IPUMS-International: Ireland 2006 Census

IPUMS-International is an effort to inventory, preserve, harmonize, and disseminate census microdata from around the world. The project has collected the world's largest archive of publicly available census samples. The data are coded and documented consistently across countries and over time to facilitate comparative research. IPUMS-International makes these data available to qualified researchers free of charge through a web dissemination system. The IPUMS project is a collaboration of the Minnesota Population Center, National Statistical Offices, and international data archives. Major funding is provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Additional support is provided by the University of Minnesota Office of the Vice President for Research, the Minnesota Population Center, and Sun Microsystems. Detailed metadata will be found in ipumsi_6.3_ie_2006_ddic.html within the Data Package. The related metadata describes the content of the extraction of the specified sample from the IPUMS International on-line extraction system.

国际人口普查微观数据整合项目（IPUMS-International）是一项致力于对全球人口普查微观数据进行编目、保存、统一协调并传播的学术项目。该项目已建成全球规模最大的公开可用普查样本档案库。所有数据均在不同国家与不同历史时期采用统一标准完成编码与文档化处理，以支撑跨国比较研究。IPUMS-International通过网络分发系统，向符合资质的研究人员免费开放上述数据。本项目由明尼苏达人口中心、各国国家统计办公室及国际数据档案机构合作推进。项目主要资助方为美国国家科学基金会与美国国立儿童健康与人类发展研究所人口与行为科学分部。额外资助来自明尼苏达大学研究事务副校长办公室、明尼苏达人口中心及太阳微系统公司（Sun Microsystems）。数据包内的ipumsi_6.3_ie_2006_ddic.html文件包含详细元数据（metadata）。相关元数据用于说明从IPUMS-International在线数据提取系统中调取的指定样本的提取详情。