McCaa Robert
Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota.
Rev Demogr Hist. 2013;30(1):69-88.
Over the past decade a revolution has occurred in the dissemination and analysis of census microdata. This paper discusses the IPUMS-International initiative to liberate census data for researchers world-wide without cost. As of June 2013, academic researchers and policy makers may access, 234 anonymized samples representing 74 countries and totaling over one-half billion person records. The database expands with the addition of 20-30 samples each year. Data are downloadable as extracts from the project website: www.ipums.org/international. To facilitate good use, both metadata and microdata are integrated. The analysis of 450 citations in the project bibliography reveals patterns in publications by country and topic.
在过去十年里，人口普查微观数据的传播和分析发生了一场变革。本文讨论了国际综合公共使用微观数据系列（IPUMS-International）这一旨在为全球研究人员免费提供人口普查数据的倡议。截至2013年6月，学术研究人员和政策制定者可以获取代表74个国家、总计超过5亿条个人记录的234个匿名样本。该数据库每年会新增20至30个样本。数据可从项目网站www.ipums.org/international下载为提取物。为便于充分利用，元数据和微观数据都进行了整合。对该项目参考文献中的450篇引用进行分析，揭示了各国出版物在国家和主题方面的模式。
