Data Archive

The ISDC Data Catalog contains information on over 600 datasets covering an extensive range of key economic and social quantitative data, spanning several disciplines and themes. The bulk of the datasets described in this catalog are micro-level. Each dataset within the collection is described by bibliographic details, methodological information, abstract, geographical coverage and temporal coverage. Links to associated metadata include references to publications, subject keywords, extended metadata sources and links to related datasets, clustered in "Data Series".

The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany, is a private, independent research institute focusing on the economic analysis of national and international labor markets. The institute conducts extensive research in all relevant areas of labor economics and advises policymakers on current labor market issues. Financed by Deutsche Post World Net, IZA cooperates closely with the University of Bonn and other academic institutions.

The Social Science Variables Database, created with funding from the National Science Foundation as part of ICPSR's Infrastructure in the Social Sciences award (SES-9977984), is a database of over 4 million variables from ICPSR data. The SSVD enables the user to search for variables, compare variables across studies, and view the question text for select variables.

An international consortium of more than 750 academic institutions and research organizations, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community. ICPSR provides all of its metadata records in DDI format. About 75 percent of the holdings also have DDI-compliant variable-level information.

This repository, which uses Nesstar, provides online access to approximately 2,000 datasets archived with the Australian Social Science Data Archive between 1975 and the present. Areas covered include economics, demography, politics, sociology, psychology, health, law and education. The facility allows browsing, download and online analysis of data.