THE IPUMS COLLABORATION: INTEGRATING AND DISSEMINATING THE WORLD'S POPULATION MICRODATA. (20th May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ruggles, Steven; McCaa, Robert; Sobek, Matthew; Cleveland, Lara
• Is Part Of: Journal of demographic economics. Volume 81:Number 2(2015)
• Page Start: 203
• Page End: 216
• Publication Date: 2015-05-20
• Subjects: Demography -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals; Population -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals; 304.605
• DOI: 10.1017/dem.2014.6
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2054-0892

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="normal"> <title>Abstract:</title> <p>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.</p> </abstract>