Resources
In this section we provide links to useful, unique materials to aid you in your work.
Eve Fielder Library The EFL contains bibliographic citations to a collection of survey methods publications and journals donated to the Data Archive by Eve Fielder, former Director of the ISSR Survey Research Center. The items are available for use in the Archive and can sometimes be borrowed.
Data on the Web DOTW was conceived of and originally built by Jim Jacobs, former Data Archivist at the University of California, San Diego. This site is being revised and refined but the original version can still be used. A description on the DOTW site reads "Search or browse our listing of 363 Internet sites of numeric Social Science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses and more. "
ISMF Mobility Data Index The ISMF project was a joint effort among faculty at UCLA and Utrecht University and the Data Archive at UCLA to identify a collection of datasets used in the study of cross-national, intergenerational social stratification and mobility. The index can be searched by country, study title and keyword. The International Stratification and Mobility File is a collection of harmonized sample survey data with information on social stratification and social mobility, in particular respondent's and parent's social statuses (education, occupation). Further details about the ISMF are included on this site.
Instructional Support Here you will find the resources we think are helpful in using data in instruction, in identifying publicly available datasets to use in teaching, and links to sources in statistical literacy and definitions of statistical terms and tecniques.
Preserving Your Data This site provides you with information on why and how to ensure the long term viability of your research data. There are links to best practices, guides to data preparation, archives where you can deposit your data.
Data Sharing and Responsible Use This web site provides help on how to demonstrate responsible data use. There are details on what to do to share or deposit your own data collections, and how to apply for grants to collect or use data in research. There are guidelines on what to keep in mind in completing online data use registrations, executing licence agreements, and on what is needed for a data protection plan. There is also information on the use of data for instruction and in courseware.
Data Archive Tutorial In this section of the Archive web site we provide details on how to make bibliographic citations, how to search for data, understanding and using codebooks and a very beasic introduction in using data in quantitative research.
Adjusted 2000 Census Data
U.S. Bureau of the Census Home Page
Census 2000 Resources
Census 2000 at ICPSR
American National Election Studies On March 6, 2001, the Secretary of Commerce decided that unadjusted data from Census 2000 should be used to tabulate population counts reported to states and localities pursuant to 13 U.S.C. 141(c) (see 66 FR 14520, March 13, 2001). These numbers are not official Census 2000 counts. These numbers are estimates of the population based on a statistical adjustment method, utilizing sampling and modeling, applied to the official Census 2000
figures.
Demographic and Health Surveys DHS surveys provide data for a wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in the areas of population, health, and nutrition.
Dwaine Marvick Research Collection Dwaine Marvick, 1923-1999 was a Political Science Professor at UCLA. He conducted research projects into attitudes and activities at several levels of politics in California, West Africa, India and Germany. This portal is a record of his publications, data sets and other materials. Please contact the Data Archive for more information about datasets.
Earthquake Survey Data from UCLA Earthquake related behavior is an important part of disaster research in California . Behavior during and immediately after earthquakes is influenced by a range of socioeconomic, situational, and social psychological factors. Here you will find survey data collected as part of research at the University of California , Los Angeles about the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of individuals in responding to earthquakes.
IPUMS USA This is a project dedicated to collecting and distributing United States census data. The resources here allow you to make subsets of US Census data across censuses and for selections of variables or geography. "The Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) consists of thirty-nine high-precision samples of the American population drawn from fifteen federal censuses and from the American Community Surveys of 2000-2006. Some of these samples have existed for years, and others were created specifically for this database. The thirty-nine samples, which draw on every surviving census from 1850-2000, and the 2000-2006 ACS samples, collectively comprise our richest source of quantitative information on long-term changes in the American population."IPUMS International As with the IPUMS USA this project aims to make available census data from countries around the world. Census files are currently available for 35 countries.
Life Histories and Social Change in Contemporary China, 1996 As part of the project "Life Histories and Social Change in Contemporary China," a national probability sample survey was conducted in the People's Republic of China during June-October1996. Interviews were completed for 6,090 Chinese adults, aged 20-69 (3,087 urban residents and 3,003 rural residents). As part of the fieldwork operation for the rural survey, a survey of 383 village leaders was also carried out, using the same questionnaire. The project was initiated in 1994 by Donald J. Treiman, UCLA, Ivan Szelenyi, then at UCLA and now at Yale, and Andrew Walder, then at Harvard and now at Stanford University, in cooperation with staff of the Department of Sociology, People's University, Beijing.
Lijpart Elections Archive The Lijphart Elections Archive is a static research collection of district level election results for approximately 350 national legislative elections in 26 countries that was maintained through 2003.
National Bureau of Economic Research Data Portal Provides access to a variety of data including macro level economic data, industry and international trade data, data on hospitals, vital statistics and demographic data, patents and other assorted topics. Most studies are available in a variety of statistical package formats and are ready to download. NBER also provides access to the Current Population Surveys, monthly and supplemental files.
Pew Internet and American Life Project Pew provide our raw data to scholars for their own research. This page contains links to the Project's survey datasets that are currently available in SPSS on this site. Data is presented in two forms: as an SPSS file and as cross tabulations of questions with some basic demographics in a Word file. The site contains a search feature for identifying available data sets by topic.
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research "The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research is one of the world's leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from surveys of public opinion. The data held by the Roper Center range from the 1930s, when survey research was in its infancy, to the present. Most of the data are from the United States, but over 50 nations are represented." UCLA students, faculty and staff can search for entire polls or can search a question-level database called iPoll.
Social Stratification in Eastern Europe After 1989 "As part of the project "Social Stratification in Eastern Europe after 1989," sample surveys were conducted in 1993 and 1994 in six countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Russia, and Slovakia. Using a questionnaire common to all countries, national probability samples of approximately 5,000 members of the adult population were surveyed in five of the six countries in 1993. The data and documentation files are available to any interested researcher after registering.
Sociometrics Social Science Electronic Data Library This archive is a health and social science resource that consists of more than 200 studies comprising nine topically-focused collections including AIDS, disability, American families, adolescent pregnancy and pregnancy prevention, aging, maternal drug abuse, child well-being and poverty, and complementary and alternative medicine.
This section contains links to interesting tools mostly for visualization of data; these are not intended to replace careful and scientifically valid statistical analysis of data but are provided as a supplement to engage users and encourage discussion.
Swivel Free portion of a site that lets you upload and graph data to share with others. Use it to search for data on a wide variety of topics.
Many Eyes Free site where you can upload and share datasets and do visualizations including maps, graphs, charts, histograms, scatterplots, tree diagrams, and tag clouds among others. Useful for locating data or visualizations on a variety of topics.
Data 360 Users can upload datasets or data visualizations to share with others. Searchable.
StatCrunch For a small fee you can upload datasets and do analysis. This might be helpful for students who do not want to pay for STATA or SPSS. There is an fairly extensive list of statistical analyses possible.
Visual Complexity This site "intends to be a unified resource space for anyone interested in the visualization of complex networks. The project's main goal is to leverage a critical understanding of different visualization methods, across a series of disciplines, as diverse as Biology, Social Networks or the World Wide Web." You can do searches by topics and then read detailed descriptions of how and why the visualization was created and what it intends to show or describe.
Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys
Health and medical Care Archive
International Archive of Education Data
International Data Research Center
Minority Data Resource Center
National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive
Terrorism and Preparedness Data Resource Center
The Library provides access to a variety of resources containing published tables, as well as reports and other prublications discussing statistical information. Searches of the Library's electronic resources are possible by keywords, subjects and type of resource. Visit the Library home page to find out more about the general collection. In addition, below are links to Library-hosted materials containing datasets that can be analyzed using statistical packages such as SPSS, STATA or SAS.