IPUMS International Team

Matthew Sobek

Director of Data Integration, Research Scientist

sobek@umn.edu

IPUMS Data Projects

IPUMS International

IPUMS-PMA

IPUMS-DHS

Historical Census Projects

Research Interests and Project Expertise

International Population Data Integration; Occupational Structure; Demographic Data Infrastructure

Biography

I began working with population microdata in graduate school and co-authored the first full version of IPUMS with Dr. Steven Ruggles in 1997. I wrote my PhD dissertation on historical occupational structure using the integrated U.S. census data. After completing my doctoral work, I went to the University of California, Riverside to become managing editor of the 5-volume Millennial Edition of the Historical Statistics of the United States.

In 2001, I returned to manage IPUMS International. I have since had a hand in numerous census and survey data integration projects. My most recent work has been methodological and oriented toward improving and documenting the IPUMS infrastructure.

Selected Works

Sobek, Matthew. 2016. Data Prospects: IPUMS-International." In Michael White, ed., International Handbook of Migration and Population Distribution. New York: Springer, 157-174.

Sobek, Matthew et al. 2011. "Big Data: Large-Scale Historical Infrastructure from the Minnesota Population Center."Historical Methods 44: 61-68.