Project Timeline

Organizational framework for project Milestone Responsibility
Objective: Create a comprehensive framework for managing the project
1. Create an agreement for collaboration involving all universities involved in the project 01.04.12 31.05.12 Collaboration agreement between all partners Signed by all parties Roberts
2. Create a clear management structure and series of project milestones 01.04.12 31.05.12 Project plan submitted to JISC Submitted to JISC Roberts
3. Establish a schedule of in-person and telephone meetings for 2012 01.04.12 31.05.12 Schedule of meetings Schedule of meetings is agreed Roberts
Technical standards
Objective: Agree on methodology for linking individuals between censuses conducted in different countries 01.03.12 31.05.12 Working group of country PIs and programmers Clear list of standards agreed on Roberts, Inwood, Schürer, Antonie, Lynch
Creation of longitudinally linked data files
Objective: Construct linked data files for Canada, 1852-1881, 1881-1911;
Great Britain, 1851-1881, 1881-1911 and the United States, 1850-1880, 1880-1910.
Agree on universe for initial years by comparing co-residence of boys with fathers by age across all three countries 01.04.12 30.06.12 Country PIs Age and birthplace universe for initial census years agreed upon Roberts, Inwood, Schürer
Port Minnesota linking programmes to University of Leicester computing environment, or ensure remote access from UMN to Leicester 01.04.12 30.06.12 Roberts, Schürer, Lynch Computing environment for British linkage agreed Roberts, Schürer, Lynch
Create longitudinal panel for Britain, 1851-1881 01.04.12 30.10.12 Roberts, Schürer, Lynch, Vick Sample of men linked between censuses created Roberts, Schürer
Create longitudinal panel for Canada, 1852-1881 01.04.12 31.06.12 Inwood, Antonie, Dillon Sample of men linked between censuses created Inwood, Dillon
Finalize data preparation of complete count data for E&W, 1911 01.06.12 31.08.12 Schürer Dataset ready for linking to 1881 Schürer
Create longitudinal panel for E&W, 1881-1911 01.04.13 31.06.13 Roberts, Schürer, Lynch, Vick Sample of men linked between censuses created Roberts, Schürer
Create longitudinal panel for Canada, 1881-1911 01.10.12 31.12.12 Inwood, Antonie, Baskerville Sample of men linked between censuses created Inwood, Baskerville
Analysis of longitudinally linked panels, examining social and geographic mobility
Agreement on social class measures 01.01.13 28.01.13 Roberts, Ruggles, Warren, Inwood, Baskerville, Dillon, Schürer 2-4 social class schemes agreed upon for analysis Roberts, Inwood, Schürer
Occupations reclassified into social class measures 01.02.2013 30.04.2013 Roberts, Woollard, Vick All occupations of linked individuals and their fathersclassified into agreed social class schemes Roberts, Inwood, Schürer
Analysis of occupational mobility 01.05.2013 31.08.2013 Roberts, Ruggles, Warren, Inwood, Baskerville, Dillon, Schürer Statistical analyses of occupational mobility complete Roberts, Inwood, Schürer
Analyses of geographic mobility 01.08.2013 31.10.2013 Roberts, Ruggles, Warren, Inwood, Baskerville, Dillon, Schürer Statistical analyses of geographic mobility complete Roberts, Inwood, Schürer
Preparation of papers for academic journals. 01.10.2013 31.01.2013 Roberts, Ruggles, Warren, Inwood, Baskerville, Dillon, Schürer Submission of two papers to refereed journals Roberts, Inwood, Schürer
Release of data and documentation
Public-use versions of linked data files released on NAPP and UKDA websites 01.01.2014 31.01.2014 Roberts, Ruggles, Schürer, Inwood Release of six datasets Roberts, Inwood, Schürer
Release of tables mapping occupations into social class schemes 01.01.2014 31.01.2014 Roberts, Ruggles, Schürer, Inwood Release of tables Roberts, Inwood, Schürer