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Research Data - Sociology
- Data Planet (Sage) This link opens in a new windowThe Data-Planet repository contains datasets from public, commercial, and nongovernmental organizations in the United States and around the world. Subjects covered include business, political science, demography, agriculture, education, criminal justice, housing and construction, labor and employment, energy, and more.
- Eurostat DataData from the European Union
- ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)ICPSR advances and expands social and behavioral research, acting as a global leader in data stewardship and providing rich data resources and responsive educational opportunities for present and future generations.
An international consortium of more than 700 academic institutions and research organizations, ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community.
ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 16 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
- Roper iPoll (Cornell University) This link opens in a new windowThe Roper Center for Public Opinion Research and iPOLL is a full-text, question-level retrieval system for all US public opinion polling firms from 1935 to the present. Users have access to a broad topical coverage of opinions and behavior on social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, and more. Through subject, word, organization, and date indexes, users can retrieve the complete question text and the percentage of respondents giving each response. iPOLL also provides study-level information including the name of the organization(s) that conducted and sponsored the poll, polling dates, polling method used, and a full description of the sample. Major survey research organizations represented in iPOLL include The Gallup Organization, The Roper Organization, Louis Harris and Associates, the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, USA Today, The Washington Post and the Associated Press.
Please note: Gallup Datasets are loaded quarterly and reflect about 20% of all Gallup data.
