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Polling Report.com: bimonthly public opinion monitor, frequently updated polling results and data. Polls grouped in three categories: Politics and Policy, Business/ Economy, or The American Scene. |
Roper Center: : Located at the University of Connecticut, the Roper Center is the largest library of public opinion data in the world. The Center's mission focuses on data preservation and access, education and research. |
| General Social Survey: An almost annual, "omnibus," personal interview survey of U.S. households conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC). The first survey took place in 1972 and since then more than 35,000 respondents have answered over 2500 different questions. | National Election Studies: The mission of the National Election Studies (NES) is to produce high-quality data on voting, public opinion and political participation that serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students and policy makers concerned with understanding the theoretical and empirical foundations of mass politics in a democratic society. |
| FedStats: Huge Meta site of statistics from 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government. Statistics cover virtually everything of interest to the public. | National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information: Various articles and statistics related to alcohol and drug consumption. Requries Adobe Acrobat to read (.pdf) files. |
| American Religion Data Archive: The American Religion Data Archive collects quantitative data sets for the study of American religion. The ARDA was established to meet four goals: Preserve data, improve access to data, increase the use of data, allow comparisons across data files. | U.S. Bureau of Justice: Division of the U.S. Dept. of Justice. BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. Annually, BJS publishes a document that presents findings of major BJS statistical series, describes BJS data collection programs, and summarizes programs to help States and localities to develop automated information systems. |
| Institute for Research in Social Science: Exclusive national repository for Louis Harris public opinion data. Includes data from the Roper Center's International Survey Library Association (ISLA), the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), census data and the National Center for Health Statistics; also, the local repository for the World Fertility Surveys, and the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). | U.S. Census
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National Center for Health Stats: NCHS is the primary Federal organization responsible for the collection, analyses, and dissemination of health statistics.The intent of this site is to provide users access to the health information that NCHS produces. Users can browse the publications and statistical tables, download selected public-use data files, conduct on-line database queries and searches in Wonder, track progress toward Healthy People 2000 Objectives, or access FASTATS from A-Z. |
Public Agenda Online: Public Agenda Online is a nonpartisan resource for journalists and researchers interested in public opinion and public policy. This site features a collection of background information and public opinion data on important issues facing the country. On each issue, Public Agenda Online offers a wealth of polling information from a variety of respected research firms, along with extensive background information and outside resources. The site also offers guidance on using survey research, and links to particularly interesting facts and findings. |
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