Editing IPUMS (section)

{{short description|World's largest individual-level population database}}

'''IPUMS''', originally the ''Integrated Public Use Microdata Series'',<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ipums.org/mission-purpose/|title = IPUMS: Mission & Purpose}}</ref> is the world's largest individual-level population database. IPUMS consists of [[Microdata (statistics)|microdata]] samples from [[United States]] ''('''IPUMS-USA''')'' and international ''('''IPUMS-International''')'' [[census]] records, as well as data from U.S. and international surveys. The records are converted into a consistent format and made available to researchers through a web-based data dissemination and analysis system.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://ipums.org/ |title = IPUMS}}</ref>

IPUMS is housed at the Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation (ISRDI), an interdisciplinary research center at the [[University of Minnesota]], under the direction of Professor [[Steven Ruggles]].<ref>{{cite journal | author=Steven Ruggles |title=The Minnesota Population Center Data Integration Projects: Challenges of harmonizing census microdata across time and place|url=http://users.hist.umn.edu/~ruggles/JSM2005-000189.pdf| journal=2005 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association. Government Statistics Section, Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association |pages= 1405–1415   }}</ref>