Steven Ruggles
Encyclopedia
Steven Ruggles is Regents Professor Professor of History and Population Studies at the University of Minnesota
, and the Director of the Minnesota Population Center
.
Ruggles, a leading historical demographer
, received his Ph.D in history from the University of Pennsylvania
in 1984. He is best known as the creator of the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS
), the world's largest population database. In 1995, Ruggles was described as the "King of Quant" by Wired Magazine. Ruggles has made important contributions to the study of long run demographic changes, focusing especially on changes in the family. His study of the effects of demographic change on family structure won the William J. Goode Book Award from the American Sociological Association
and the Allen Sharlen Memorial Award from the Social Science History Association. In 2003, Ruggles received the Robert J. Lapham Award from the Population Association of America in recognition of lifetime contributions that blend research with the application of demographic knowledge to policy issues.
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
, and the Director of the Minnesota Population Center
Minnesota Population Center
The Minnesota Population Center is a university-wide interdisciplinary research center at the University of Minnesota. MPC was established in 2000, absorbing two earlier population research organizations...
.
Ruggles, a leading historical demographer
Historical demography
Historical demography is the quantitative study of human population in the past. It is concerned both with the three basic components of population change--fertility, mortality, and migration--and with population characteristics related to those components, such as marriage, socioeconomic status,...
, received his Ph.D in history from the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
in 1984. He is best known as the creator of the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS
IPUMS
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series is the world's largest individual-level population database. IPUMS consists of microdata samples from United States and international census records...
), the world's largest population database. In 1995, Ruggles was described as the "King of Quant" by Wired Magazine. Ruggles has made important contributions to the study of long run demographic changes, focusing especially on changes in the family. His study of the effects of demographic change on family structure won the William J. Goode Book Award from the American Sociological Association
American Sociological Association
The American Sociological Association , founded in 1905 as the American Sociological Society , is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology by serving sociologists in their work and promoting their contributions to serve society.The ASA holds its...
and the Allen Sharlen Memorial Award from the Social Science History Association. In 2003, Ruggles received the Robert J. Lapham Award from the Population Association of America in recognition of lifetime contributions that blend research with the application of demographic knowledge to policy issues.