Abstract
Over the past decade a revolution has occurred in the dissemination and analysis of census microdata. This paper discusses the IPUMS-International initiative to liberate census data for researchers world-wide without cost. As of June 2013, academic researchers and policy makers may access, 234 anonymized samples representing 74 countries and totaling over one-half billion person records. The database expands with the addition of 20–30 samples each year. Data are downloadable as extracts from the project website: www.ipums.org/international. To facilitate good use, both metadata and microdata are integrated. The analysis of 450 citations in the project bibliography reveals patterns in publications by country and topic.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 69-88 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Revista de Demografia Historica |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 2013 |