Two free seminars on the 2007 Economic Census and related statistics will be held on August 31, 2010 at the University of Minnesota, Anderson Library. From the Program Description: Andy Hait and Bob Marske from the Census Bureau will introduce you to new information about the American economy. Attendees will gain skills in accessing Economic…
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…
Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy: The Human Development Sequence Primary Investigators: Inglehart, Ronald & Christian Welzel, 2005 Sources: Most of the variables in the second half come from the World Values Survey. Other sources include the World Bank, UNDP, Encyclopedia Britannica, CIA World Factbook, Human Development Report, Polity IV, Freedom House, and the Global Civic…
Pippa Norris (Harvard) Exceptionally valuable global indicators datasets and their documentation being shared by this scholar at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Global Indicators Shared Dataset Variables: Over 700. Use the codebook. Geographic Coverage: 191 nations
Letting the Odum Institute speak for itself: Data Archive Catalog “The Odum Institute maintains one of the oldest and largest catalog of machine-readable data in the U.S. It has an extensive collection of U.S. Census data, including one of the most complete holdings for 1970 Census files. Other major sources of data include the North…
CPANDA Cultural Policy & the Arts National Data Archive Data on participation in and policy on the arts: art forms, artists, performers, art education, audiences, cultural policy issues, media coverage of the arts, arts organizations, public attitudes, venues, etc. Much of it is survey data. Geographic coverage: national and state data for the United States.
The Department of Veteran Affairs Office of Policy manages this Veteran Data and Information Website. It provides easy access to Census statistics on veterans, statistics from other sources and the National Survey of Veterans. “This site includes socio-economic data, the demographic characteristics of veterans, the geographical distribution of the veteran population, and other statistical data…
Transparency International is an important source of information on corruption in countries around the world. It is a non-partisan, civil society organization composed of a network of 90 local chapters that fight corruption through advocacy campaigns, lobbying, and promotion of transparency in elections, public adminstration, procurement and business. Perhaps the most important publication is the…