As descibed in the data description, no documentation was ever found. All the datasets include the variables age, height, place of birth, and place and date of enlistment. The American Revolution and French and Indian War datasets include occupation as well.
Data
| Army Recruits | Cases | Data | Stata .do | Stata .dct |
| American Revolution | 5,609 | amrev.dat | amrev.do | amrev.dct |
| French and Indian War | 9,016 | frind.dat | frind.do | frind.dct |
| United States Army, 1815-1820 | 15,169 | army20.dat | army20.do | army20.dct |
| United States Army, 1850-1855 | 2,497 | army50.dat | army50.do | army50.dct |
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Internal users can obtain the data in a UNIX shell at /homes/data/army_rolls, or on an NBER PC, Network Neighborhood --> NBER --> homes --> data --> army_rolls
| Last Update: October 1, 2004 | Created by Jean Roth October 1, 2004 |
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