The IPUMS Collaboration: Integratin and Disseminating the World’s Population Microdata

Steven Ruggles, Robert McCAA, Matthew Sobek and Lara Cleveland
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Steven Ruggles: University of Minnesota
Robert McCAA: University of Minnesota
Matthew Sobek: University of Minnesota
Lara Cleveland: University of Minnesota

JODE - Journal of Demographic Economics, 2015, vol. 81, issue 2, 203-216

Abstract: The Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)-International partnership is a project of the Minnesota Population Center and national statistical agencies, dedicated to collecting and distributing census data from around the world. IPUMS is currently disseminating data on over a half-billion persons enumerated in more than 250 census samples from 79 countries. The data series includes information on a broad range of population characteristics, including fertility, nuptiality, life-course transitions, migration, labor-force participation, occupational structure, education, ethnicity, and household composition. This paper describes sample characteristics and data structure; the data integration process including the creation of constructed family interrelationship variables; the flexible dissemination system that enables researchers to build customized extracts of pooled census samples across time and place; and some of the most significant findings that have emerged from the database.

Keywords: Census microdata; Data harmonization; Data dissemination; Demographic analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-06-01
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