Estimates of numeracy across regions of Western Sudan, including Senegal, Gambia, and Western Mali, for the period 1770-1900. It was created by Gabriele Cappelli and includes correlates linked to factor endowments, European trade, and early colonialism.
Use Cases
- Analyze the relationship between numeracy estimates and European trade correlates over the 1770-1900 period.
- Investigate regional variations in numeracy across Senegal, Gambia, and Western Mali.
- Model the impact of early colonialism correlates on human capital accumulation as measured by numeracy.
- Study the association between factor endowment correlates and numeracy estimates in pre-colonial and colonial West Africa.
Strengths
- Covers a long historical time range of 130 years (1770-1900).
- Provides data for a specific, defined geographic region: Western Sudan (Senegal, Gambia, Western Mali).
- Focuses on a specific historical research theme linking numeracy, trade, and colonialism.
Limitations
- The specific data structure, including row count and column definitions, is unknown.
- Data is derived from historical archival sources, which may involve estimation and potential measurement error.
- Geographic coverage is limited to three countries/regions in West Africa.
Provenance
- Source
- ICPSR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Archival data compilation and estimation.
- Time Range
- 1770-1900
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Western Sudan (Senegal, Gambia, Western Mali)