Finding Data for Sociologists at Princeton University

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• Finding Data for Sociologists at Princeton
  University

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Contacts

• Susan White, Sociology Librarian
• sbwhite_at_princeton.edu
• Bobray Bordelon, Economics/Finance/Data Librarian
• Alexis Furuichi and Oscar Torres-Reyna
• Data Statistics Consultants
• data_at_princeton.edu

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Numeric Data Holdings of Princeton University

• Micro-data Survey or administrative data about
  an entity. (e.g. person, family, establishment)
• Summary statistics Aggregated counts of survey
  or administrative data Number of persons in an
  area.

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Coverage

• International macro-economic, social, political,
  financial indicators.
• National surveys, statistics for U.S., many
  European nations, public opinion surveys from
  many nations, internationally sponsored surveys
  dealing with health, fertility, and nutrition.

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Coverage

• Time lag from date survey is conducted until data
  files released often 2 years
• Sub-national data U.S. only, other large nations
  (China, India, Canada) where data are collected.
  U.S. has many state level surveys, some dealing
  with large cities (N.Y. and L.A.), some case
  studies (primarily crime) for other cities,
  areas.
• Restricted data

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Princeton University major Social Science Data
Archive Subscriptions

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and
  Social Research
• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
• Social Science Electronic Data Archive

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ICPSR

• Series Data
• Social Science Variables Database

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Roper

• International Data!
• Restrict to RoperExpress Studies
• Data Indexed but not present

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More data!

• Economic financial data http//firestone.princet
  on.edu/econlib
• DSS subject regional guides.
• CPANDA www.cpanda.org
• Consult the Main Catalog.
• Google

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Literature about data sets

• A useful way to find useful data sets is to look
  at the literature of the field.
• ICPSRs Bibliography of Data Related Literature
• CPANDA Literature Database
• Sociological Abstracts.

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Statistical Abstracts

• Country based statistical abstracts
• Lexis Nexis Statistical
• Subject based statistical abstracts
• Digest of Education Statistics
• Health, United States
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
• International Smoking Statistics

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Statistical Software Supported

• Stata
• SPSS
• SAS
• Matlab
• Also Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access,
  DBMS/Copy