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Title: Using the Census Bureau's Public Use Microdata for Migration Analysis
Citation Type: Miscellaneous
Publication Year: 2006
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Abstract: The paper reports on the use of the Census Bureau's Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) to analyze migration to and from Cleveland- Akron-Lorain Metropolitan Area. Discussion of the PUMS database, its geographic components, and the results of the migration analysis are presented. Thus the purpose is two-fold – to inform the reader about the usefulness of the data and to illustrate its use with a brief descriptive analysis of migration to and from Northeastern Ohio. PUMS data enable the researcher to calculate custom cross-tabulations and summary statistics of population and housing. Among the data available in PUMS is the location of the person five years earlier; for the 2000 Census the data provide the 1995 place of residence and for the American community Survey (ACS) the data provide the residential location one year ago. Thus with the 2000 PUMS data the user can generate the characteristics of persons who moved to a region between 1995 and the 2000 census, whether from other parts of the nation or from abroad. In addition, the user can identify people who lived elsewhere in the United States at the time of the census but reported that they lived in the region in 1995. Thus the researcher can compare movers to and from the region. This database is a rich source of information about where a region draws migration from and where its migrants move to - important knowledge for regional, community, and economic development planning.
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Authors: Salling, Mark; Cyran, Ellen
Publisher: Urban Publications
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Population Data Science
Countries: United States