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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 203-216 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Demographic Economics |
Volume | 81 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- census microdata
- data dissemination
- data harmonization
- demographic analysis