Table 5 List, sources, timespan and units of socioeconomic-demographic variables.

From: HISTORECO: Historical Spanish transition database on climate, geography and economics of the 20th-21st century

Variables

Name in the dataset

Data source

Timespan

Frequency

Units

Number of inhabitants

population

Goerlich (2019) and INE

1900–2010

Decadal

Inhabitants

Population residing in municipalities with more than x population (in thousands) that are located within a radius between i and j km away (i < j); Px_i_j_km

p10_25_50km

p50_25_50km

p100_25_50km

p500_25_50km

p10_0_25km

p50_0_25km

p100_0_25km

p500_0_25km

Beltrán Tapia et al.25 and INE

1900–2010

Decadal

Inhabitants

Distance to the nearest municipality of more than 10,000 inhabitants

distance_pop_10000

INE

1900–2010

Decadal

Kilometres

Distance to the nearest municipality of more than 5,000 inhabitants

distance_pop_5000

INE

1900–2010

Decadal

Kilometres

Classification of Simpson’s region

Simpson_Areas_5

Simpson_Areas_11

Simpson (1995)

Static variable

 

Categorical variable

Type of the municipality with respect to the population size (urban, intermediate, rural)

Population_class

INE

1900–2020

Decadal

Categorical variable

Dummy of whether a municipality has colonization towns in the municipal area

municip_coloniz_in_municip

Monclús and Oyón (1988)44, Villanueva and Leal (1991)45 and Albertus (2023)

1900–2020 (1950–2021)

Decadal (& Yearly)

Boolean (0–1)

Decade of creation of the colonization town in the municipal area

decade_coloniz_in_municip

Monclús and Oyón (1988)44, Villanueva and Leal (1991)45 and Albertus (2023)

1900–2020 (1950–2021)

Decadal (& Yearly)

Decade

Population of colonization towns in the municipality (reference)

pop_coloniz_in_municip

Albertus (2023), Goerlich (2019) and INE

1900–2020 (1950–2021)

Decadal (& Yearly)

Inhabitants

Distance to the closest Iberian Gauge railway stations

railwaystation_distance

Esteban-Oliver and Martí-Henneberg 2023

1900–2021 (1950–2023)

Decadal (& Yearly)

Kilometres

Name of the closest Iberian Gauge railway stations

nearest_station_name

Esteban-Oliver and Martí-Henneberg, 2023

1900–2021 (1950–2023)

Decadal (& Yearly)

Categorical variable

Distance to the closest High-Speed Railway (HSR) stations

highspeedstation_distance

Esteban-Oliver and Martí-Henneberg, 2023

1900–2021 (1950–2023)

Decadal (& Yearly)

Kilometres

Name of the closest High-Speed Railway (HSR) stations

nearest_highspeed_name

Esteban-Oliver and Martí-Henneberg, 2023

1900–2021 (1950–2023)

Decadal (& Yearly)

Categorical variable

Distance to the closest Narrow Gauge railway stations

narrowrail_line_distance

Esteban-Oliver and Martí-Henneberg, 2023

1900–2021 (1950–2023)

Decadal (& Yearly)

Kilometres

Name of the closest Narrow Gauge railway stations

narrowrail_line_name

Esteban-Oliver and Martí-Henneberg, 2023

1900–2021 (1950–2023)

Decadal (& Yearly)

Categorical variable

Distance to the closest (of 48) national airport

airport_distance

Based on AENA46

1900–2021 (1950–2023)

Decadal (& Yearly)

Kilometres