Archiving the Historical Demography of the U. S.

描述(由申请者提供)：该项目将存档、保存和传播有关美国的历史和人口统计方面的重要数据。我们的重点是描述生命历史的纵向数据，特别是多代数据集。与人口相关的科学的最新发展，如老龄化的生物人口学和生殖的进化生物学，重新引起了人们对跟踪个人一生和世代的数据的兴趣。关于美国的这类数据有着丰富的遗产，但它面临着永远丢失的严重危险。许多重要的研究都是在数据存档不是一种标准做法，很少考虑保存数字对象的时候进行的。除了存档和保存这些数据外，我们还将把它们转换成“中间数据结构”，这是一种新兴的历史纵向数据标准，它在复杂的数据管理任务中创建了标准化和透明化，并使这些数据更易于使用。 公共卫生相关性：这个项目将存档、保存和传播来自美国的纵向生活史和美国学者的类似研究的集合。与人口相关的科学的最新发展，如老龄化的生物人口学，重新引起了人们对跟踪个人一生和世代的数据的兴趣。研究人员将能够应用新技术来提出关于生育率、死亡率、家庭系统、老龄化和移民的问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will archive, preserve, and disseminate historically and demographically significant data about the United States. Our focus is on longitudinal data describing life histories, especially multi-generation datasets. Recent developments in population- related sciences, such as the bio-demography of aging and the evolutionary biology of reproduction, have renewed interest in data that follow individuals throughout their lives and across generations. There is a rich heritage of such data about the U.S., but it is in grave danger of being lost forever. Many important studies were conducted at a time when data archiving was not a standard practice, and the preservation of digital objects was rarely considered. In addition to archiving and preserving these data, we will translate them into the "Intermediate Data Structure," an emerging standard for historical longitudinal data, which creates standardization and transparency in complex data management tasks and makes these data much easier to use. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project will archive, preserve, and disseminate collections of longitudinal life histories from the United States and similar studies by U.S. scholars. Recent developments in population-related sciences, such as the bio-demography of aging, have renewed interest in data that follow individuals throughout their lives and across generations. Researchers will be able to apply new techniques to pose questions about fertility, mortality, family systems, aging, and migration.