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.

Updates to IPUMS-International

News for you from the Minnesota Population Center:

The Minnesota Population Center is pleased to announce the latest expansion of the IPUMS-International data series. We recently added 26 new samples. The data release includes 7 new countries -- Germany, Iran, Ireland, Jamaica, Malawi, Sierra Leone and Sudan -- as well as additional samples for 5 countries already in the database: Cambodia, Egypt, France, Palestine and Vietnam. The data series now contains 397 million person records from 185 censuses in 62 countries.

You can get more detail about the latest data release at https://international.ipums.org/international/news.shtml#new_data_june2011 or go directly to the variable list to see the content of the new samples at https://international.ipums.org/international-action/variables/group. The data series can be accessed at https://international.ipums.org/international/index.shtml.

We recently changed the way that users browse variables and make data extracts on our site. We welcome your feedback on this and any other aspect of IPUMS-International.