Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS-USA)
Lars Marius asked about some test data files for his Duke 0.1 release.
A lot of record linkage work is on medical records so there are disclosure agreements/privacy concerns, etc.
Just poking around for sample data sets and ran across this site.
From the website:
IPUMS-USA is a project dedicated to collecting and distributing United States census data. Its goals are to:
- Collect and preserve data and documentation
- Harmonize data
- Disseminate the data absolutely free!
Goes back to the 1850 US Census and comes forward.
More data sets than I can easily describe and more are being produced.
Occurs to me that this could be good data for testing topic map techniques.
Enjoy!
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