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IPUMS Workshop: Working with Geography Variables in IPUMS Demographic and Health Surveys

IPUMS Demographic and Health Surveys (IPUMS DHS) is a tool that simplifies comparisons across DHS samples. Join this webinar to learn more about harmonized geography in IPUMS DHS. The harmonized geography variables facilitate over-time comparisons across samples from the same country. They are especially useful when geographic regions have shifted over time. The target audience for this webinar is individuals with beginner-to-intermediate experience with IPUMS DHS.

Tuesday, August 25 at 10:00am CDT

Penn State 28th Annual Symposium on Family Issues (Virtual)

Causes and Consequences of Parent-Child Separations: Pathways to Resilience.
October 26-27, 2020. Penn State’s 28th Annual Symposium on Family Issues will focus on circumstances of parent-child separation that have become increasingly evident in the social-political-economic context of the 21st century, namely parental incarceration, migration and deportation, and military deployment. In sessions addressing these three broad domains of parent-child separation, speakers from multiple disciplines will consider the societal factors that have given rise to increasing numbers of children and youth who are experiencing separation and the implications of separation for their well-being. Speakers will also highlight the implications of their research for evidence-based programs and policies that foster youth and family resilience. The virtual symposium is free.
Registration is required. More information and registration

Secondary Data Replications for SCORE Project

This is a funded research opportunity for sociologists, including demographers. The Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence project (SCORE) is looking for researchers to help conduct secondary data replications of claims published in leading social-behavioral sciences journals between 2009-2018. There are two different ways to participate in this project:
  • Identify and prepare datasets that provide independent evidence about a claim found in this spreadsheet. Researchers will receive $2,000 for each data set they prepare. The claims that are not already highlighted should be prioritized. The first step is to complete a data proposal following this template, which should be submitted to Andrew or Anna at COS.
  • Analyze a dataset provided to you. Researchers will receive $1,000 for each data set they analyze. The list of studies available for analysis is here. Any project not highlighted is still available, and this list will be continually updated as more datasets become available. Researchers should contact Andrew or Anna at COS when they’ve identified a project they’d like to serve as a data analyst for.

For more details, contact Philip Cohen, pnc@umd.edu

Request for Pilot Proposals: Network on Life Course Health Dynamics and Disparities in 21st Century America (NLCHDD)

The NLCHDD, funded by the National Institute on Aging, invites interested researchers to submit pilot proposals that have potential to better understand how US adult health and mortality outcomes are shaped by meso-level contexts. By meso-level, we mean the county, metro area, city, carceral apparatus, commuting zone, housing or labor market, hospital catchment area, and other contextual levels of influence that are not state-level but are also broader than local contexts such as neighborhoods. Please see the attached pdf for more information and submission instructions.
Due Date: Monday, October 12, 2020