1. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans I ntegrating the E uropean C ensus M icrodata: C IECM / H IECM / D IECM IECM team Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics C for Coordinating, H for Harmonizing, D for Disseminating Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM

2. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans The overarching goal of the Integrated European Census Microdata (IECM) project is to construct an European database of harmonized and documented microdata samples of over 50 Western and Eastern European censuses. These data will be made available for scholarly and educational research through a web-based data dissemination system. Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM Introduction

3. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM Introduction Disseminating: France Harmonizing: Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom Negotiating: Belgium, Bulgaria, Norway, Poland, Russia, Switzerland

4. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans IECM forms part of IPUMS international, a global collaboratory of National Statistical Offices and Universities to: Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM Background 1. Inventory the world’s census microdata 2. Preserve endangered microdata and documentation 3. Integrate census microdata a. use standards of UNSD, Eurostat, ISCO, ISCED, etc. b. facilitate comparative research in time and space 4. Anonymize census microdata to preserve statistical confidentiality, using highest standards 5. Disseminate restricted access, custom extracts to approved researchers at no cost

5. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans IECM / IPUMS principles: 1. Respect absolute anonymity 2. Preserve all original data, except adjustments to assure confidentiality (top codes, blurrings, masking, re-ordering, etc.) 3. Harmonize codes for countries occupation: ISCO, HISCO (detailed, general) education: ISCED “ “ family: IPUMS, etc. “ “ 4. Enhance with constructed variables Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM Background

6. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans With major funding by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of the United States, integration and full documentation of the data are being organized by the Minnesota Population Center. In addition, the Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics has been successful in attracting European Union Sixth Framework Programme support for enhancing, harmonizing and disseminating the integrated European microdata and metadata as well as for coordinating tasks based in Europe. Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM Funding framework

7. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM Funding framework IPUMS-Europe Data Collection, Harmonization, Reformatting Minnesota Population Center National Institutes of Health 2004 - 2009 CIECM Coordination Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics 6th FP, EU 2005 DIECM Dissemination Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics 6th FP, EU 2005-2008 HIECM Intra-European Harmonization Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics 6th FP, EU 2006-2009 National Statistical Offices Austria Belarus Czech Republic France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Netherlands Portugal Romania Slovenia Spain Turkey United Kingdom

8. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans CIECM (2005), Coordinating the Integrated European Census Microdata: Goals: (i)Marshall the expertise of the broadest possible range of statistical experts and academics, to ensure that the integration of census micro- and meta- data is performed in accordance with the highest standards. (ii) Establish the foundation for regular contacts between researchers coming from different countries and disciplinary backgrounds to identify the opportunities and obstacles for developing comparable census microdata. Funded activities: Exploratory workshop on ‘Laying the foundations of the Integrated European Census Microdata’. Barcelona, July 2005. 24 participants Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM EU participation

9. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM EU participation

10. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans DIECM (2005-2008), Disseminating the Integrated European Census Microdata: Goal: (i) Enhance and promote usage of the European census microdata Funded activities: Implement an Internet based dissemination system. Access to: a. integrated samples of microdata b. original census documentation c. metadata of the harmonized census samples d. research papers and reports (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM EU participation

11. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans HIECM (2006-2009), Harmonizing the Integrated European Census Microdata: Goals: (i) Contribute to the creation of the Integrated European Census Microdata research infrastructure Funded activities: Database study to develop and implement harmonized coding systems to permit intra European comparisons (50 priority variables) Exploratory workshop to asses the progress being made by the harmonization team Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM EU participation

12. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM Timetable

13. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans IECM/IPUMS Europe, accomplishments in year 1 (2005): 1.Established IECM website with all received documentation scanned and in dissemination (distributed on CD to delegates at workshop) 2. Drafted report on harmonization schemes for 4 groups of variables: education, geography, economics, and family 3. Completed data and documentation for 7 countries: Austria, Belarus, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Romania and Spain 4. Assembled additional data and documentation for 6 countries: Czech Republic, France, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, and UK Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM Progress report

14. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans IECM/IPUMS Europe, accomplishments in year 1 (2005): 5. Signed memorandum of understanding with SIS-Turkey 6. Negotiated with official statistical offices of 3 countries: Poland, Russia, Switzerland 7. Acquired much additional census documentation for most European countries from the archives of the International Programs Center, United State Census Bureau 8. Presented papers at: Geneva (Nov), Luxembourg (May), EAPS (June). 9. Held second workshop, hosted by INED. Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM Progress report

15. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans IECM/IPUMS Europe, accomplishments in year 1 (2005): Assemble the samples of census microdata and documentation. Countries and censuses for which we already have the data are : Austria1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 Belarus 1999 France 1962, 1968, 1975, 1982, 1990, 1999 Greece 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 Hungary 1970, 1980, 1990, 2001 Netherlands 1960, 1971, 2001 Romania 1992, 2002 Spain 1981, 1991, 2001 United Kingdom 1991 Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM Progress report

16. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans IECM/IPUMS Europe, accomplishments in year 1 (2005): Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM Progress report

17. 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Funding framework 4. EU participation 5. Timetable 6. Progress report 7. Future plans Despite the important contribution of the NIH and EU funded projects, further work remains to be done: (i) Extend the number of participating countries and obtain the latest censuses for those already participating. (ii) Build a network of participating countries to guarantee direct involvement during the harmonization process. This would be achieved through workshops and seminars. (Paris 2006, Lisbon 2007?, Barcelona 2008) (iii) Expand the array of complementary services to be provided along with the microdata (handbook). (iv) Promote broader usage of the data by (a) organizing workshops for potential users from research institutes and universities and (b) attending important demographic and social conferences. (v) Promote substantive research at a cross-national level to explicitly demonstrate potential applications with the database. Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (www.ced.uab.es/iecm) Integrating the European Census Microdata: CIECM/DIECM/HIECM Future plans