderly couple with grand child

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  1787   1801   1787 1801

Elderly 84.678 10 % 98.721 10.6 %    

Men 39.082 46 % 46.385 47 % 416539 49.5 % 457901 49.5 %

Women 45.591 53.8 % 52.326 53 % 423138 50 % 466919 50.5%

The population

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Area: Proportion 1787 Proportion 1801

Towns 9.9 9,9

Copenhagen 10.8 10,9

Rural districts 79.4 79,2

Population distribution

Distribution of total population

Area Proportion 1787 Proportion 1801

Towns 9.8 9,7

Copenhagen 7.8 7,9

Rural districts 82.3 82,4

Distribution of elderly

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Households with elderlyfamilies

Distribution of households 1787 and 1801

0,0%

5,0%

10,0%

15,0%

20,0%

25,0%

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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Households with two members

1787 1801

Number of households 13.036 14.690

Married couples 9.943 11.033

Parent and child 1.481 1.805

Elderly and servant 475 550

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Parent and child

1787 1801

Mother & daughter

726 873

Mother & son 359 478

Father & daughter

307 353

Father & son 88 100

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Age of parent living with child

Age of parent living with a child

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100

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60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 99

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Age of child living with a parent

Age of children living with a parent

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60

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Parent and child – occupation information

Number of households

Proportion with no occupation for child

Copenhagen 139 45%

Towns 193 60%

Rural districts

1473 57%

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Occupation for parent and child1801

ParentOccupation

Number

ChildOccupation Number

Cottager with land

Husmand med Jord

290 Weaver Væver 84

Pauper Almisselem 150 Handicapped

Handicappet 48

Cottager without land

Husmand uden Jord

149 Tailor Skrædder 48

Lodger Inderste 64 Day labourer

Daglejer 45

Spinner Spinder 47 Spinner Spinder 43

Pensioner Pensionist 42 Pauper Almisselem 32

Retired agriculturalists

Aftægtsfolk 27 Soldier Soldat 32

Cottager Husmand 27 Sailor Matros 31

Weaver Væver 23 Servant Tjenestefolk 14

Poor Fattig 22 Seamstress etc.

Lever af Haandarbejde

13

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Households of three members

In 1801 11.809 households 6.707 were at least one elderly with a child

505 were a parent and two children 5.102 were households without children

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Occupation of child > 30Weaver Væver 69

Handicapped Handicappet 63

Pauper Almisselem 56

Spinner Spinder 35

Day labourer Daglejer 34

Tailor Skrædder 27

Soldier Soldat 17

Servants Tjenestefolk 17

Sailor Matros 13

Pensioner Pensionist 10

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Children > 30

20% of the children living with a parent were 30+

28% had an occupation with a HISCO code Proportion of weavers: 16.7% (population

1.4%)

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Head of household

Proportion of households with elderly of all households

Proportion of Elderly as head of households

Proportion of elderly as head of households of all households

1787 37.6 % 56.2 % 21%1801 38.8 % 58% 22.5 %

Gender 1787 1801M 33.281 34.264F 2.075 7.968

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Head of household and age

Men Head of household

Age: 60

Age:70

Age:80

1787 85% 93% 79% 64%

1801 74% 82% 67% 50%

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Microanalyses

Elderly in 1801

Elderly linked Proportion linked

Men Women

Svendborg 213 88 41 % 55 33

Horsens 213 108 51 % 64 44

Haarby (rural)

114 75 66 % 33 42

Persons not linked:

Men Women

Svendborg 40 / 42% 85 / 72 %

Horsens 28 / 30% 76 / 91%

Haarby 11 / 25% 28 / 40%

Distribution by gender

Men Women

Svendborg 95 118

Horsens 92 121

Haarby 44 70

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Position in householdUnchanged position

  Number Sex

Head of household

112 M

Sibling to hh 1 M

Servants 2 M

Lodger 2 M

Quartered 1 M

Pauper 1 M

Head of household

3 F

His wife 59 F

Parent-in-law 2 F

Spouse to quartered

1 F

Pauper 5 F

App. 2/3 with unchanged position

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Changes in position

Head of household had become widow living alone (lodgers, servants)

Other positions parent lodger Sibling Wife to head of household (one)

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Size of households

Number of households –new size

To larger household

To smaller household

Same size Linked households

Svendborg 52 18 34 14 66

Horsens 77 30 47 10 87

Haarby 41 18 23 15 56

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Causes for changes

Smaller households: Children left the household Lodger in a new household Living as retired in a child’s household

Larger households Head of household had remarried (new children) Children had returned Lodger in a new household Living as retired in a child’s household (child had

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Same size1787:

Name Age Marital status Position in household OccupationPeder Christensen 60 Married Head of household Master builderKirsten Ditlevs 60 Married Wife NULLDitleuv Pedersen 17 Unmarried Son Apprentice

1801:

Name Age Marital status Position in household OccupationDitløv Christensen 34 Married Head of household Master builderJohanne Margrethe * 62 Married WifeKirsten Ditløvsdatter 78 Widow The man's mother

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More examples

Name Age Marital status Position in household OccupationCarsten Jørgensen 41 Married Head of household Cottager and blacksmithGiertrud Pedersdatter 47 Married WifeBirthe Pedersdatter 10 - Child from 1st marriageKaren Pedersdatter 8 - Child from 1st marriagePeder Jørgensen 36 Unmarried Servant

Name Age Marital status Position in household OccupationCarsten Jørgensen 54 Married Head of household Cottager with land and blacksmithGiertrud Pedersdatter 60 Married WifeJens Hansen 25 Married Son-in-law Journeyman blacksmithMette Pedersdatter 35 Married His wifeMaren Jensdatter 1 Their daughter

1787

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