CENSUS & IPUMS DATA RETRIEVAL Liliana Diaz, Graduate Research Assistant University of Denver
AGENDA IPUMS & American FactFinder Census Data Retrieval IPUMS Data Retrieval Additional Data Resources
IPUMS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Includes 227 years of U.S. census micro data Includes international censuses of 100+ countries Data sources are from the American Community Survey, Current Population Survey, the Demographic and Health Surveys, and the National Health Interview Survey Allows cross tabulations and tables on any data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau
IPUMS LIMIATIONS Difficult to analyze data for cities or towns with populations of 100,000 or less, requires PUMAs. Some IPUMS categories are limited to SPSS, SAS, or STATA data files. Heavy reliance on statistical language. PUMAs are “statistical geographic areas defined for the dissemination of PUMs data…built on census tracts and counties” (U.S. Census Bureau, 2017). U.S. Census Bureau. (2017 April 2). Public use microdata areas (PUMAs). Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/puma.html Minnesota Population Center. IPUMS Higher Ed: Version 1.0 [dataset] Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, 2016. http://doi.org/10.18128/D100.V1.0.
AMERICAN FACTFINDER
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AMERICAN FACTFINDER DATA
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INTEGRATED PUBLIC USE MICRODATA SERIES (IPUMS)
EXPLORING IPUMS IPUMS
IPUMS LIMIATIONS
IPUMS DATA TABLES What is the difference between “educ” and “educd”? Seeking: Pueblo Hispanic/Latino educational attainment rates. What is the difference between “educ” and “educd”? We check in the codebook.
IPUMS DATA TABLES
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ADDITIONAL DATA RESOURCES IPUMS LIMIATIONS ADDITIONAL DATA RESOURCES
U.S. Census QuickFacts
IPUMS LIMIATIONS Census Explorer
IPUMS LIMIATIONS Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates
ADDITIONAL DATA RESOURCES NYT Mapping of 2010 U.S. Census
IPUMS LIMIATIONS Voting Data
IPUMS LIMIATIONS Data by state and national data Volunteering Types of volunteering Social Trust Data around neighbors This website offers more specific data Users are able to build their own tables Corporation for National & Community Service
QUESTIONS? Liliana Diaz, M.A. Liliana Diaz, M.A. Graduate Research Assistant | Higher Education Department Ph.D. Student in Higher Education Morgridge College of Education | University of Denver Liliana.Diaz@du.edu