Data Sources & Sites
The Department of Sociology maintains a number of datasets for research and information purposes. Major data sets include the longitudinal prospective panel National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) and the General Social Survey. The university is also a member of ICPSR (see below). In addition to maintaining these data sets, the Demographic Research Laboratory maintains a number of demographic datasets. All departmental data sets are available for students to use in their research. Student research must be conducted with the facilitation and approval of a faculty member. Students planning on applying for admission to a doctoral program are strongly encouraged to complete a research project utilizing a major data source prior to preparing their application materials.
Data Sources Outside the Department:
CESSDA: Council of European Social Science Data Archives
CERRO: Data on Central Europe
Centre for the Study of Public Opinion: Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council, University of Essex Data Archive
Eurodata Research Archive: Manheim Centre for European Social Research
The Gallup Organization
ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan Also found here
Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina
Lijphart Elections Archive, University of California, San Diego
MIDAS: University of Manchester, Manchester Computing. An on-line serivice to a large number of complex datasets, such as the 1991 Census of Population Statistics, UK; Government and other longitudinal surveys; Macro-economic time series data; Digital Map Datasets; Spatial geo-referencing datasets, Scientific Datasets.
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
National Data Election Studies: High quality data on voting, public opinion, political participation. For researchers, teachers, and students to understand the theoreticale- empirical bases of mass politics in the United States.
Perry-Castenada Library Map Collection: University of Texas-Austin. More than 230,00 maps covering the entire world.
Population Studies Center, University of Michigan
Social Science Data Archives, Australian National University
Social Indicators of Development: World Bank. Data on human welfare in 170 economies with emphasis on comparing countries. Interactive analysis online.
Social Science Data Libraries and Archives, UCSD
Data Archives, UC Berkeley
Social Science Data Archives: University of California, Irvine Library.
Includes data in a large number of formats (CD-ROM, tape, floppy, round tape) covering sociology, political science, environmental science, health science, criminal justice, demography
Princeton University Survey Research Center: Survey news, findings, datasets, advice.
Princeton University Computing and Information Technology: Data and Statistics Services
Swedish Social Science Data Service:
UC DATA: Data Archives and Technical Assistance, Survey Research Center, University of California, Berleley. Access to a collection of more than 2,000 social science datasets, reports on data, including Pacific Rim demographic characteristics
Research and Statistics Directorate, United Kingdom
Also see Links to Related Sites