1. hist.umn.edu/~rmccaa/ipums-europe
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Imagine a new statistical product: scientifically anonymized, integrated census microdata samples made up of unidentifiable individuals...
» 1998: 1 country signed » 1999: 3 countries » 2000: 9 » 2001: 15 » 2002: 32; first release, 6 countries
» Easy-to-use web-interface » Highest scientific standards » Proven, powerful integration » A quantum leap in usage
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2. and metadata (documentation)
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R E S C U E S
UN Demographic Center for Latin America (CELADE, Santiago, Chile) ~3000 microdata tapes recovered
and metadata (documentation)
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3. National experts in each country are contracted to assist with:
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P A Y S
National experts in each country are contracted to assist with:
Assembling microdata and documentation
Developing samples
to minimize confidentiality risks
and to maximize robustness
Designing national integration plan
census-by-census
concept-by-concept
code-by-code
Writing integrated documentation
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4. hist.umn.edu/~rmccaa/ipums-europe
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P A R T N E R S H I P
Census documentation compiled for Colombian microdata
Standard:UN/Eurostat Principles & Recs...
Photos from Colombia integration project, February-March, 2000: 4 experts from DANE (census office) +7 academics (3 universities)
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