Can you recommend time-series and panel/longitudinal data sources to use for my data analysis class project?
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Below are some recommended sources for panel/longitudinal or time-series data. Data from the sources below are in formats that can be used by popular statistical software packages. If these suggestions don't meet your needs, or you need additional guidance, contact the Digital Scholarship Center for help.
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General Social Survey
The GSS has been a reliable source of data to help researchers, students, and journalists monitor and explain trends in American behaviors, demographics, and opinions.
Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
The world’s longest running household panel survey. With five decades of data collected on the same families and their descendants, the PSID is a cornerstone of the data infrastructure for empirically-based social science research in the U.S. and the world.
- Review Getting Started to understand how to use and analyze the data for your research.
American National Election Studies (ANES)
Since 1948, ANES has been carrying out important surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation.
IPUMS
Provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation makes it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community contexts.
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Federal Reserve Data Download System
Download data related to selected Federal Reserve Board statistical releases.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Data
A collection of data used in NBER working papers and research.
Search Data Archives for Time Series or Longitudinal/Panel Data
Google Dataset Search
Use a keyword search, to discover datasets hosted in thousands of repositories across the Web.
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
One of the world's oldest and largest social and behavioral science data archives providing access to many large-scale studies. Covered by Google Dataset search.
Roper Center
Public opinion and survey data from over 125 countries and from the year 1935 to present. Covered by Google Dataset search.
Sociometrics
Contains Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences collection of data. Many longitudinal studies from the National Center for Health Statistics are included in the Sociometrics collection.
World Bank Microdata Catalog
The Microdata Library is a service established to facilitate access to microdata that provide information about people living in developing countries, their institutions, their environment, their communities and the operation of their economies. Covered by Google Dataset search.
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