Thursday, July 31, 2014

New data from IPUMS-International

IPUMS-International Releases 20 New Samples

IPUMS-International has added 20 new samples and records for 560,359,538 persons. The samples for Ghana, Ireland, Mali, and Uruguay extend the pre-existing data series for those countries. The remaining 16 samples are from 5 new countries:
  • Dominican Republic  1960, 1970, 1981, 2002, 2010
  • Ghana  2010
  • Ireland  2011
  • Liberia  1974, 2008
  • Mali  2009
  • Nigeria  2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Ukraine  2001
  • Uruguay  2011
  • Zambia  1990, 2000, 2010
Geographic variables in the collection have been significantly revised. Documentation about the improvements can be found on the geography landing page linked here. Corresponding GIS shapefiles are also available.

The full content of the IPUMS is summarized on the samples page: https://international.ipums.org/international/samples.shtml.
 
As always, all IPUMS data are available free of charge to researchers.