Sobek Matthew, Cleveland Lara, Flood Sarah, Hall Patricia Kelly, King Miriam L, Ruggles Steven, Schroeder Matthew
Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota.
Hist Methods. 2011 Jan 1;44(2):61-68. doi: 10.1080/01615440.2011.564572.
The Minnesota Population Center (MPC) provides aggregate data and microdata that have been integrated and harmonized to maximize crosstemporal and cross-spatial comparability. All MPC data products are distributed free of charge through an interactive Web interface that enables users to limit the data and metadata being analyzed to samples and variables of interest to their research. In this article, the authors describe the integrated databases available from the MPC, report on recent additions and enhancements to these data sets, and summarize new online tools and resources that help users to analyze the data over time. They conclude with a description of the MPC's newest and largest infrastructure project to date: a global population and environment data network.
明尼苏达人口中心(MPC)提供经过整合与协调的数据,包括汇总数据和微观数据,以最大限度地提高跨时间和跨空间的可比性。MPC的所有数据产品均通过交互式网络界面免费提供,该界面使用户能够将正在分析的数据和元数据限制为其研究感兴趣的样本和变量。在本文中,作者描述了MPC提供的综合数据库,报告了这些数据集最近的新增内容和改进情况,并总结了有助于用户长期分析数据的新在线工具和资源。他们最后描述了MPC迄今为止最新、最大的基础设施项目:一个全球人口与环境数据网络。