Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, 225 19th Ave South, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA,
Demography. 2014 Feb;51(1):287-97. doi: 10.1007/s13524-013-0240-2.
This article describes an explosion in the availability of individual-level population data. By 2018, demographic researchers will have access to over 2 billion records of accessible microdata from over 100 countries, dating from 1703 to the present. Another 2 to 4 billion records will be available through restricted-access data enclaves. These new resources represent a new kind of data that will enable transformative research on demographic and economic change and the spatial organization of society.
本文描述了个人层面人口数据可用性的爆炸式增长。到 2018 年，人口研究人员将能够访问来自 100 多个国家的可获取微观数据，这些数据可追溯到 1703 年至今，记录总数超过 20 亿条。另外还有 20 亿至 40 亿条记录将通过受限访问的数据飞地提供。这些新资源代表了一种新的数据，将能够推动人口和经济变化以及社会空间组织方面的变革性研究。
