Design and Use of the IPUMS-International Data Series international.ipums

1. Design and Use of the IPUMS-International Data Series http://international.ipums.org Matt SobekMinnesota Population Centersobek@pop.umn.edu

2. IPUMS-International Overview Processing Dissemination system Strengths and limitations Users

3. END https://international.ipums.org Matt SobekMinnesota Population Centersobek@pop.umn.edu

4. What is IPUMS-International? Census data – 1960 to present Samples – 1 to 10%, nationally representative Microdata – individual-level Integrated – consistent codes across time and place Downloadable – anonymized Extract system – select variables – pooled data

5. Map of IPUMS Partners Dark green = disseminating data Light green = partners, not yet disseminating 83 countries

6. Current Countries in IPUMS Africa Americas Asia Europe Austria Belarus France Greece Hungary Italy Netherlands Portugal Romania Slovenia Spain United Kingdom Egypt Ghana Guinea Kenya Rwanda South Africa Uganda Armenia Cambodia China India Iraq Israel Jordan Kyrgyz Rep. Malaysia Mongolia Palestine Philippines Vietnam Argentina Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador Mexico Panama United States Venezuela 44 countries 130 samples 279 million persons

7. Countries in IPUMS Archive Bangladesh Botswana Cuba Czech Republic Dominican Rep. El Salvador Ethiopia Fiji Germany Guatemala Haiti Honduras Indonesia Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Nepal Nicaragua Pakistan Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Senegal Saint Lucia Sierra Leone Sudan Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Turkmenistan Uruguay Zambia

11. Relation to head Marital status Literacy Occupation IPUMS Microdata

12. Availability of Selected Person Variables (Number of samples)

13. Availability of Selected Household Variables (Number of samples) 536 Integrated variables 10,600 Unharmonized variables

14. User Access Application • Scholarly and educational purposes • Key: it must not be redistributed Once approved, access to all data Free

15. Making the IPUMS Pre-processing Integration Dissemination

16. Making the IPUMS Pre-processing • Language translation • Reformatting • Error correction • Sampling • Confidentiality Integration

17. Making the IPUMS Pre-processing • Language translation • Reformatting • Error correction • Sampling • Confidentiality Integration • Metadata • Data harmonization • Constructed variables

18. Census Questionnaire (Mexico 2000) Water Access

19. Text of Census Questionnaire (Mexico 2000)

20. XML-Tagged Census Questionnaire (Mexico 2000) Water access

21. Data Integration – Marital Status China 1982 Colombia 1973 Kenya 1989 Mexico 1970 U.S.A. 1990

22. Family Interrelationship Variables (Simple household) Spouse’s 2 1 0 0 0 0 Mother’s Father’s 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1

23. 1 1 1 1 IPUMS “Pointer” Variables (Complex household) Spouse’s Mother’s Father’s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 0 0 5 6 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 0

24. Family Interrelationship Pointers 13 censuses include data on location of parent or spouse Under age 18

25. IPUMS Home Page

26. Variables Page

27. Variables Page

28. Variables Page

29. Sample Filtering

30. Variables Page

31. Unharmonized Variables

32. Variable Description (Marital status)

33. Comparability Discussion (Marital status)

34. Enumeration Text (Marital status)

35. Enumeration Text (Marital status, Cambodia)

36. Variable Codes (Marital status)

37. Variable Codes (Marital status)

38. Variable Codes (Marital status)

39. IPUMS Home Page

40. Extract Step 1 – Login

41. Extract Step 2 – Select Samples

42. Extract Step 3 – Select Variables

43. Extract Step 4 – Variable Options

44. Extract Step 4 – Select Cases

45. Extract Step 4 – Attach Characteristics Age of spouse Employment status of father Occupation of father

46. Extract Step 5 – Customize Sample Sizes

47. Extract Step 5 – Customize Sample Sizes

48. Extract Step 5 – Customize Sample Sizes

49. Extract Step 6 – Submit

50. Download or Revise Extract