This dataset documents the county-level locations of Catholic missions in China as of 1919. It was created by Zhao, Yiling using methodology from Ma and Zhao (2025) and includes phonetic matching codes to link historical French Romanization to modern administrative units.
Use Cases
- Analyze the geographic distribution of Catholic mission stations across Chinese counties in 1919.
- Use the phonetic matching code to link historical French Romanization station names to modern pinyin-based administrative units.
- Study the historical presence of Catholic missions as a variable in social or historical research on early 20th century China.
Strengths
- Data is based on a defined methodology explained in Ma and Zhao (2025).
- Includes a phonetic matching code to connect historical and modern naming conventions.
- Provides a specific temporal snapshot of mission locations for the year 1919.
Limitations
- The dataset's completeness is qualified, noting it includes 'most' but not all mission stations.
- No row count, column details, or sample data are available to assess size and structure.
- The data is historical and static, representing a single point in time.
Provenance
- Source
- ICPSR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Based on methodology from Ma and Zhao (2025), documenting locations from historical records.
- Time Range
- 1919
- Freshness
- The metadata was last updated on 2026-02-23.
- Geography
- China, at the county level.