Archer Library: Data Services: International Data

ICPSR

The ICSPR (Inter-University Consortium of Political and Social Research) maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 research datafiles in the social sciences, including 16 specialized collections in the fields of education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and many others. In addition to publicly-available downloads, University of Regina students, faculty, and staff may create a free ICPSR MyData Account to download membership-only data.

Off-campus access works best when a MyData Account is used.

ICPSR Home Page
Use this link to search for and access ICPSR public data.
ICPSR My Data
Use this link to create an account to search for, access, and download member only data.
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Free accounts are only available to U of R students, faculty, and staff.

US Data

DataONE
Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE) is the foundation of new innovative environmental science through a distributed framework and sustainable cyberinfrastructure that meets the needs of science and society for open, persistent, robust, and secure access to well-described and easily discovered Earth observational data. Also features data tutorials and other resources.
United States Census Bureau
The US Census Bureau collects data on the population, state and local government, housing, and economics in the US.
USAID Demographic and Health Surveys
The DHS collects data and provides assistance to more than 400 surveys in over 90 countries in order to provide better understanding of global health and population trends in developing countries.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The Statistical Abstract serves as the official federal summary of statistics and provides over 1,400 tables of benchmark measures on the demographic, housing, social, political, and economic condition of the United States.
IPUMS USA
Collects, preserves, and harmonizes US Census data specific to social, economic, and health research.
American National Election Studies
ANES produces data from surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation. Data is intended to serve the research needs of social scienctists, teachers, students, policy makers, and journalists.
Data.Gov
Open data from the US government, along with tools and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, and design data visualizations.
CDC - National Center for Health Statistics
Provides access to US health data sets and the Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health.

International Government and NGO Open Data

Afrobarometer
A non-partisan, pan-African research institution conducting public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, the economy and society in 30+ countries repeated on a regular cycle.
Eurostat
The statistical office of the European Union, their mandate is to process and publish comparable statistical information at the European level. They do not collect data, but consolidate the data from individual EU member countries and create comparable data reports.
European Social Survey
The ESS is a cross-national survey conducted across Europe since 2001. The survey measures the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviour patterns of thirty European nations.
Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe
Covering 27 European countries and Israel, SHARE is a multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database of micro data on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks of about 140,000 individuals aged 50 or older.
Open Data India
Open Data India portal is used by the Government of India Ministries and Departments to publish datasets, documents, services, toold and applications for public use.
Japan Statistical Yearbook
A comprehensive and systematic summary of statistical information from Japan including land, population, economic, social, and cultural data.
UK Office of National Statistics
The UK's independent producer of official statistics that collects, analyzes, and disseminates statistics about the UK's economy, society, and population.
National Bureau Statistics of China
Open Data from People's Republic of China. Primarily aggregated datasets.

Inter-Governmental Open Data

WTO Data
World Trade Organization Data Portal provides time series data on merchandise trade and trade in services statistics, market access indicators, and non-tariff information. GIS representations of selected data is also available.
The World Bank Data Catalog
Links to World Bank data on statistical capacity, open data, impact evaluation surveys, and enterprise surveys. Also features a search bar or the option to search for data by type or country/region.
UNdata
The main data portal for the United Nations and it's major partners. Features a search bar, links to other UNSD databases, and popular statistical tables and regional profiles.
Penn World Tables
Penn World Tables provide data on income, output, input, and productivity for 182 countries between 1950-2017.
Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and The Caribbean
Provides basic statistics from the previous year on the economic, sociodemographic, and environmental situation in the region.
IMF Data
Features macroeconomic and financial data from the IMF. Data can be searched for by topic or country/economy.
OECH Health Statistics
Offers a comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems in OECD countries.
CIRI Human Rights Data Project
Contains data from 1981-2011 from 202 countries on government respect for 15 internationally recognized human rights.
IPUMS International
Collects and distributes census data from 98 counties for social science and health research.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Allows for viewing and downloading of popular UIS data and indicators in tables. Allows users to build their own data tables and export data into Excel.
WHO Data
Contains health data for the 194 Member States over a 1000 indicators.
ILOSTAT
The International Labour Organization's Department of Statistics collects UN labour statistics. They provide relevant, timely, and comparable labour statistics.
FAOSTAT
The UN's database of food and agriculture data.

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