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The transformation of hunger revisited: estimating available calories from the budgets of late nineteenth-century British households

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posted on 2023-06-08, 22:35 authored by Ian Gazeley, Andrew Newell, Mintewab Bezabih
Levels of nutrition among British worker's households in the late nineteenth century have been much debated. Trevon Logan (2006, 2009) estimated a very low average level of available calories. This paper re-examines the data and finds average levels of available calories much more in line with existing studies, more in line with what is known about energy requirements, and more in line with other aspects of the data. In sum, British households were likely to have been significantly better fed than Logan reports.

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The Living Standards of Working Households in Britain, 1904-1960; G0075; ESRC-ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; ES/H000666/1

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  • Published

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Journal

Journal of Economic History

ISSN

0022-0507

Publisher

Cambdrige University Press for the Economic History Association

Issue

2

Volume

75

Page range

512-525

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  • History Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-09-24

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2015-09-24

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2015-09-24

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