We are excited to announce that our second annual CenSoc Users Conference will be held on December 4th, 2026. We are now accepting submissions from researchers using CenSoc data or related census and mortality records for original empirical research. Submissions are due by October 31st. [Flyer] [Submission Link] This event will be held virtually, with an option to […]
The CenSoc team is excited to announce the release of the CenSoc-DMF dataset version 4.0. This dataset, which links men in the 1940 Census to the Social Security Death Master File (DMF) and previously included mortality from the years 1975-2005, has now been extended to cover the period of 1975-2020. Data for all years are […]
On December 6th, 2024 the CenSoc team hosted a CenSoc Users Conference. The conference was held at UC Berkeley, with the option for participants to attend remotely. The conference featured a lineup of interdisciplinary researchers from academic institutions including UC Berkeley, University of Wisconsin, Gonzaga University, the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Austin Peay […]
We are excited to announce the release of sibships in the Berkeley Unified Numident Mortality Database (BUNMD) and CenSoc-Numident dataset. Sibling comparisons are a useful tool that allow researchers to control for shared, unmeasured confounding variables. However, sibling relationships are not identified in administrative mortality data, and are difficult to establish in census data if […]
We are hosting our first ‘CenSoc Users Conference’ on December 6th. This event will be held remotely, with an option to join in-person at UC Berkeley. Travel funding is available. We welcome submissions from researchers using CenSoc data for any original empirical investigation. Submissions at all stages are welcome: Deadline: October 31st [Flyer] [Submission link]
The CenSoc team is happy to announce the release of Berkeley Unified Numident Mortality Database (BUNMD) and CenSoc-Numident supplemental geography files. These files contain additional geographic information for place of birth and/or place of death for the majority of decedents in the BUNMD and the CenSoc-Numident file. These supplemental variables can be attached to the […]
The CenSoc team is pleased to announce the release of the CenSoc-Numident and CenSoc-DMF version 3.0 datasets, which link the 1940 Census to Social Security mortality records. This version of the data contains new person weights calculated using NCHS data. New Statistical Weights In version 3.0 CenSoc-Numident and CenSoc-DMF data, we construct inverse inclusion-probability weights […]
The CenSoc team is pleased to announce the release of four new and updated World War II Era Army Enlistment datasets for 2023. First, we have released the CenSoc WWII Army Enlistment Dataset (Version 1.0, N = 9.0 million), a cleaned and harmonized version of the National Archives and Records Administration’s Electronic Army Serial Number […]
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Demography, to work on the CenSoc Project. One-year appointment with possibility of one-year renewal. This appointment is contingent upon receipt of the Ph.D. prior to the start date. Start date is negotiable but as early as March 1st, 2023. Department Background The UC Berkeley Demography program is widely regarded […]
One of the great promises of the CenSoc datasets is the opportunity to pull back the curtain a bit more on how Americans in the twentieth century lived before they died. On behalf of the CenSoc team, I am excited to announce what may be the first empirical paper to use CenSoc data in that […]