Statistics & data

Core Social Science Data Resources

Cross-Archive Searching with On-line Analysis

• Council of European Social Science Data Archives: CESSDA

• multi-lingual searching

• Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure   <odesi>

• searches the local archive, ICPSR and Canadian Opinion Research Archive

Major Survey Research Archives

• Equinox Data Delivery System [primarily Canadian  and US micro-data ]
• Variable level searching
• en français aussi
• ICPSR:  principal social science data archive, INCLUDING: 
• National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging [NACDA]
• National Archive of Criminal Justice Data [NACJD]
• National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program [NAHDAP]
• GESIS:  Liebniz Institute for the Social Sciences   
• GESIS ZACAT:  Online Study Catalogue

• MacroData Guide:  comprehensive catalogue of international macro-data sources

Cross-National, Comparative Data Sources

Multi-Thematic

• Eurostat
• OECD i-Library :   Membership consists of North America, EU, Israel and Turkey. OECD iLibrary also contains content published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and the International Transport Forum (ITF)
• UNdata:  includes data from WHO, UNESCO, FAO
• UNDP:  Human Development Index
• UNCTAD:  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• World Bank:  World Bank's Open Data Portal, including macro and micro data
• World Development Indicators:  economic, social and ecological indicators
• Poverty and Inequality: Data & Tools
• International Comparison Program

Economic Focus: National Accounts, Financial Data, etc.

• Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU): 
• Country Data   excludes countries with unreliable data; earliest data from 1980.
• City Data
• Federal Reserve Economic Data [FRED]
• International Monetary Fund (IMF):   e-Library
• International Financial Statistics  Balance of Payments  Direction of Trade   Government Finance Statistics   Commodity Prices
• PENN World Tables:  provides purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 189 countries for some or all of the years 1950-2007.

Economic Focus: Trade Data

• Canada: Trade Data Online (Industry Canada)
• ComTrade:  United Nations International Merchandise Trade Statistics
• CIMT:  Canadian International Merchandise Trade Database
• International Trade Center: Library
• UNCTAD:  United Nations Conference  on Trade and Development
• USA:  International Foreign Trade Statistics

International Relations Orientation:

• CNTS:  Cross-National Time Series (originally Arthur S. Banks collection)

• EDRS holds data updated through 2011.  Many series begin in 19th century.
• Obtain data from EDRS upon signing licence agreement

• ICRG:  International Country Risk Guide   [click on LOGIN at top-right]

• Jane's:  Defense & Security Intelligence & Analysis

• SIPRI:   Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

Social Focus:  Cross-National Comparative Social Survey Data

• Afrobarometers
• Eurobarometers,    European Social Survey
• LatinoBarometro
• Living Standards Measurement Study
• Measure DHS:  Demography & Health surveys
• Internatonal Social Survey Project    [ISSP]
• LIS:  Luxembourg  Cross-National Data Centre:  Income, Wealth, Inequality Studies
• Minorities at Risk   [University of Maryland MAR Project]
• Multinational Time Use Study
• World Values Survey

Specialized Archives

Demography

United Nations Population Information Network

Environment

AGEDI:  Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Iinitiative

ICAO:  carbon emissions calculator

World Resources Institute:  EarthTrends: Environmental Information

World Watch Institute

Elections, Governance

• American National Election Studies 
• Canadian Election Data
• Comparative Political Data Sets
• Election Data: Post-Communist Countries
• DGEQ: Le Directeur Général des élections du Québec 
• IDEA:  Democracy and Electoral Assistance
• Latin America Electronic Data Archive
• Lijphart Elections Archive
• Worldwide governance indicators:   WGI

Public Opinion Polls

Canadian Opinion Research Archive

• Canada - Public Opinion Polls:  Gallup, Pollara, etc.

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

NORC: major public opnion and social research center

Religion:  ARDA: the Association of Religious Data Archives

National-level Data Sources

Canada:

Statistics Canada:  Macrodata

• Canada - Multi-thematic: CANSIM I via CHASS
• Canada - Multi-thematic: CANSIM II via CHASS
• Canada - Administrative Data:   Taxfilers, RRSPs
• Canada - Agriculture: Census -- 2006,   2011
• Canada - Agriculture: Economy  Canadian Farm Financial Data  
• Canada - Business: Canadian Business Patterns
• Canada - Business: Inter-Corporate Ownership
• Canada - Business: Financial Performance Indicators for Canadian Business
• Canada - Census of Population: 2011  2006   2001  1996
• Canada - Census: Canadian Census Analyser
• Canada - Census: Geographic Files
• Canada - Economy: Productivity Data
• Canada - Economy: Income Trends
• Canada - Education:  [provincial responsibility -- see Council of Ministers of Education]
• Canada - Education:  PCEIP:  Education Indicators
• Canada - Education:  Statistics Canada releases to the DLI:    [contact EDRS for data]
• ESES:  Elementary and Secondary Education Survey
• FINC, FPINCB:  financial information
• PSIS:  Post-Secondary Education Information System
• TLAC:  Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs
• UCASS:  University and College Academic Staff Survey
• Canada - Environment:  Environmental Indicators
• Canada - Health:  Health Indicators
• Canada - Public Opinion Polls:  Gallup, Pollara, etc.
• Canada - Security: Crime and Justice Statistics

Other Sources:  Canada Macrodata

• Canada - Multi-thematic:  Conference Board of Canada e-data
• Click on "I want to...Retrieve economic data --> Get data --> use "Sign in for Schools"
• Speical Topics: Consumer confidence;  Business Confidence;  Provincial level data; Metropolitan Data Base
• Canada - Health: Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
• Canada - Labour Force:  Gender and Work Database
• Canada - Poverty: Canadian Council on Social Development

Statistics Canada - Microdata

• Alphabetical Listing of all Statistics Canada Surveys

To obtain Statistics Canada Public Use Microdata files:

1. Equinox:  Most PUMFs included in DLI are downloadable as raw data files with sysntax files to generate SPSS, SAS or Stata system files.
2. EDRS:  most frequently used surveys can be obtained upon request as SPSS, SAS, or Stata system files.

• Examples:
• Multi-thematic: 
• CENSUS OF CANADA Public Use Micro Data Files
• 2011 National Household Surve
• Cyclical:   General Social Surveys
• Environment:  Households and the Environment Survey 
• Health Surveys:  CCHS  NPHS   Canada Health Survey

USA:

MACRO-DATA

• USA - Multithematic: FedStats
• USA - Multithematic: US Statistical Abstract
• USA - Agriculture: Agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators (USDA)
• USA - Agriculture: National Agricultural Statistical Service
• USA - Census: US Census Bureau
• USA - Culture: Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive
• USA - Economy:  Stocks and securities prices  CRSP
• USA - Economy:  Basic economic indicators:  Citibase
• USA - Education:  National Center for Educaton Statistics
• USA - Health:  National Center for Health Statistics  {CDC}
• USA - Justice:  Bureau of Justice Statistics
• USA - Labor:   Bureau of Labor Statistics
• USA - Trade:   Trade Statistics

MICRO-DATA

• General Social Survey   (NORC)
• National Longtudinal Surveys
• Panel study on Income Dynamics 
• Social Science Electronic Data Library: US data focuses on family issues, drug use, child-poverty, AIDS, etc.

Other Selected National Data Sources

Brazil:  National Statistical Office

China:  China Data Online

Germany:  Federal Statistical Office

India:   IndiaStat   Micro-data:Youth in India Survey

Japan:  National Statistical Office     Statistics Japan   e-Stat Portal

Russian Federation:   Federal State Statistics Service

United Kingdom:  Office for National Statistics