Shawn Ratcliff will join us from the Kansas City Research Data Center to provide information on resources available to researchers at KU. The KC Research Data Center is a member of the U.S. Census Bureau’s data research network and is the access point for KU researchers seeking to access detailed census data not available to the public.

Such data includes detailed personal and household information from census surveys, data on individual tax records, and data from a variety of government programs (such as WIC, Medicaid, etc.), as well as others. Ratcliff will provide information about the type of data that is available behind the “firewall.” and the process of creating a census project and acquiring special sworn status to access this data. Any researcher interested in using this data should come to learn about the multi-step process required to use this powerful data tool.

• Census Bureau
• National Center for Health Statistics
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• Census of Manufacturers (COM)
• Longitudinal Business Data base (LBD)
• Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)
• Survey of Business Owners (SBO)
• Business Research & Development and Innovation Survey (BRDIS)
• American Community Survey (ACS)
• Decennial Census
• National Crime Victimization Survey
• National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG)
• Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Panels
• Business Register Bridge (BRB)
• Employer Characteristics File (ECF)
• Employment History Files (EHF)
• Geocoded Address List (GAL)
• Individual Characteristics (ICF)
• Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI)
• Unit-to-Worker (U2W)
• National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
• National Immunization Survey
• Mortality and Multiple Mortality Vital Statistics
• National Survey of Family Growth
• Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)