STAT-USA, a long-time standby, one stop shop for information released by government agencies publishing trade and economic information (such as the Census Bureau, Treasury Department, BLS, Federal Reserve, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Commercial Service, Department of State, EIA, etc) will close its virtual doors on September 30, 2010. By August 15, a resources page pointing…
Influenza Activity – Minnesota Department of Health Every year the Minnesota Department of Health publishes an influenza activity report. Today, the H1N1 Epidemiology report was released for 2009-2010. The archive page contains the annual statistical reports from 2003 to the present. Format: mostly PDF, but occasionally Excel Good for: numbers of patients hospitalized for influenza,…
World Bank’s Open Data at data.worldbank.org. In April, the World Bank announced their open data initiative and made all of their data products freely available in a new interface, which includes API access for developers, dramatically increasing the availability and reach of this information. A quick how-to guide to the new site. Overview information of…
Disability and Use of Time (DUST): 2009 Since a fascinating talk by Suzanne Bianchi here at Carleton earlier this spring, there has been a resurgence of interest in time use studies. Some new data from the PSID used time diaries to collect information from older couples about disability, time use, and well being. From the…
Preliminary results from the 2009 Minnesota Health Access Survey show a significant increase in uninsurance in the state. The Minnesota Health Access Survey is a large-scale health insurance survey conducted jointly by the Health Economics Program (of the Minnesota Department of Health) and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) Use the LSMS Survey Finder to find individual survey datasets. “The Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) was established by the Development Economics Research Group (DECRG) to explore ways of improving the type and quality of household data collected by statistical offices in developing countries. Its goal is to foster increased use of…
When looking for neighborhood information, it’s often a good idea to check local city resources such as city government, universities or colleges located in the city, and area associations. Local institutions of higher education are likely to have guides to city information on their library web sites and might even have maps and GIS data…
A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns, 1787-1825 This collection of early U.S. election returns has been painstakingly created using official reports, original election ballots, contemporary newspaper accounts, and 19th century county histories. All levels of elections are included, from town clerks to presidential. Search by keyword, state, year, office, candidate, party or election type…
Local data (i.e. state-level or county-level) can be found from the national source, in this case the BEA, or from a local demographer’s office. Local Source County Level Income Data for Minnesota, 2005 The state demographer’s office of Minnesota prepares and publishes reports and data subsets like this one for the state of Minnesota. When…
China Historical GIS CHGIS is a repository of historical and current spatial data about China. Data is available for download for free for academic uses. Registration is required. “Having downloaded the CHGIS datasets, the user can search the database for administrative units and capitals for any given time in Chinese history, can create customized digital…