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Overview

The Demographic Data Cooperative (the Data Co-op) was established through the cooperative efforts of the Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota and the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan. This effort is funded by the National Institute of Health through Population Center grants at the respective institutions. The objectives of the Data Co-op are to extend the depth and breadth of demographic data available to researchers through the cooperative pooling of our archival holdings, sharing of complimentary technical expertise and expanding data access to under-served users outside of our centers.

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research - ICPSR brings a solid background in the development of topical data archives and unparalleled experience in the long-term conservation of data resources. ICPSR has also played a central role in the creation of the new metadata standards that lie at the heart of our enterprise.

Minnesota Population Center - The MPC has a strong collection of aggregate and individual-level census data from around the world. The Cooperative will profit from the MPC's established leadership and experience in developing and implementing advances in data dissemination. The MPC is focusing on metadata improvement and electronic data access tools.

Population Studies Center, University of Michigan - The PSC Data Archive is among the most extensive of its kind, and the PSC has a long tradition of serving demographic researchers from other institutions. The PSC is focusing on archival development. This includes creating and maintaining a comprehensive inventory of data resources at existing demographic data libraries, coordinating data acquisition, and developing procedures for dissemination of restricted access files.

The Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin – The CDE Data Library is known for both the production and distribution of demographic data. It is also an excellent resource for finding information about data.

The Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University – The Data Archive provides researchers with access to a wide range of secondary data, some locally produced. It also provides a web-based extraction too, SodaPop. Depending on data access conditions, this tool is available to the public.

We invite additional population centers and data archives to join our effort. For further details, contact Lisa Neidert.