Many countries conduct a census and a growing number of them permit census microdata to be sent and used overseas, including the USA, Canada, Australia and Spain. This opens up the opportunity for cross-national comparative research and, even where microdata files are not allowed to go outside the country, comparative research can be profitably pursued by collaboration between researchers in different countries. This section highlight some of the work conducted by resort of the microdata. As shown below, international comparisons of ethnic variations in social and economic outcomes yield highly interesting results using the SARs in conjunction with comparative data from USA and Canada.
The following examples illustrate some of the ways in which SARS have been used in international comparative research [Note This link opens in a new window]
National comparison is also the focus of the following SAR-based learning and teaching unit in the CHCC collection: [Note These links open in a new window]