A Guided Tour of IPUMS USA

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IPUMS Webinar on 31 January, 2019 titled, "A Guided Tour of IPUMS USA".

This webinar provides an overview of the datasets and topics available in IPUMS USA, explores website features for customizing data extracts, and shares some useful insider knowledge. Questions from the audience are also included in this video.

0:25 - Webinar orientation
1:00 - Webinar overview
1:57 - What is IPUMS USA?
3:55 - Brief overview of microdata
5:15 - What can you do with IPUMS USA data?
6:18 - IPUMS USA website - Landing page
6:55 - IPUMS USA website - Variable selection page
7:41 - IPUMS USA website - Variable availability
8:35 - IPUMS USA website - Variable description, codes, comparability, universe
10:48 - IPUMS USA website - General v. detailed codes
12:40 - IPUMS USA website - Source variables
13:15 - IPUMS USA website - Questionnaire text
13:35 - IPUMS USA website - Variable availability
14:04 - IPUMS USA website - Flags and editing procedure
15:19 - IPUMS USA website - Sample selection
16:37 - IPUMS USA website - View cart and preselected variables
17:14 - IPUMS USA website - Customize extract request (data format, select cases, attach characteristics)
20:06 - IPUMS USA website - IPUMS registration
20:55 - IPUMS USA website - Download or revise extracts page
21:40 - IPUMS USA website - Revise an extract
22:48 - IPUMS USA website - Codebook

Questions from the Audience
23:49 - Accuracy of 1, 3, and 5-year ACS's
27:47 - Viewing the actual data
29:12 - Downloading different ACS 5-year files and year overlaps: Are these the same people?
30:45 - Mappings between the source and harmonized variables (translation tables)
31:33 - User resources
32:09 - Person weights and replicate weights
35:39 - Analyze data online - IPUMS Abacus
38:49 - Analyze data online - Online data analysis system
40:09 - Why use IPUMS data over downloading from the Census Bureau?
41:55 - Datasets unique to IPUMS USA (Full count data, 1850-1930 linked samples, 1850-1860 slave samples, 1790-1840 full count data)
46:47 - Geography tools and PUMAs
51:10 - Other IPUMS projects
53:27 - IPUMS USA Help page (Online tutorials, User Forum, IPUMS Mug Club)
55:24 - What happened to the 1890 Census files?
55:51 - Puerto Rico datasets
56:50 - USA samples that include oversamples