Minnesota Population Center
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The Minnesota Population Center (MPC) is a university-wide interdisciplinary research center at the University of Minnesota. MPC was established in 2000, absorbing two earlier population research organizations.{{cite web|url=http://www.pop.umn.edu/about/history-philosophy |title=History and Philosophy of the Minnesota Population Center |publisher=University of Minnesota, Minnesota Population Center |access-date=2011-10-21}} The primary goals of the center are to foster large-scale cross-disciplinary research collaborations and to provide shared infrastructure for demographic research.
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The center now has 100 faculty affiliates{{cite web|url=http://www.pop.umn.edu/people/mpc-members |title=Members of the Minnesota Population Center |publisher=University of Minnesota, Minnesota Population Center |access-date=2011-10-21}} from 10 University of Minnesota Colleges,{{cite web|url=http://www.pop.umn.edu/about |title=About MPC |publisher=University of Minnesota, Minnesota Population Center |access-date=2011-10-21}} over 50 graduate student affiliates{{cite web|url=http://www.pop.umn.edu/people/gradstudent-members |title=Graduate Student Members of the Minnesota Population Center |publisher=University of Minnesota, Minnesota Population Center |access-date=2011-10-21}} and 120 administrative and research staff.{{cite web|url=http://www.pop.umn.edu/people/staff |title=MPC Staff |publisher=University of Minnesota, Minnesota Population Center |access-date=2011-10-21}}
Overview
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The primary activity of MPC is demographic research; work at the center is divided into eight major themes:{{cite web|url=http://www.pop.umn.edu/research/research_themes |title=Research Themes of the Minnesota Population Center |publisher=University of Minnesota, Minnesota Population Center |access-date=2011-10-21}}
- Large-scale demographic data infrastructure
- Work, family, and time-use
- Historical demography
- Education, labor, and the life-course
- Healthcare access and health disparities
- Census and survey methodology
- Unions and sexuality
- Population and environment
MPC is the producer and distributor of the world's largest demographic data collections.Matthew Sobek; Lara Cleveland; Sarah Flood; Patricia Kelly Hall; Miriam L. King; Steven Ruggles; Matthew Schroeder, "Big Data: Large-Scale Historical Infrastructure from the Minnesota Population Center." Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History 44:2 (2011), pages 61–68. These data collections include the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS),Steven Ruggles; Matthew Sobek; Miriam L. King; Carolyn Liebler; Catherine A. Fitch, "IPUMS Redesign," Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History 36:1 (2003), pages 9–19. the National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS),Catherine Fitch and Steven Ruggles, "Building the National Historical Geographic Information System," Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History 36:1 (2003), pages 41–51. the North Atlantic Population Project (NAPP),Steven Ruggles; Evan Roberts; Sula Sarkar; Matthew Sobek, "The North Atlantic Population Project: Progress and Prospects," Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History 44:1 (2011), pages 1–6. and the Integrated Health Interview Series (IHIS).Pamela J. Johnson, Lynn A. Blewett, Steven Ruggles, Michael E. Davern, and Miriam L. King, “Four Decades of Population Health Data: The Integrated Health Interview Series.” Epidemiology, 19:6 (2008), pages 872–875. Over 40,000 demographic researchers worldwide are registered to use these data collections.
See also
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External links
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