Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy Resources

Time series data from licensed and public domain datasets including key government data. Areas covered include: economic indicators, banking, crime, employment, environment, health, housing, industry, pricing and cost of living, transportation data and many more topics. Includes International Monetary Fund Data. Download data in spreadsheet format with some shapefiles for Geographic Information Systems.

This interface contains nation-wide tract-level data from the 1970, 1980, 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses. Researchers tracking demographic trends over time can use variables and tract boundaries that are consistently defined across census years. The scope in includes Long Form data with details such as: population, household, and housing characteristics, income, poverty status, education level, employment, housing costs, immigration, and other variables. Data download and mapping tools are available. Formats are compatible with B.C. supported software.

The OECD Statistics delivers a selection of the most frequently used OECD statistics. These monthly, quarterly or annual time series cover the OECD's main areas of coverage: Agriculture and Food - Development and Aid - General Economic Problems - Economic Indicators - National Accounts - Employment - Energy - Financial and Fiscal Affairs - Industry, Science and Technology - Foreign Trade.

Polling the Nations is a comprehensive collection of public opinion(14,000 surveys)conducted by more than 700 polling organizations in the United States and more than 80 other countries. The database includes the full text of the questions and responses covering a broad range of issues. In 1981 it began, in print format, as American Public Opinion Index (O'Neill Reference & Stacks HM261.A463) and over the years the database expanded to include surveys from more than 80 other countries in Europe, Canada, Mexico, Africa, and Asia.

Roper Data Center for Public Opinion Research describes numeric data files held at the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. Researchers interested in secondary analysis of survey data files can determine studies relevant to their areas of interest. Roper database includes:
1.GSS-General Social Survey 1972-2004 Cumulative Data File.
2.2000 & 2004 National Election Pool Exit Polls.
3.National Science Foundation Surveys of Public Understanding of Science and Technology-1979-2001, which monitors public attitudes toward a variety of science-related issues and topics since 1979. Longitudinal data i.e. Virginia Slims American Women's Opinion Poll (United States)

Provides data from more than 80 different sources covering more than 15 years at the state level. Topics include health care, crime, education, employment, energy, government finances, social welfare, transportation and more. Mapping and graphing tools to compare with other data sets, or export to Excel.

Provides quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and more.

Standard summary of statistics on the social, political and economic organization of the U.S. Includes data from governmental and private sources. Serves as a guide to other statistical sources.

Includes data on elections and political parties, public opinion and voting, the media, the military, social and economic, policy, and more.