Data Sharing for Demographic Research is a cooperative agreement between the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch of the NICHD and the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research of the University of Michigan. Collaborators include the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota, and the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan.
DSDR supports researchers—both those who collect data and those who wish to use data—in dealing with complex data and data requiring special security.
It provides data producers with:
- Tools and resources for dissemination of public-access data
- Tools and strategies for dissemination of restricted-access data
- Long-term secure archiving of public-use and restricted-use data
- State-of-the-art training in the preparation and dissemination of data and metadata
- Assistance in developing data discovery mechanisms
DSDR provides data users with:
- A searchable index of demographic data
- Access to public-use and restricted-use data
- Assistance in meeting security requirements when applying for restricted-use data
- User support
- Online analysis
- Training in data use
Information about data collection projects supported by the DBS Branch can now be accessed through the DSDR. For more information on the DSDR, visit the project Web site at http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/DSDR/.
For more information on Data Sharing for Demographic Research, contact Jeff Evans.
