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New Data and Data Workshop from IPUMS

March 28, 2017March 31, 2017 by mpcblog

IPUMS Workshop at PAA

Are you or a colleague interested in learning more about IPUMS? Are you attending the PAA Annual Meeting in Chicago this April? IPUMS is hosting a free “Introduction to IPUMS” workshop. We will introduce the IPUMS collection, highlighting newly available census and survey data. The event will be held on Thursday, April 27, from 6:30pm-8pm. Register now and we will save a spot for you.

New IPUMS Data

IPUMS USA has released one-year and five-year ACS and PRCS data, as well as household-level full count data for the years 1790-1840.

IPUMS CPS has released the identifiers MARBASECID and CPISD, which allow users to link monthly data to the ASEC from 1989-2015 along with new data from several supplements.

IPUMS Time Use now includes IPUMS family interrelationship variables, these variables deliver individual-level characteristics on activity records, and offers eldercare recipient records via the extract system.

IPUMS H ealth Surveys will soon offer new data from the 2015 Cancer Control Supplement.

IPUMS International will have a large data release this spring. The 24 samples in the upcoming release include data from new countries of Botswana, Poland, and Trinidad and Tobago as well as 2010-round data from many existing partners. This release will also include enhancements to the integrated geographic variables and associated shapefiles to facilitate cross-temporal spatial comparison and visualization.
IPUMS DHS is adding six newly-released samples and almost 3,000 new variables. New data include variables on pregnancy termination, childrearing, women’s work, marriage and sexuality, family planning, HIV, malaria, postpartum care, health care access, treatment of child fever/respiratory illness, and vaccinations.

Amid Uncertainty for Federal Statistics Collection, Daily Use Increases

March 22, 2017 by mpcblog

Use of IPUMS data has grown steadily over the past 15 years. In particular, the IPUMS USA and IPUMS CPS projects have recognized a considerable increase in daily downloads since their inception. Despite this growth in use, however, the future of federal statistics data collection is in question as the United States transitions to a new Presidential administration.

Building Community through Education, Sociability, and Shared History

February 21, 2017February 15, 2017 by mpcblog

A quilt square created by IPUMS/MPC staff.

Building a strong sense of community is fundamental to nurturing and sustaining successful organizations. IPUMS and the MPC pursue three avenues—educational, social, and historical—for building community for its faculty, research associates, staff, and affiliates.

Submit your work for an IPUMS Research Award

February 1, 2017February 1, 2017 by mpcblog

We are pleased to announce the 9th annual competition for the best research papers using the IPUMS microdata collection. Papers or publications submitted should utilize IPUMS-USA, IPUMS-CPS, IPUMS-International, NAPP, or IHIS to study social, economic, and/or demographic processes. We are looking particularly for papers that use innovative approaches, comparative analyses, interesting variables, or multiple IPUMS datasets.

The MPC’s Institutional Archive

December 15, 2016 by mpcblog

The 1880 public use sample 1 in 1000 subsample, the first data release of the historical census projects, October 1990

In February 2015, the MPC approved the organization of an institutional archive to preserve materials based on oral history interviews, administrative records, procedures for data development and integration, and memorabilia. The goal of the Minnesota Population Center Archive is to collect, organize and preserve materials documenting the growth and development of the MPC and the IPUMS and their contribution to social science infrastructure.

Wrangling International Census Tables

November 17, 2016November 17, 2016 by mpcblog

aggdatasheets2 IPUMS-International currently disseminates census microdata from 82 countries around the world. It’s an impressive collection. But it still only covers about half the world’s countries. Under the TerraPop project, we are working to assemble a truly comprehensive global collection of population data.

Forging New Paths for Adulthood

December 8, 2016November 10, 2016 by mpcblog

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We all know about what Phyllis Moen calls the linear lockstep life path: first learning, then working for advancement (or at least security), then retirement. What happens when this traditional path no longer fits the realities of most people’s lives?