Big Microdata for Population Research

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 287-297

  Ruggles, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Big data; Censuses; Microdata

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CENSUSES; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893621513     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0240-2     Document Type: Article

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