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The Louisiana Population Data Center (LPDC) was established at Louisiana State University in 1987 to provide technical support for nationally competitive research proposals in the social sciences. Although the LPDC is housed in the Department of Sociology, its mission is to serve social science researchers throughout the University. Since its inception, the LPDC has supported researchers in Psychology, Political Science, Human Ecology, Agricultural Economics, Social Work, and other academic units. The LPDC is the academic coordinating agency in Louisiana for the State Data Center (SDC) program of the Bureau of the Census.
The LPDC director is the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) organizational representative. Through this service the LPDC provides social science researchers at Louisiana State University with assistance in acquiring and accessing a vast archive of social science data stored at LSU and the University of Michigan. Funded by the LSU College of Arts and Sciences, access to these data sets is free to LSU researchers. The Louisiana Population Data Center has moved to national prominence through its service and research on key social problems. Because it is self-supporting, research contracts and awards with national and local agencies have been an important component of LPDC activities. Our research has been supported by funding from National Science Foundation, United States Department of Agriculture, National Institute on Aging, Minerals Management Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, and the Rockefeller Foundation at the national level, and the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, the Metropolitan Council of the City of Baton Rouge, and the Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs at the local and state level. |
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