General design of the Integrated Public Use of Microdata Series.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Ruggles, Steven; Hacker, J. David; Sobek, Matthew
- Source
- Historical Methods; Winter95, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p33-39, 7p, 4 Charts
- Subject
- United States census
Statistics
- Language
- ISSN
- 01615440
Discusses the general design of the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS), an enumeration procedure used in the United States census. Challenges in planning the IPUMS; Moves to create integrated documentation of public use samples.