Finding Social Science Data

http://course.lib.uci.edu/ss/socsci/fa2002/3a.html

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Social Science Data Archives: http://data.lib.uci.edu

Click on: Data Sources (on left menu)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

[direct access also at: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu] Our source for downloading of major datasets. Click on [at top of screen]:

ICPSR Data

  • Format of Data Files
  • Types of Data Formats
  • Types of Data Structures
  • How to Interpret a Record from an ASCII Data File
  • Bibliography of Data-Related Literature
  • Search ICPSR Holdings
  • SDA Online Data Analysis System

    • The Survey Documentation and Analysis System is used to extract and download data

    Consult the Codebook for which variables are included, how the study was conducted, the sample size, and the column locations and width of each variable.

    Orange County Surveys

    http://data.lib.uci.edu/ocs/

    This data series on Orange County also allows data to be extracted and downloaded.

    The Pacific Poll

    http://data.lib.uci.edu/pp/.

    This data series on this area also allows data to be extracted and downloaded.

    General Social Survey

    UC Berkeley site: http://csa.berkeley.edu:7502/cgi-bin12/hsda?harcsda+gss00

    This UC Berkeley site allows data to be extracted and downloaded. Found via "G" on the A-Z list on top of "data sources" page.

    Kaiser Family Foundation: State Health Facts Online: Download Raw Data

    http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi?action=rawdata#

    This site allows downloading in Excel format.

    Compiled by Daniel C. Tsang, UCI Social Sciences Data Librarian, 380 Langson Library, (949) 824-4978, dtsang@uci.edu. Last updated: February 14, 2003 version 3. October 22, 2002;Version 2.