IPUMS-South/East Africa Project: calendar, funding, Note: The purpose of this site is to improve and enhance the IPUMS-South/East Africa project proposal. No data are available here. The data extraction system here is a simulation. To extract data, please visit the IPUMS-International web site: http://www.ipums.org/international Calendar July 2003: Invitation to participate Project announcement and invitation Executive summary of project details Census microdata inventory and participation status African census documentation catalogued in United Division Statistics Division Historical Archive November 2003: Sign agreements, assemble documentation Second step: Sign agreements, Assemble documentation Memorandum of understanding to be signed with each participating National Statistical Institute Reply form for details about likely documentation and microdata available to the project December 2003: revise grant proposal for review by consortium February 2004: submit grant proposal for funding January 2005: project begins January 2005-December 2009: integrate anonymized census microdata samples for 3 to 5 countries per year--as 2000-round census microdata become available Designing a successful project: documentation needed from each statistical agency Click here for letter of understanding Click here for documentation and microdata reply form Click here for microdata variable availability table w/UNECE & IPUMSi standards Major funding provided by the National Science Foundation , the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and an equipment grant from SUN Microsystems. (List of grants)