Data Repositories for Research Data

Social Science Repositories

Below are a number of repositories from across different fields of the social sciences.

Sociology/Demographics

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) - A repository that includes one off datasets, as well as thematic collections of data focused on the social and behavioral sciences.
• Census Bureau Data - The primary platform to access demographic and economic data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Political Science

• Federal Election Commission - A portal for users to examine U.S. federal election and federal campaign finance data.
• American National Election Studies - National surveys of voters in the United States, conducted before and after every presidential election.

Economics

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Find data about the U.S. labor market, and other information such as pricing and inflation data.
• Federal Reserve Data - Provides data on U.S. economic and financial systems.
• World Bank Open Data - Explore economic data from countries around the world.

Criminology

• FBI Crime Data Explorer - A portal that provides estimated national and state data, reported agency-level crime statistics, and graphs of specific variables from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).
• Bureau of Justice Statistics - Provides data from different aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system.

Other Survey Data Sources

• Health and Retirement Study (HRS) - A longitudinal panel study that surveys a representative sample of approximately 20,000 people in America about the challenges and opportunities of aging.
• The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) -  A cross-national collaboration programme conducting annual surveys on diverse topics relevant to social sciences.