Contemporary population research increasingly involves sophisticated analyses of large, complex datasets. In addition to leading ongoing, non-human primate longitudinal surveys, DPRC researchers also advance many well-known, long-running human longitudinal surveys, such as the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study. By linking censuses, national government administrative records and other data sources—such as U.S. Social Security and Medicare—with a number of nationally representative longitudinal surveys, DPRC scholars generate large-scale datasets.
The Center’s researchers also utilize social network sampling methods to recruit population samples from immigrants and other hard-to-reach populations, build trust in these communities and increase survey participation rates.
The Table below illustrates major data collections at DPRC. For additional information, email contactdprc@duke.edu.