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Aims
• To create linked panels of census data in a comparable manner in three different countries
• To measure social mobility over two generations in three countries, and compare levels and changes in social mobility -
Outputs and outcomes
• Integrated set of programmes for creating linked data panels between pairs of censuses
• Representative samples of men linked between censuses at 30 year intervals, made available as public use datasets -
Project timeline
Duration: Twenty four months
Project start date: 1 February 2012
Project completion date: 31 January 2014 -
Project history
This project is based on one of the largest microdata collections in existence, the North Atlantic Population Project (NAPP). The NAPP database includes complete enumerations of the populations of Britain, Canada, the United States, and several other countries between 1850 and 1911.