1. Explore variables metadata (18 slides)
Click “Browse and Select Data”:
to view integrated metadata
and to get microdata (make an “extract”) Note: the data are “pooled” into a single file–select as many countries & years as you wish.
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2. Variables metadata: 7 topics (18 slides)
Explore metadata: variables
Lists of variables
Integrated variables
Unharmonized variables
Characteristics (click any variable mnemonic)
Description
Comparability discussions: general & detailed
Universe (to whom is the variable addressed)
Codes
Availability

3. Integrated Metadata: Variables Menu
First, click here, to select samples (the default is “all samples in the database”)
Tip: Do not start here unless you wish to see variables for all samples (takes time to construct and download).

4. Integrated Metadata: Variables Check one or more boxes to select samples
First, check boxes to select samples.
Then, click “submit sample selections”.
If not, choices are not selected.

5. Integrated Metadata: Variables Menu
Second, click “Options”, to set preferences for navigating metadata
Only start here if you want to see all samples at once (takes time to construct and download).

6. Integrated Metadata: List Variables Click “Household”, “Person” or “A-Z”
Click “show all groups together” to see all variables at once
Click “Apply selections” to continue

7. Integrated Variable list for selected samples: Click to select
Integrated Variable list for selected samples: Click to select. Scroll down to see more.
Check any box to to select variable for extract

8. Integrated Variable list for selected samples: Note technical and constructed variables
Family interrelationship (“Pointer”) variables locate co-residing mother, father and spouse --an IPUMS “value-added”

9. Integrated Variable list for selected samples: Fertility, mortality, nativity, birthplace, etc.
Fertility and mortality variables
Nativity and Birthplace variables

10. Integrated Variable list for selected samples: Fertility, mortality, nativity, birthplace, etc.
Education variables
Work variables
Migration variables

11. Integrated Metadata: Unharmonized variables
For experienced users only:
Toggle here, to select unharmonized variables.
Note: each unharmonized variable is specific to only 1 sample (yes, even age and sex).
Unharmonized variables are useful to understand how the coding of an integrated variable is constructed.

12. Integrated Metadata: Unharmonized variables
Unharmonized variables are coded ~same as the original source microdata (with minor exceptions).

13. Variable descriptions: Toggle “integrated variables” and view details of any variable
To toggle to integrated variables Click here, and pause for a second for the screen to refresh.

14. Click a variable name for description, codes, availability, universe, comparability, unharmonized variables and other metadata
Click here, to view metadata for CLASSWK.

15. Integrated metadata for CLASSWK: description, comparability, universe, codes, availability, questionnaire text, etc.
Click any tab to view detailed metadata

16. CLASSWK: description, comparability discussion general and detailed
Study the metadata to understand definitions, similarities and differences for each variable, country and sample.

17. Click “codes” to view codes, labels and case counts (sample frequencies) for each varible
Click “codes” to see codes and case counts (frequencies)

18. CLASSWK general “codes” availability
Click here, to toggle between general and detailed views

19. CLASSWK detailed “codes” availability
Note distinction in Thailand beginning in 1990 between white/blue collar/ public worker.
IPUMS rule: “integrate” not standardize.

20. CLASSWK detailed “codes” case count view Note: case counts are not weighted
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21. This tutorial focused on 7 IPUMS metadata topics:
Explore metadata: variables
Lists of variables
Integrated variables
Unharmonized variables
Characteristics
Description
Comparability discussions: general & detailed
Universe (to whom the variable applies)
Codes
Availability
Source documents
Want more? View tutorial on “sources”