The International Programs Center advances data-driven decision making through tools, capacity strengthening, and data products for the global statistical community. The International Database is one part of the tools within the International Programs Center.
"Large machine-readable census micro-data samples exist for many countries, but access to these data has been limited and the documentation is often inadequate. Even where such micro-data are available for scholarly research, comparisons across countries or time periods are difficult because of inconsistencies in both data and documentation. IPUMS-International addresses these issues by converting census micro-data for multiple countries into a consistent format, supplying comprehensive documentation, and making the data and documentation available through a web-based data dissemination system."