Disability and Use of Time (DUST): 2009 Since a fascinating talk by Suzanne Bianchi here at Carleton earlier this spring, there has been a resurgence of interest in time use studies. Some new data from the PSID used time diaries to collect information from older couples about disability, time use, and well being. From the…
Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) Use the LSMS Survey Finder to find individual survey datasets. “The Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) was established by the Development Economics Research Group (DECRG) to explore ways of improving the type and quality of household data collected by statistical offices in developing countries. Its goal is to foster increased use of…
The IPUMS-International series now includes 17 new samples from Argentina, Hungary, Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Portugal, and Rwanda. Back in December, 16 new samples were added for Belarus, Cambodia, Greece, the Philippines, Romania, Spain and Uganda. For more information about using these data from the University of Minnesota Population Center, see the data releases web…
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