Sister-project: IPUMS-Latin America: 17 countries, ~500 million pop., 5 census rounds 80 samples, 100 million person records

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Sister-project IPUMS-Latin America 17
countries, 500 million pop., 5 census
rounds80 samples, 100 million person records
Funded!

• Scope Latin American census microdata,
  1960-present
• Work Plan (? funded by National Institutes of
  Health)
• ?2001 Sign licensing agreements with official
  agencies
• ?2002 Obtain funding from U.S. NIH
• 2003 Develop/translate microdata metadata
  
• 2004 Country expert teams design national
  integrations
• 2005 MPC/expert teams design regional
  integration
• 2006 MPC anonymizes/integrates microdata and
  metadata
• 2007 MPC disseminates to bona fide researchers
  who sign non-disclosure license.
  National census/data/research institutes may
  distribute national versions via CDs/web.

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IPUMS-Europe Partnership More

• Censuses 1960s 2000, where microdata exist
• Countries gt350 million population, 16,
  inclined at present ( signed) Austria,
  Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany,
  Greece, Ireland, Israel, Hungary, Poland,
  Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain,
  Switzerland, Turkey
• Research more knowledge, more users

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IPUMS-Europe Partnership More uniformity

• Legal signed memorandum of understanding
• Administrative restricted to approved users
  strong enforcement procedures
• Sample design every nth household
• Anonymization includes corrupting data
• Integration more variables, composite coding
• Dissemination extract custom-tailored datasets,
  never entire samples

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Advantagesproven record of accomplishments

• Uniform legal protocols
• Substantial institutional infrastructure
• Experienced census microdata integrators
• Cost-effective academic environment
• Sustained funding from National Science
  Foundation, National Institutes of Health
• Successful web-based distribution system users!

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Advantages of IPUMS-International

• Comparability data are rigorously integrated
  documentation is extensive, both primary (from
  NSIs) and integrated (from MPC)
• Accountability reports on users, usage and
  publications advisory board of statisticians
  and scientists
• Sustainability MPC, ICPSR

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IPUMS-Europe, 2004-2008 coverage20 countries,
representing 400m. people

• Scope European census microdata, 1950-present
• Work Plan (contingent upon funding)
• 2003 Sign licensing agreements with census
  agencies Obtain funding from US NIH
• 2004 Develop/translate microdata metadata
  
• 2005 Country expert teams design national
  integrations
• 2006 MPC/expert teams design regional
  integration
• 2007 MPC integrates microdata and metadata
• 2008 MPC disseminates to bona fide researchers
  who sign non-disclosure license.
  National census/data/research institutes
  via CDs/web.