Monthly Training Webinars on Research Data (2): Understanding Population Census and Demographic Changes

Monthly Training Webinars on Research Data: Sources, Tools and Applications

Co-Sponsored by China Data Institute, Future Data Lab, and RMDS Lab

2. Understanding Population Census and Demographic Changes

Shuming Bao¹ and Tao Hu²

¹China Data Institute & Future Data Lab

²Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University

11:00AM-12:00PM, Thursday, US Eastern Time

October 22, 2020

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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/87068378865/

Abstract:

This webinar will discuss the following topics: (1) data sources, collection, category, definition, and interpretation of China population Census data; (2) alternative data for population census, especially data derived from big data sources; (3) comparison of the difference between the US and China census data; (4) discussions of pros and cons; (5) workflow-based data analysis case studies.