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Provider of census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. Use it for good, never for evil. ipums.org

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Millennials spend more time than past generations with their children America’s child-care gender gap is narrowing rapidly

Data from AHTUS at ATUS is used here to show American parents are spending more time than ever before with their children. https://econ.st/4so6t8y

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Pre-Conference Workshop | LIFE COURSE CENTER, AN NIA CENTER ON THE DEMOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS OF AGING

Summer plans? Oh - we are just hanging out with the best group of people at the Data-Intensive Workshop on July 20 -21. That amazing crew could include you! Apply by April 1st! https://lcc.umn.edu/DIRC-workshop

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IPUMS DHS Spatial Analysis and Health Research Hub Understand population health in its environmental context

Check out this new blog post from IPUMS DHS covering indicators of environmental moisture, useful for studying agricultural productivity. https://bit.ly/47ekNs3

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GSA 2026 Call for Abstracts The GSA 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting invites abstract submissions from February 1 to March 5. Showcase aging research, connect with experts worldwide, and get published in Innovation in Aging. Oppor...

Don't forget to submit your abstract for the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) conference by tomorrow (March 5th!) #GSA2026 https://www.gsa2026.org/abstracts

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The Data Infrastructure Network will mark its fifth year at the Social Science History Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta! We want to highlight your work, ideas, and discoveries! The deadline to submit your abstract is March 15, 2026. Details are here: ssha2026.ssha.org

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Working with IPUMS NHGIS in R: Exploring, Extracting, and Analyzing Spatial Data Using ipumsr : I-GUIDE

Register to join "Working with IPUMS NHGIS in R: Exploring, Extracting, and Analyzing Spatial Data Using ipumsr" starting TODAY (February 18) at 11:00am CT

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Frontiers | The effect of father-child engagement on maternal life satisfaction in South Asian contexts: evidence from MICS surveys in Pakistan and Bangladesh Research suggests father involvement in childcare can elevate maternal life satisfaction but has been undertaken almost exclusively in Western countries. Thi...

What they found demonstrates the importance of social context, local gender norms, and type of father engagement. #poweredbyIPUMS www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...

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Frontiers | The effect of father-child engagement on maternal life satisfaction in South Asian contexts: evidence from MICS surveys in Pakistan and Bangladesh Research suggests father involvement in childcare can elevate maternal life satisfaction but has been undertaken almost exclusively in Western countries. Thi...

Does father involvement in childcare improve mothers’ life satisfaction outside Western contexts? Researchers investigated using MICS data from Bangladesh & Pakistan, #poweredbyIPUMS: www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...

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Call for Proposals | LIFE COURSE CENTER, AN NIA CENTER ON THE DEMOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS OF AGING

Remember to get those abstract submissions in for the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference hosted in Minneapolis in July! The deadline is TODAY (February 2nd). lcc.umn.edu/DIRC-proposals

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Population Data Virtual Office Hours hosted by IPUMS. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Join us for virtual office hours on Wednesday, January 28 to chat with IPUMS data experts about your questions. Registration is required to attend virtual office hours, but you can drop in any time be...

Join us for Virtual Office Hours TODAY (1/28) from 10:00am-11:30am CT. You'll have the chance to connect with IPUMS data experts and get your questions answered. Pop in anytime, but registration is required: z.umn.edu/IPUMS-VOH

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A Missing Piece: The 2025 U.S. Government Shutdown and the Current Population Survey – Use It for Good

The CPS 2025 November monthly data are now available on IPUMS CPS πŸŽ‰ CPS data collection and processing were among the many U.S. government programs and services interrupted by the October 1-November 12, 2025 U.S. government shutdown. Learn more: blog.popdata.org/2025-u-s-gov...

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IPUMS, University of Minnesota: Research, Science & Technology Institution of the Year | Geospatial World Leadership Awards 2025 IPUMS, University of Minnesota, has been named Research, Science & Technology Institution of the Year at the Geospatial World Leadership Awards 2025.

A lot happened in 2025 - but we remain committed to service through our open-access database to help power critical research in migration, urban planning, public health, and economic development. geospatialworld.net/videos/ipums...

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Neat visualization ⚑#poweredbyIPUMS ATUS πŸ‘‡

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🚨New Data alert! 🚨 The 2024 1-year ACS PUMS data are now available via IPUMS USA, and IPUMS NHGIS recently released the summary file data.

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We are eagerly awaiting Census Bureau's release of the November 2025 basic monthly and keeping tabs on anything special that users should know about.

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IPUMS Research Awards | IPUMS We are pleased to announce the opening of the annual IPUMS Research Awards competition. These awards honor outstanding research using IPUMS data to advance or deepen our understanding of social and de...

We know you are all doing extraordinary work #poweredbyIPUMS - and we want to reward it! The annual research awards competition is now open - submit a nomination today! πŸ† (Did we mention the cash prizes? πŸ’Έ) www.ipums.org/impact/ipums...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Beyond the PUMA: Supplemental Geography in ACS Microdata from IPUMS USA. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. In Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) from the American Community Survey (ACS), the only sub-state units identified are Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs). The correspondence between PUMAs and other ...

Last call: Join our webinar "Beyond the PUMA: Supplemental Geography in ACS Microdata from IPUMS USA" starting today at 1:00 PM CT z.umn.edu/IPUMS-USA-We...

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a cat with its eyes closed is sitting on a table Alt: a cat with its eyes closed enjoying glorious sunshine

Revel in the glory πŸ˜‰

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IPUMS CPS IPUMS CPS harmonizes microdata from the monthly U.S. labor force survey, the Current Population Survey (CPS), covering the period 1962 to the present. Data include demographic information, rich employ...

The September Basic Monthly Survey is now available via IPUMS CPS, as well as exciting data from the Center on Poverty and Social Policy extending the Supplemental Poverty Measure reaching back to 1968. Explore it all at cps.ipums.org/cps/

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IPUMS IHGIS | International Historical Geographic Information System

IPUMS IHGIS has released population censuses for Azerbaijan 2009, Kenya 2019, and Nigeria 2006, and agricultural census data for South Africa 2007. The Azerbaijan data had never before been digitized, and the Nigeria data are the first IPUMS census data for the country. Find it at ihgis.ipums.org

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IPUMS DHS Spatial Analysis and Health Research Hub Understand population health in its environmental context

New blog post from IPUMS DHS! This post goes more in depth on using a comparable measure of dietary diversity in a multilevel model using DHS data. Check it out at tech.popdata.org/dhs-research...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Population Data Virtual Office Hours hosted by IPUMS. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Join us for virtual office hours on Tuesday, November 18 to chat with IPUMS data experts about your questions. Registration is required to attend virtual office hours, but you can drop in any time bet...

Join us for Virtual Office Hours TOMORROW (11/18) from 10:30am-12:00pm CT. You'll have the chance to connect with IPUMS data experts and get your questions answered. Pop in anytime, but registration is required: z.umn.edu/IPUMS-VOH

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SSHA is this week - we are excited to be attending!

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Time diary data have boundless potential for research hinging on understanding human behavior, but the data are complex!
New pub w/@sarahflood.bsky.social, @juliariveradrew.bsky.social & Liana Sayer "Increasing the Usability of the American Time Use Survey: IPUMS ATUS"
www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/10...

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Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History IPUMS USA Full Count Census Data Collection. Volume 58, Issue 4 of Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History

Pleased to be part of the history making "IPUMS USA Full Count Census Data" special issue in Historical Methods 58(4). @ipums.bsky.social @stevenruggles.bsky.social @mattanelson.bsky.social @juliariveradrew.bsky.social @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/vhim20/5...

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IPUMS USA has released a new geographic variable, METPOP20, which identifies the size of respondents' commuting system and provides a continuous index of urban/rural status. This release has updates to other metropolitan area, utility cost, property tax, and multigenerational household variables.

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Using Historical and Projected Climate Data to Forecast Child Malnutrition In the final post in our series on future estimation we create a model to predict child malnutrition and plug in projected climate scenario data to predict a future level of child malnutrition.

New blog post from IPUMS DHS on how to create forecasts of child nutrition using DHS, CHIRTS, and CHC-CMIP6 data - check it out at tech.popdata.org/dhs-research...

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Upcoming deadlines for responding to the USDA termination of the CPS Food Security supplement.
➑️TODAY: submit a comment on the importance of these data: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
➑TOMORROW: sign onto the @popassocamerica.bsky.social letter: form.jotform.com/252865538947...

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IPUMS MEPS MEPS is a project dedicated to collecting and distributing census data from around the world. Its goals are to Collect and preserve data and documentation, Harmonize data, Disseminate the data absolut...

IPUMS MEPS (Medical Expenditure Household Survey) now offers 1,100 new variables from the 2023 survey. Easily accessible! @ipums.bsky.social @umn-idim.bsky.social

View data here: meps.ipums.org/meps/

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