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The GSS (General Social Survey) is an almost
annual, "omnibus," personal interview survey of
U.S. households conducted by the National Opinion Research
Center (NORC). The first survey took place in 1972 and since
then more than 38,000 respondents have answered over 3,260
different questions.
The special features of the GSS follow from its unique origin
as the first, perhaps only, social science data set designed
to be analyzed by "users," rather than the PIs and
project staff.
Key features of the GSS are its broad coverage, its use of
replication, its cross-national perspective, and its attention
to data quality.
It covers a broad range of variables from "Abortion,
attitudes toward," to "Zodiac, sign of." Topics
are chosen, drawing on the advice of a large number of social
scientists, to cover variables strategic for social science
research. The eclecticism of the GSS is a mirror of the eclectic
interests of contemporary social science. For more information
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ICPSR's collection of SDA-interface data
sets. A selection of ICPSR data collections is available for
online data analysis. This means that users can perform certain
statistical procedures on the data, create custom subsets,
or browse the codebook on the Internet, without downloading
the entire collection and importing the data into a statistical
package.
This is the main entry point to ICPSR's online data analysis
system. In addition to the main archives listed below, the
SDA site provides access to other datasets as well.
Studies are in 5 main categories:
- Aging
- Child Care & Early Education
- Criminal Justice
- Education
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health
The goal of the archive is to provide ready access to substance
abuse and mental health research data. Topics covered include
drugs, tobacco, and alcohol, and their use, insurance coverage,
treatment, illegal activities, and relevant demographic, health,
and mental health data. Major studies archived include Drug
Abuse Warning Network, Monitoring the Future, National Household
Survey on Drug Abuse, National Pregnancy and Health Survey,
Treatment Episode Data Set, and National Youth Survey.
The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) preserves
and distributes computerized crime and justice data from Federal
agencies, state agencies, and investigator initiated research
projects to users for secondary statistical analysis.
"The Archive acquires, processes, documents, and disseminates
data collected by national, state or provincial, local, and
private organizations, pertaining to all levels of education
in countries for which data can be made available. Data will
encompass the "inputs" to education (funding, personnel,
teaching resources, facilities, teacher and student preparation,
etc.), the variety of processes by which teaching and learning
occur, and the "outputs" of education (graduation
and matriculation rates, drop-out rates, test scores, job
placements, life histories, life assessments, etc.). The data
stored in this new Archive are intended to support a wide
variety of comparative and longitudinal research through the
preservation and sharing of data resources. The Archive seeks
to serve the needs of academics, policymakers, and researchers
in the field of education."
"NACDA's mission is to advance research on aging by
helping researchers to profit from the under-exploited potential
of a broad range of datasets. NACDA acquires and preserves
data relevant to gerontological research, processing as needed
to promote effective research use, disseminates them to researchers,
and facilitates their use. By preserving and making available
the largest library of electronic data on aging in the United
States, NACDA offers opportunities for secondary analysis
on major issues of scientific and policy relevance."
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Spreadsheet-like interface to enormous U.S.
federal data sets, users may subset major data sets and download
them to their own statistical packages. Users must download
and install the DataFerrett application in order to access
the data. It is an extremely useful tool with a somewhat clunky
interface.
DataFerrett
[http://www.thedataweb.org/index.html]
The Data Ferrett provides access to the following datasets.
- American Community Survey (ACS)
- American Housing Survey (AHS)
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
- Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES)
- Current Population Survey (CPS)
- Decennial Census of Population and Housing (Census2000)
- National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
- National Center for Health Statistics Mortality-Underlying
Cause-of-Death (MORT)
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HANES)
- National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)*
- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
- National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Assocated
Recreation (FHWAR)
- Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
- Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD)
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Sociometrics SSEDL microdata analysis focusing
on AIDS/STD, disability in the U.S., the American family,
adolescent pregnancy, aging, and other health-related topics.
The datasets included in Midas are:
American Family Data Archive (AFDA)
-- The archive contains data sets in family research that
have the greatest potential for secondary analysis relating
to family structure, marriage, divorce, family formation,
child & family well being, child care, and other topics
of importance to family research.
AIDS/STD Data Archive (AIDS) --
Included data sets address the following topics: the incidence
and prevalence of specific sexual behaviors; contraceptive
and STD-preventive behavior; attitudes and beliefs regarding
sexual behavior and methods of contraception and STD prophylaxis;
AIDS/HIV knowledge, attitudes, behavior, and serostatus; current
and past episodes of STDs; and high-risk behavior, including
alcohol/drug use and prostitution.
Contextual Data Archive -- Contextual
data describe the population, social, and economic characteristics
of geographic areas, from census tracts to states, in which
people reside or work. The contextual data archive consists
of a series of files, each organized around a different geographic
unit of analysis (such as census tracts, school districts,
counties, states, etc.)
Child Well-Being and Poverty Data Archive
-- The collection provides descriptive and comparative data
on the structure of child well-being and poverty; factors
that contribute to poverty and child well-being; the consequences
of child poverty; and evaluations of education, welfare, and
other programs related to child well-being and poverty.
Data Archive of Social Research on Aging
(DASRA) -- DASRA contains three large national surveys
that deal with nearly all components of the aging process.
Data Archive on Adolescent Pregnancy and
Pregnancy Prevention (DAAPPP) -- DAAPPP includes social
science data on the incidence, prevalence, antecedents and
consequences of teenage pregnancy and family planning. It
also includes studies that focus more broadly on adolescent
sexual health issues, thereby including studies examining
behavioral factors related to sexually transmitted diseases
(STDs) in addition to pregnancy.
Maternal Drug Abuse Data Archive (MDA)
-- The collection includes data on the following topics: the
prevalence of drug use among pregnant women and women of childbearing
age; demographic characteristics of pregnant drug users; types
and patterns of illicit drug use; social, psychological and
economic antecedents of pre- and perinatal drug abuse; the
effects of pre- and perinatal substance use on pregnancy complications
and neonatal status; and the effects of fetal alcohol and
drug exposure on children's physical, neurobehavioral, psychological
and social development.
Research Archive on Disability in the
U.S. (RADIUS) -- The purpose of the project is to facilitate
access to the best data sets on the prevalence, incidence,
correlates, and consequences of disability in the U.S. |
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