About this database

ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) offers more than 500,000 digital files containing social science research data. Using the downloaded data requires some basic knowledge of statistical analysis techniques and some familiarity with statistical analysis software packages (SAS, SPSS, Stata). Disciplines represented include political science, sociology, demography, economics, history, gerontology, criminal justice, public health, foreign policy, terrorism, health and medical care, early education, education, racial and ethnic minorities, psychology, law, substance abuse and mental health, and more.

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Summary: 
ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) offers more than 500,000 digital files containing social science research data.
Content Types: 
  • Statistics & Data
Dates: 
1940-present