Organized by the CenSoc Project (PIs: Joshua R. Goldstein and Jason Fletcher)
We invite submissions for our first CenSoc Users Conference. The conference will be held remotely on December 6th, 2024, with an option to join in person in Berkeley, California. The conference will bring together an interdisciplinary set of researchers using CenSoc data for empirical research.
The CenSoc datasets link the complete-count IPUMS 1940 U.S. Census to Social Security mortality records. These datasets—CenSoc-DMF (N = 4.7 million) and CenSoc-Numident (N = 7.0 million)—primarily cover deaths among individuals aged 65 and older. The size and richness of CenSoc allows investigators to make new discoveries into geographic, racial, and class-based disparities and determinants of old-age mortality in the United States. CenSoc datasets are freely available for download from https://censoc.berkeley.edu/.
Call for Submissions
We welcome submissions from researchers using CenSoc data for any original empirical investigation. We encourage submissions at all stages:
- “Getting started” presentations
- Work in progress
- Published work
To apply, please use this Google form. We look forward to reading your submissions.
- Requirements for submission: title, short abstract, and optional extended abstract / full
paper
- Submission deadline: October 31st, 2024
Note: The workshop has no fees for participation. Participants can attend either remotely or in-person in Berkeley, though they must cover their own travel expenses. A limited number of travel scholarships will be available for early-career researchers.
For questions, please reach out to conference organizers Casey Breen (casey.breen@demography.ox.ac.uk) and Maria Osborne (mariaosborne@berkeley.edu).
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