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Social Science Data Research Guide

Research Guide to Social Science Data to support the Social Science Research & Instructional Center (SSRIC).

Recommended Sources for Data Sets

Pew Research Center
The Pew Research Center is an independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues.

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Archive of social science data, specializing in data from surveys of public opinion.

Field data at UCDATA Berkeley
UCDATA has lots of public opinion data including the Field data

ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research)
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. Use of these data usually requires SPSS, SAS, or similar software.

Recommended Sources for Statistics

Other Sources