Census Microdata: findings and futures
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Humanities Bridgeford Street, University of Manchester |
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1 - 3 September 2008 |
Programme
| Day one: Monday 1 September 2008 | ||
| 11.30 |
Coffee and registration: Foyer, Humanities Bridgeford Street (HBS) | |
| 12.00 | Lunch: Foyer, HBS | |
| 1.00 | Chair: Ed Fieldhouse, Director, The SARs, University of Manchester Keynote speaker: Denise Lievesley, Special Advisor, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and President, International Statistical Institute The future of microdata |
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| 2.00 | Coffee | |
| 2.30 |
International Microdata Revolution Chair: Bob McCaa, University of Minnesota Managing Microdata Access and Statistical Confidentiality: A review of the IPUMS-International project Dennis Trewin, Statistical Consultant Intergenerational Coresidence
and Economic Development: New Evidence from the International
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series Lessons learned from
cross-national research on marital homogamy The Census-project:
Evaluating the IECM base and enhancing users' access |
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| 4.00 | Tea | |
| 4.30 |
Beyond cross sections: Insights from analysis of longitudinal microdata Chair: Dermot O'Reilly, Queen's University, Belfast Health inequalities
using Belgian census and linked mortality data Comparing results from
the England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland Longitudinal
Studies Socio-demographic determinants
of entry into and exit from long-term institutional care –
a linked register based follow-up study of older Finns |
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| 6.00 | End of day one | |
| 7.00 |
Wine reception and conference dinner, Manchester Conference Centre | |
| Day two: Tuesday 2 September 2008 | ||
| 9.00 | Migration Chair: Dave Martin, University of Southampton Using IPUMS data from
the 1999 Kenya Census to explore internal migration Migration in National
Surveys and Censuses Using the 2001 Census
Individual CAMS to explore the relationship between migration
and longer distance commuting in rural England |
Health and Employment Chair: Patrick Deboosere, Vrije Universiteit Brussel South Asian ethno-religious
groups and part time employment pattern in England and Wales:
Results from the 2001 individual SARs Measuring Social Progress:
Labour market position of 1st and 2nd generation minority ethnic
groups in Britain (1991-2001) The Geography of Unpaid
Caring in the UK Uses of census microdata for monitoring
human resources for health in low and middle income countries
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| 11.00 | Coffee | |
| 11.30 | International Migration Chair: Tony Champion, University of Newcastle Status, class and immigration in the
1901 Census: results of applying 19th Century and 20th Century
classifications to occupational data on immigrants and the native-born
in the 1901 Census of Canada Family Formation of
‘Foreign Brides’ in Japan and Taiwan: A Comparative
Analysis of Two Types of Censuses Gender Ratios in Global
Migrations, 1850-2000
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Combining data Chair: Ed Fieldhouse, University of Manchester Combining 2001 UK Census
data in a multilevel model Using Targeted Perturbation
of Microdata to Protect Against Intelligent Linkage |
| 1.00 | Lunch | |
| 2.00 |
Family formation Chair: Steven Ruggles, University of Minnesota The Mixed-Ethnic Unions in England and Wales in the 1990s Zhiqiang Feng, University of St Andrews Studying links between disability and family
formation: Evidence from the SARS and other data sources |
Poverty Mapping Chair: Paul Norman, University of Leeds Micro-level and Macro-level Effects
of Family Poverty in the Texas Borderland and the Lower Mississippi
Delta: United States, 2006 Census microdata and poverty mapping
– a validation study using Brazilian data A Technique for Small
Geographical Scale Poverty Analyses: The use of Census Microdata
in the Case of Liberia, Costa Rica |
| 3.30 | Tea | |
| 4.00 |
Balancing access and confidentiality Chair: Judy Hawkins, Office for National Statistics The Research Data Centre Program: from a seed to a forest. A fundamental element of the social research infrastructure in Canada Gustave Goldmann, Statistics Canada Improving access to Census Microdata - the Australian experience Jenny Telford, Australian Bureau of Statistics Microdata access and confidentiality issues in Germany Heike Wirth, ZUMA, Germany |
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| 5.30 | End of day 2 | |
| Day three: Wednesday 3 September 2008 | ||
| 9.00 | Census futures Chair: Jo Wathan, University of Manchester Routes to access: what affects the decision that statistical offices make on research access Paul Jackson, Jane Longhurst and Judy Hawkins, Office for National Statistics, UK The Danish system for researchers access to microdata Ivan Thaulow, Danmarks Statistik 10.00am Coffee break The UK Census: future directions Peter Fullerton, Office for National Statistics French census microdata: changes ahead Jean-Francois Royer, Insee, France The Census Public Use
Microdata File (PUMF) at Statistics Canada |
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| 11.45 | Coffee | |
| 12.00 | Round table discussion Chair: Angela Dale, University of Manchester A summary of the major issues arising in the conference, both in terms of research benefit of census microdata and major themes looking forward. Panel members: Denise Lievesley, President, International Statistical Institute Bob McCaa, Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota Jane Longhurst, Office for National Statistics |
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| 1.00 |
End of conference | |
