Fwd: Upcoming NHIS Webinar, 2019 ASEC, IPUMS International Data Release, and More!

IPUMS Census and Survey Data                                                        View this email in your browser Dear IPUMS User, It's been a busy few weeks at IPUMS HQ — and it isn't slowing down! Please see full details about what we've been doing and what we're up to next below, and visit ipums.org for more information about our data projects.  DATA RELEASES IPUMS CPS August and September 2019 basic monthly variables are now available. 2019 ASEC data are here! New this year: the ability to specify whether a spouse/partner is of the same or opposite sex, new income and health insurance variables, and new editing procedures on the census side. Read all about it in this blog post. IPUMS Health Surveys 2017 MEPS full year consolidated data are now available from IPUMS MEPS. Healthcare expenditures. Health status. Medical conditions. Healthcare utilization. MEPS has these data for the U.S. since 1996!  IPUMS USA To quote our director, Steve Ruggles, "I have dreamed of this day for the past four decades: full-count IPUMS census data spanning the period 1790-1940 are now available." IPUMS USA released the 1860 and 1870 full count datasets on September 25, completing the range of publicly available US Decennial Census full count microdata. IPUMS International It's that time of year again: IPUMS International data release season! Read this blog post to learn about the IPUMS International 2019 data release.  IPUMS Time Use Coming soon: ATUS 2017/2018 leave module data. Check back next week for this upcoming release! WEBINAR AND WORKSHOP   IPUMS Health Surveys Webinar  "Intro to IPUMS NHIS" Wednesday, October 30 12:00-1:00 p.m. CST IPUMS NHIS harmonizes data from the National Health Interview Survey collected by the National Center for Health Statistics. Data include annual survey data from 1963 to the present. This webinar will overview the structure of the NHIS data and topics available in IPUMS NHIS, explore website features for customizing data extracts, provide a quick start guide for new users, and share insider knowledge useful to both new and experienced users. Registration is required. Like all IPUMS data, the webinar is free of charge! IPUMS @ APPAM — Denver, CO "Accessing, Analyzing, and Visualizing IPUMS Data" Wednesday, November 6 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. MST IPUMS is joining forces with data visualization expert Jon Schwabish (Urban Institute) for a one-day workshop on Wednesday, November, 6th, in Denver, Colorado! The workshop is scheduled for the day before the APPAM Annual Fall Conference.  Learn to harness the power of IPUMS data for social science and demographic research and bring your analyses to life through visualization in this one-day workshop. Brought to you by leading experts in data science and visualization, this workshop will teach you to extract, analyze, and visualize your data. See more details and purchase tickets here. We have discounts available for students and government or non-profit employees. Contact David Van Riper (vanriper@umn.edu) for discount codes.  Use it for good! The IPUMS Team IPUMS HITS THE ROAD We will be exhibiting at several conferences in the coming weeks. Be sure to stop by, say hello, talk to us about IPUMS data, and grab some swag! GSA November 13, 2019 to November 17, 2019   Austin, TX IPUMS staff will be on hand in the exhibit hall to chat or answer questions. Stop by booth 201 to learn more about IPUMS and talk data with us. UAPS November 18, 2019 to November 22, 2019   Entebbe, Uganda IPUMS will be participating in the exhibit hall. Stop by our booth to find out more information about our projects. SSHA November 21, 2019 to November 24, 2019   Chicago, IL IPUMS will be in the exhibit hall, and our director, Steve Ruggles, will be giving the presidential address. THE LATEST FROM IPUMS HQ BLOG POST Homeownership and Race in the Twin Cities: Applying IPUMS NHGIS Geographically Standardized Time Series Data Learn about this powerful new tool! READ HERE UPCOMING EVENTS Gerontological Society of America November 13-17, 2019 Union for African Population Studies November 18-22, 2019 SEE MORE IPUMS.ORG | University of Minnesota Copyright © 2019 University of Minnesota, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: IPUMS 225 19th Ave South Minneapolis, MN 55455