General Sources
CISER (Cornell
Institute for Social and Economic Research)
Links to data sets on the Internet.
Data on the Net
From the University of California, San Diego, a searchable database of data
resources on the Internet.
ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium
for Political and Social Research
From the University of Michigan.
NORC - National
Organization for Research at the University of Chicago
Provides research reports on a variety of social issues.
Home of the National Health Information Technology Center.
The Odum Institute for Research in Social Science
From the University of North Carolina.
Pew Internet and American Life
Project
Reports on a variety of topics relating to life in America.
Roper Center for Public
Opinion Research
Social
Trends & Indicators USA (Gale, 2003)
This 4-volume set provides in-depth statistics on social issues paired
with expert analyses. Statistical data is gathered from respected sources
including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of the Census, Bureau of
Economic Analysis, and the Social Security Administration; data is also
gathered from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the
stock exchanges.
Individual volumes are titled:
- Work
& Leisure volume 1
- Community
& Education volume 2
- Health
& Illness volume 3
- Crime
& Justice volume 4
Each chapter features a topic introduction, followed by topic subsections
that present multiple graphics and thorough analysis compiled by experts.
Appendices and cumulative Subject Index appear in each volume.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Global and internationally comparable statistics on
education, science, technology, culture and communication.
Children
Childhood Under
Threat: The State of the World's Children
From UNICEF, includes a statistics' tool that allows you to organize and
display development indicators and reports.
Crime
Bureau of Justice Statistics
From the U. S. Department of Justice, links to statistics about crime and
criminal offenders, victims, law enforcement, prosecution, the justice
system, and special topics. Includes links to data sets that can be used for
analysis.
Juvenile Justice Statistical
Briefing Book
From the National Center for Juvenile Justice, includes downloadable
spreadsheets.
National Criminal
Justice Reference Service: Statistics
Links to publications containing statistics on crime and related criminal
activities.
Sourcebook of
Criminal Justice Statistics Online
Brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of
criminal justice in the United States. These data are displayed in over 600
tables.
State Statistical Analysis
Centers
Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs) are state agencies that collect,
analyze, and disseminate justice data. They contribute to effective state
policies through statistical services, research, evaluation, and policy
analysis. For New York, see the
Division of Criminal Justice
Services.
State
and Local Drug Resources
From the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
New
York State profile.
Terrorism
in the United States
FBI reports.
Uniform Crime Reports
FBI reports.
Education
Education Statistics at a Glance
Brings together data from
several NCES sources including: The Condition of Education,
The Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of
Education Statistics.
National Center for
Education Statistics
NCES is the primary federal entity for gathering and analyzing educational
data from the United States and other countries.
U.S.
Census Bureau: Education
Data on educational attainment, field of training, school costs, school
enrollment, other characteristics crossed by education, and school
districts.
U.S.
Census Bureau: School Enrollment Data
Health
Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services
CMS offers researchers and other health care professionals a broad range of
quantitative information on our programs, from estimates of future Medicare
and Medicaid spending to enrollment, spending, and claims data.
Country Health
Profiles
From the Pan American Health Organization.
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2004
Issued in August 2005, this Current Population Report
examines recent changes within the demographic profile of the real median
household income of US residents, along with material on the nation's
official poverty rate and those persons without health insurance coverage.
The data in the report is based on information from 2003 and 2004, and notes
that the nation's official poverty rate rose from 12.5 percent in 2003 to
12.7 percent in 2004. The report also notes that the number of persons
without health insurance coverage increased by approximately 800,000 to 45.8
million. The report itself is divided into six chapters, and also includes
four appendices which details such crucial research questions as how the
Bureau measures income and poverty. For persons with a keen interest in this
subject (such as policy makers or scholars) this report will be a valued
research tool. [KMG] (Scout Report)
National Center for Health Statistics
Part of the Center for Disease Control and
Prevention
National Institute on Drug Abuse
World Health Organization
Statistical Information System
The WHO Statistical Information System is the guide to
health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information
available from the World Health Organization. Most WHO technical programmes
make statistical information available, and they will be linked from here.
You also have the possibility to search by keywords within the WHOSIS or
throughout the entire WHO site.
Housing
U. S. Census
Bureau: Housing
Links to websites with housing data.
Housing and Urban
Development Data Sets
HUD USER provides interested researchers with access to the original
electronic data sets generated by PD&R sponsored data collection efforts,
including the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, as
well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing
discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public
housing population.
Immigration
Center for Immigration Studies
The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent, non-partisan,
non-profit research organization founded in 1985. It is the nation's only
think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the
economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on
the United States.
Office
of Immigration Statistics
OIS, within the Office of Policy of the Department of
Homeland Security, is responsible for developing, analyzing, and
disseminating statistical information needed to assess the effects of
immigration in the United States.
Language
The Modern Language Association
Language Map
The MLA Language Map is intended for use by students,
teachers, and anyone interested in learning about the linguistic and
cultural composition of the United States. The MLA Language Map uses data
from the 2000 United States census to display the locations and numbers of
speakers of thirty languages and three groups of less commonly spoken
languages in the United States.
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