Infrastructure for Population Analysis

SES-1155572史蒂文·罗格斯明尼苏达大学人口中心人口分析基础设施摘要该项目将创建一个大型数据库，使长期经济和社会变化的分析成为可能。该数据库将涵盖整个美国人口的全部地理细节，提供有关童年社区特征和劳动力市场条件的背景信息。该项目由明尼苏达州人口中心与全国最大的家谱数据制作人S合作资助，除了国家科学基金会外，它还得到了人口普查局、国家档案和记录管理局的资助。这种协作能够以极高的成本效益将稀缺资源用于社会和行为研究的共享基础设施。由国家科学基金会资助的部分涉及将1940年人口普查补充问题数字化，包括父母出生地、退伍军人状况、社会保障登记、职业、婚姻状况、出生子女数量和其他首次收集的信息。该项目涉及(1)转录描述美国个人、家庭、家庭和群体季度的人口和经济特征的数据；以及(2)通过随机盲目验证和与公布的人口普查结果比较来评估数据质量。该项目的结果将是一个原始数据文件，提供1940年美国人口的人口和社会经济特征的转录。研究人员将能够将人口普查数据与小组调查、行政记录和国家死亡指数联系起来，从而能够研究早期生活条件对后来结果的影响。该数据库还将使创新的多层次空间分析成为可能，目前还不可能进行。更广泛的影响本人口普查数据库旨在提高公众对关键政策相关问题的科学和公众理解，如人口老龄化、移民、经济流动性以及政府政策对经济发展和福祉的影响。新的数据库将对该国的统计基础设施进行永久性和实质性的补充，作为一个基础性的参考资料集，对社会科学和行为科学的研究可能产生深远的影响。该项目还将为本科生和研究生提供大量的研究培训。

SES-1155572Steven RugglesUniversity of Minnesota Population CenterInfrastructure for Population AnalysisAbstractThis project will create a large-scale database that will make possible analyses of long-term economic and social change. The database will cover the entire US population with full geographic detail, providing contextual information on childhood neighborhood characteristics and labor-market conditions. The project is funded collaboratively by the Minnesota Population Center with the nation?s largest producer of genealogical data, and it receives funding from the Census Bureau, the National Archives and Records Administration, in addition to the NSF. This collaboration allows a highly cost-effective use of scarce resources for shared infrastructure for social and behavioral research. The component funded by the National Science Foundation involves digitizing the supplemental 1940 Census questions, including the parental birthplaces, veteran status, Social Security enrollment, occupation, marital status, number of children born, and other information collected for the first time.The project involves (1) transcription of data describing the demographic and economic characteristics of individuals, families, households, and group quarters present in the United States; and (2) evaluation of data quality through random blind verification and comparison with published census returns. The outcome of the project will be a raw data file providing a transcription of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the 1940 population of the United States. Researchers will be able to link Census data to e.g., panel surveys, administrative records, and the national death index, allowing study of the impact of early life conditions on later outcomes. The database will also enable innovative multi-level spatial analysis impossible to conduct until now. Broader ImpactsThis Census database seeks to enhance scientific and public understanding of critical policy-related issues, such as population aging, migration, economic mobility, and the impact of government policy on economic development and well-being. The new database will make a permanent and substantial addition to the country's statistical infrastructure, serving as a foundational reference collection with potentially far-reaching implications for research across the social and behavioral sciences. The project will also offer substantial research training to undergraduate and graduate students.