Sandberg L G, Steckel R H
Ann Hum Biol. 1987 Mar-Apr;14(2):101-9. doi: 10.1080/03014468700006842.
Measurements of Swedish soldiers were recorded in muster rolls as early as the 1760s. Results of a sample of these measurements over the period up to 1880 are used as an index of living standards in comparison with perceptions formed from other sources. The most striking contrast concerns the period of the mid-nineteenth century. Among economic historians, those who hold the optimistic view that living standards continuously improved during the mid-1800s predominated, but our results combined with other evidence point, on the contrary, to a mild subsistence crisis in western Sweden at that period.
早在18世纪60年代，瑞典士兵的测量数据就被记录在花名册中。到1880年为止，这些测量数据样本的结果被用作生活水平的指标，并与其他来源形成的认知进行比较。最显著的对比出现在19世纪中叶。在经济史学家中，那些持有乐观看法的人占了上风，他们认为在19世纪中期生活水平持续提高，但我们的研究结果与其他证据相结合，却恰恰相反，表明当时瑞典西部出现了轻微的生存危机。
