Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Highlights from ICPSR Data Sharing for Demographic Research News



Online analysis is now available for the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS), 1991-2006. Run basic crosstabs, frequencies, & complex analyses without downloading any data: bit.ly/2PWUQDg

This is a rich and heavily used study. Data spotlight:

National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), 1994-2008 [Public Use][ICPSR 21600]
 
Add Health is a longitudinal study of a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescents in grades 7-12 during the 1994-1995 school year. The Add Health cohort was followed into young adulthood with four in-home interviews, the most recent conducted in 2008 when the sample was aged 24-32. Add Health combines longitudinal survey data on respondents' social, economic, physical, and psychological well-being with contextual data on the family, neighborhood, community, school, friendships, peer groups, and romantic relationships.

Coming Soon
DSDR staff are currently working to make these data and resources available:
  • Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A. FANS)   
    [estimated release: Q1, 2019]
  • Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) Data Guide
    [estimated release: Q1, 2019]
  • Tsogolo La Thanzi (TLT): Waves 2 and 3 [Healthy Futures]
    [estimated release: Q1, 2019]
  • Social Capital and Children's Development Study (ICPSR 35481), Wave 5 data
    [estimated release: Q1, 2019 

Monday, December 17, 2018

New Studies from ICPSR December 12, 2018


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Monday, November 5, 2018

New ICPSR Studies November 2018



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New OECD October 2018


New  Reports From OECD




Pricing Carbon Emissions Through Taxes and Emissions Trading










Tuesday, October 16, 2018

An Atlas of Thinking: Mapping by Middle School Students

An Atlas of Thinking

Educators  foster  map-based geographic way of thinking in middle schools and aim to enable anyone to communicate these ideas by making their own maps. Supported by Out of Eden Walk, Jeff Blossom, cartographer at the Center for Geographic Analysis at Harvard Universitywent into schools across the northeastern U.S. to teach digital cartography. 

      “Everything happens somewhere, and mapping ‘where’ leads to greater understanding.”

Examples include students creating an earthquake and volcano map in Google Earth.

Map of Every Building in America

New York Times creates an  interactive map to explore every building in the U.S.

What did they discover?


"We found fascinating patterns in the arrangements of buildings. Traditional road maps highlight streets and highways; here they show up as a linear absence."

Friday, October 5, 2018

Article: 'ICE IS EVERYWHERE': USING LIBRARY SCIENCE TO MAP THE SEPARATION CRISIS



This article includes a link to a Torn Apart "A rapidly deployed critical data & visualization intervention in the USA’s 2018 “Zero Tolerance Policy” for asylum seekers at the US Ports of Entry and the humanitarian crisis that has followed."

Monday, October 1, 2018

NYT Data Visualization: Detailed New National Maps Show How Neighborhoods Shape Children for Life



Last New York Times Interactive Map  projects expected adult household income for poor children who were raised in various places.



"Some places lift children out of poverty. Others trap them there. Now cities are trying to do something about the difference."  NYT Times October 1, 2018. 

Friday, September 21, 2018

NYT Data Visualization: See Flood Waters Rise Across the Carolinas After Hurricane Florence


New York Times Offers an Interactive Mapping Tool
 Revealing Flooding in the Carolinas After Hurricane Florence



Maps include time and amounts of rainfall along with data on power outages.

See Flood Waters Rise Across the Carolinas After Hurricane Florence

Monday, September 17, 2018

New Studies from ICPSR September 16, 2018



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Monday, August 13, 2018

Monday, July 30, 2018

New ICPSR Studies July 29, 2018

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