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American Time Use Resource Center
Home of MPRC's Time Use Work Group. Here you will find codebooks and information on how to use the newly released American Time Use Survey Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Program on the Economics of Crime and Justice Policy
Home of MPRC's Crime and Population Work Group. Here you will find information on the latest research and upcoming workshops sponsored by this group.
Spatial Analysis Working Group
Home of MPRC's Spatial Analysis Work Group. Here you will find information about the group members and their latest research.
Qualitative Research Interest Group (QRIG)
Home of MPRC's Fourth Work Group on Qualitative Research. Here you will find the latest information about upcoming events and workshops.
Journal Submission Guidelines
Visit this link to learn what exactly is required to submit an article to a specific population-related journal.
SodaPop Online Data Extraction System
Visit this page to utilize MPRC's data extraction tool specifically designed to work with SAS datasets at Penn State University/
MPRC Graduate Student Association (GSA)
Are you a UMD graduate student looking into how to get involved with MPRC? Check this site for information about becoming affiliated and getting involved.
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University of Maryland's website
Learn more about the institution that is the home of the Maryland Population Research Center.
Department of Economics Labor and Public Finance Seminar/Workshop Series
Find out who is presenting at this year's annual labor and finance workshop in the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland.
Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity
Learn more about this dynamic group affiliated with MPRC.
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Webuse Data
These are a set of resources to further the scientific study of the impact of the Internet on Societies.
Central to this is understanding the transformative effect—both positive and negative—that the Internet has
on human behavior and how the emerging persistent behaviors enable and constrain activities, understanding,
knowledge, and culture. Two archives exist for this data. They are as follows:
Webuse
Data Archive (ATUS03to05)
Webuse Data
Archive (REMP7206)
Webuse Data
Archive (AHTUS65to02)
SodaPOP
This unique data extraction tool was a joint project of MPRC's Computing Core and the Population Research
Institute (PRI) at Pennsylvania State University so that researchers at both institutions could access
PRI's large data warehouse via the web.
Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA)
Housed at the University of Califonia, Berkeley this website contains a set programs for the documentation
and web-based analysis of survey data. The SDA archive includes the General Social Survey
(GSS) and the American National Election Study (ANES).
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Both IPUMS-USA and IPUMS-International can be accessed through this website maintained by the Minnesota
Population Center at the University of Minnesota.
Current Population Survey (CPS)
CPS data is accessed via IPUMS. Users can extract data, view the User's Guide and much more.
AddHealth
The Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill houses this data including
both public-use data and restricted-use data.
Mexican Health and Aging Survey (MHAS)
The Population Studies Center at the University of Pennslyvania houses this data which includes questionnaires
and findings from 2001 and 2003.
The Health and Retirement Study (HRS)
Housed at the University of Michigan, the HRS surveys more than 22,000 Americans over the age of 50 every
two years and looks at the physical and mental health, insurance coverage, financial status, family
support systems, labor market status, and retirement planning of America's aging population.
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY)
Two major datasets for this survey are housed at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 1997 NLSY survey
looks at young men and women born in the years 1980-84 where respondents were ages 12-17 when first
interviewed in 1997. The 1979 NLSY survey looks at men and women born in the years 1957-64 where
respondents were ages 14-22 when first interviewed in 1979.
American Time Use Survey (ATUS)
The ATUS measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare,
volunteering, and socializing. Data are housed at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)
These surveys are conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics at the CDC. Data from Cycles 1
through 6 are available online.
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
PSID data is housed at the University of Michigan. Customized data extractions are available.
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U.S. Census Bureau
Looking for state-by-state population estimates or other facts and figures? Check out this site to learn more.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Looking for specific datasets related to employment and time use like the American Time Use Survey? Check out this site.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (EKS-NICHD)
The government agency that supports MPRC and other Population Centers. Check out this site for the latest funding news and opportunities.
FedStats
Home of the "offficial" statistics collected and published by more than 70 Federal agencies.
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Population Association of America (PAA)
PAA is the leading organization for researchers in the field of population sciences. Each year they host a conference that brings together the top demographers from around the world.
American Economic Association (AEA)
The AEA is also a leading organization in the field of economics. They publish numerous journals that are of interest to researchers in the population sciences as well.
Association of Population Centers (APC)
The APC is an independent group of universities and research whose goal is to encourage and facilitate collaborative research in the population sciences.
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Bowling Green State University - Center for Family and Demographic Research
Brown University - Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC)
Johns Hopkins University - Hopkins Population Center
Pennsylvania State University - Population Research Institute
Population Reference Bureau - Center for Public Information on Population Research
Princeton University - Office of Population Research (OPR)
RAND - Population Research Center
State University of New York at Albany - Center for Social and Demographic Analysis (CSDA)
UCLA - California Center for Population Research
University of Chicago - National Opinion Research Center and Population Research Center
University of Michigan - Population Studies Center (PSC)
University of Minnesota - Minnesota Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Carolina Population Center (CPC)
University of Pennsylvania - Population Studies Center
University of Texas at Austin - Population Research Center (PRC)
University of Washington - Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
University of Wisconsin - Center for Demography and Ecology (CDE)
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