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View article: Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data
Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data Open
The digital revolution has ushered in many societal and economic benefits. Yet access to digital technologies such as mobile phones and internet remains highly unequal, especially by gender in the context of low- and middle-income countrie…
View article: Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method
Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method Open
Reliable estimates of death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies are critical for assessing the severity of a crisis and for effectively allocating resources. However, in many humanitarian settings, logistical and security concerns ma…
View article: Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method
Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method Open
Reliable estimates of death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies are criticalfor assessing the severity of a crisis and for effectively allocating resources. However,in many humanitarian settings, logistical and security concerns make…
View article: Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data
Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data Open
The digital revolution has ushered in many societal and economic benefits. Yet access to digital technologies such as mobile phones and internet remains highly unequal, especially by gender in the context of low- and middle-income countrie…
View article: The Longevity Benefits of Homeownership: Evidence From Early Twentieth-Century U.S. Male Birth Cohorts
The Longevity Benefits of Homeownership: Evidence From Early Twentieth-Century U.S. Male Birth Cohorts Open
Owning a home has long been touted as a key component of the idealized “American Dream.” Homeownership is associated with greater wealth and better health, but the causal impact of homeownership on health remains unclear. Using linked comp…
View article: Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method
Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method Open
Reliable estimates of death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies are criticalfor assessing the severity of a crisis and for effectively allocating resources. However,in many humanitarian settings, logistical and security concerns make…
View article: Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method
Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method Open
Reliable estimates of death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies are critical for assessing the severity of a crisis and for effectively allocating resources. However, in many humanitarian settings, logistical and security concerns ma…
View article: New Data Sources for Demographic Research
New Data Sources for Demographic Research Open
We are in the early stages of a new era of demographic research that offers exciting opportunities to quantify demographic phenomena at a scale and resolution once unimaginable. These scientific possibilities are opened up by new sources o…
View article: Black-White Mortality Crossover: New Evidence from Social Security Mortality Records
Black-White Mortality Crossover: New Evidence from Social Security Mortality Records Open
The Black-White mortality crossover is well-studied demographic paradox. Black Americans experience higher age-specific mortality rates than White Americans throughout most of the life course, but this puzzlingly reverses at advanced ages.…
View article: Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data
Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data Open
The digital revolution has ushered in many societal and economic benefits. Yet access to digital technologies such as mobile phones and internet remains highly unequal, especially by gender in the context of low- and middle-income countrie…
View article: Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data
Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data Open
The digital revolution has ushered in many societal and economic benefits. Yetaccess to digital technologies such as mobile phones and internet remains highly un-equal, especially by gender in the context of low- and middle-income countrie…
View article: New Data Sources for Demographic Research
New Data Sources for Demographic Research Open
We are in the early stages of a new, uncertain era of demographic research, driven by the scientific possibilities that are opened up by new sources of data, such as the digital traces that arise from ubiquitous social computing, massive l…
View article: Berkeley Unified Numident Mortality Dataset (BUNMD)
Berkeley Unified Numident Mortality Dataset (BUNMD) Open
The Berkeley Unified Numident Mortality Database (BUNMD) is a cleaned and harmonized version of the NARA Numident file. The BUNMD is a single standalone file comprised of the most informative parts of the 60+ application, claim, and death …
View article: CenSoc-Numident
CenSoc-Numident Open
The CenSoc-Numident dataset links the 1940 census to the National Archives’ public release of the Social Security Numident file (“NARA Numident”). Our linking strategy relies on first name, last name, year of birth, and place of birth. To …
View article: CenSoc Demo Files
CenSoc Demo Files Open
A prelinked “demo” version of the CenSoc-DMF and CenSoc-Numident datasets with approximately 15 mortality covariates from the 1940 Census and ~1% of records in the complete CenSoc datasets. Please adhere to the citation and usage guideline…
View article: CenSoc-DMF
CenSoc-DMF Open
The CenSoc-DMF dataset links the 1940 census to the Death Master File, a collection of over 83 million death records reported to the Social Security Administration. This matched file includes only men, as surname changes due to marriage fo…
View article: CenSoc Army Enlistment Records
CenSoc Army Enlistment Records Open
The CenSoc WWII Army Enlistment Dataset is a cleaned and harmonized version of the National Archives and Records Administration’s Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (2002). It contains enlistment records for over 9 …
View article: The Longevity Benefits of Homeownership: Evidence from Early 20th-Century U.S. Male Birth Cohorts
The Longevity Benefits of Homeownership: Evidence from Early 20th-Century U.S. Male Birth Cohorts Open
Owning a home has long been touted as a key component of the idealized "American Dream." Homeownership is associated with greater wealth and better health, but the causal impact of homeownership on health remains unclear. Using linked comp…
View article: Demographic Perspectives on Predicting Individual-level Mortality
Demographic Perspectives on Predicting Individual-level Mortality Open
There are striking disparities in longevity across sociodemographic groups in the United States. Yet, can sociodemographic characteristics meaningfully explain individual-level variation in longevity? Here, we leverage machine-learning alg…
View article: Late-Life Changes in Ethnoracial Self-identification: Evidence from Social Security Administrative Data
Late-Life Changes in Ethnoracial Self-identification: Evidence from Social Security Administrative Data Open
Researchers generally recognize that ethnoracial identification may shift over the life course. However, the prevalence of these shifts across cohorts and among older adults remains open questions. Using administrative data from Social Sec…
View article: Describing the safety of abortion at the population level using network-based survey approaches
Describing the safety of abortion at the population level using network-based survey approaches Open
Background Despite the negative impact of unsafe abortions on women's health and rights, the degree of abortion safety remains strikingly undocumented for a large share of abortions globally. Data on how women induce abortions (method, set…
View article: Novel estimates reveal subnational heterogeneities in disease-relevant contact patterns in the United States
Novel estimates reveal subnational heterogeneities in disease-relevant contact patterns in the United States Open
Population contact patterns fundamentally determine the spread of directly transmitted airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 and influenza. Reliable quantitative estimates of contact patterns are therefore critical to modeling and reducing…
View article: Mortality Modeling of Partially Observed Cohorts Using Administrative Death Records
Mortality Modeling of Partially Observed Cohorts Using Administrative Death Records Open
New advances in data linkage provide mortality researchers with access to administrative datasets with millions of mortality records and rich demographic covariates. Although these new datasets allow for high-resolution mortality research,…
View article: Berkeley Unified Numident Mortality Database: Public administrative records for individual-level mortality research
Berkeley Unified Numident Mortality Database: Public administrative records for individual-level mortality research Open
Background: While much progress has been made in understanding the demographic determinants of mortality in the United States using individual survey data and aggregate tabulations, the lack of population-level register data is a barrier t…
View article: An Assessment of CenSoc Match Quality
An Assessment of CenSoc Match Quality Open
The CenSoc datasets link individual-level 1940 Census records to Social Security death records using deterministic record linkage algorithms. In this technical report, we describe our record linkage methodology and assess the accuracy and …
View article: A Large-Scale Measurement of Cybercrime Against Individuals
A Large-Scale Measurement of Cybercrime Against Individuals Open
We know surprisingly little about the prevalence and severity of cybercrime in the U.S. Yet, in order to prioritize the development and distribution of advice and technology to protect end users, we require empirical evidence regarding cyb…
View article: Unpacking the Hispanic Mortality Paradox: A Research Note on Country-of-Origin Variation
Unpacking the Hispanic Mortality Paradox: A Research Note on Country-of-Origin Variation Open
Hispanic immigrants in the United States face persistent socioeconomic disadvantage but paradoxically experience lower mortality throughout the life course. We document this Hispanic mortality paradox across 22 national-origin groups using…
View article: Berkeley Unified Numident Mortality Database: Public Administrative Records for Individual-Level Mortality Research
Berkeley Unified Numident Mortality Database: Public Administrative Records for Individual-Level Mortality Research Open
While much progress has been made in understanding the demographic determinants of mortality in the United States using individual survey data and aggregate tabulations, the lack of population-level register data is a barrier to further ad…