Northwest Census Data Research Center

该奖项为在华盛顿大学建立研究数据中心(RDC)提供资金。RDC为研究人员提供了对人口普查局和其他参与的政府机构收集的数据的安全访问。这些中心满足访问机密数据的所有物理和计算机安全要求，它们允许研究人员使用人口普查局的数据文件以独特的方式研究社会、经济、环境和健康过程和结果之间的关系。该中心是太平洋西北地区的第一个中心，并加入了位于华盛顿特区、波士顿、安娜堡、伯克利、洛杉矶、北卡罗来纳州、芝加哥、纽约、德克萨斯州和亚特兰大的其他12个区域数据中心的网络。这个RDC将由来自不同机构的研究人员使用；除了华盛顿大学，其他用户将来自华盛顿州立大学、俄勒冈大学、俄勒冈州立大学和波特兰州立大学。所有在该中心进行的研究项目都将经过审查程序，以保护数据的机密性。使用该中心的研究人员包括经济学家、社会学家、统计学家、卫生科学家和土木工程师。该中心将为研究生培训提供新的设施，并将促进大学研究人员、西雅图地区的私人基金会和地方政府之间的新合作。

This award funds the establishment of a Research Data Center (RDC) at the University of Washington. RDCs offer researchers secure access to data collected by the Census Bureau and other participating government agencies. The centers meet all physical and computer security requirements for access to confidential data and they allow researchers to use Census Bureau data files to study relationships between social, economic, environmental, and health process and outcomes in a unique way.This center is the first center in the Pacific Northwest and joins a network of 12 other RDCs located in Washington DC, Boston, Ann Arbor, Berkeley, Los Angeles, North Carolina, Chicago, New York, Texas, and Atlanta. This RDC will be used by researchers from a variety of institutions; besides the University of Washington, other users will come from Washington State University, the University of Oregon, Oregon State University, and Portland State University. All research projects conducted at the center will go through a review process to protect data confidentiality. Researchers using the center include economists, sociologists, statisticians, health scientists, and civil engineers.The center will provide new facilities for graduate student training and will lead to new collaborations between university researchers, private foundations in the Seattle area, and local governments.