ISSDA
Irish Social Science Data Archive
Other Data Archives
The following sources offer a range of relevant Social Sciences data.
Ireland
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Central Statistics Office |
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- Statbank |
https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/statire/SelectTable/Omrade0.asp |
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- Statbank tutorial |
https://www.cso.ie/en/interactivezone/youtubevideos/statbanktutorial/ |
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Ageing |
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Public health |
www.thehealthwell.info/ |
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Health |
www.hiqa.ie/healthcare/health-information/data-collections/online-catalogue |
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Children |
www.dcya.gov.ie/inventory-of-data-sources-on-childrens-lives/ |
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Irish Qualitative Data Archive |
www.maynoothuniversity.ie/iqda The Irish Qualitative Data Archive (IQDA), based at NUI Maynooth, is a valuable complement to ISSDA's services and a central access point for qualitative social science data including interviews, pictures and other non-numerical material. It provides online access to all new qualitative data generated within the Irish Social Sciences Platform, and to selected existing data. |
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Government Departments and Public Bodies |
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Smart Dublin |
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OECD |
UK
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UK Data Archive |
www.data-archive.ac.uk/ |
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UK Data Service |
http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/ |
Europe
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Consortium of European Social Science data Archives (CESSDA) |
www.cessda.eu |
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Czech Republic: Czech Social Science Data Archive (CSDA) |
http://archiv.soc.cas.cz/ |
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Denmark: Danish Data Archive (DDA) |
https://www.sa.dk/en/services/danish-data-archive |
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Data Archiving and Networked Services |
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Estonian Social Science Data Archive |
http://psych.ut.ee/esta/ |
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Eurobarometer |
https://www.gesis.org/en/services/ |
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European Social Survey |
http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/ |
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European Values Survey |
http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/index.jsp |
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Finnish Social Science Data Services |
http://www.fsd.uta.fi/fi/ |
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France: PROGEDO (CESSDA-France/ Roseau Quetelet) |
http://www.progedo.fr/ |
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German Social Science Infrastructure Services |
https://www.gesis.org/en/institute/ |
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Hungary: TARKI |
http://www.tarki.hu/en/ |
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Italy: UniData |
http://www.unidata.unimib.it/?lang=en |
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Lithuanian Data Archive for Social Science and Humanities |
http://www.lidata.eu/ |
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Netherlands: Dans - Data Archiving and Networking Services |
https://dans.knaw.nl |
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Norway: NSD Norwegian Centre for Research Data |
http://www.nsd.uib.no |
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Portugal: Portuguese Social Information Archive (APIS) |
https://www.apis.ics.ul.pt |
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Romania: RODA |
http://www.roda.ro/ |
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SODANET - Greek research infrastructure for the social science |
http://sodanet.gr |
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Spain: CIS Data Bank |
http://www.cis.es/ |
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Slovenia: ADP - Slovenian Social Science Data Archive |
http://www.adp.fdv.uni-lj.si/ |
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Slovakia: SASD Slovakm archive of social science data |
http://sasd.sav.sk/sk/ |
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Sweden: SND - Swedish National Data Service |
https://snd.gu.se/en |
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Switzerland: FORS |
http://forcenter.ch/en/ |
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Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) |
http://www.share-project.org/data-access-documentation/research-data-center-data-access.html |
International
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Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) |
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| Integrated Public Use Microdata Series - International | |
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International Social Survey Programme |
http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/index.jsp |
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PISA International Database |
http://www.oecd.org/pisa/ |
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TIMSS & PIRLS |
https://timssandpirls.bc.edu/ |
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UNdata |
http://data.un.org/ |
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World Health Organization (WHO) |
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World Bank |
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Useful link to international data providers |
http://ukdataservice.ac.uk/get-data/other-providers/international.aspx |
Links to Studies
Eurobarometer
A series of public opinion surveys conducted regularly since 1973 within all 28 EU Member States. It aims to assess EU citizens’ awareness of, and support for, the European Union’s activities. Eurobarometer website: http://ec.europa.eu/echo/eurobarometer
European Social Survey (ESS)
European Social Survey (ESS) A cross-national survey conducted in more than 30 countries across Europe, every two years, since 2001. It measures a wide range of attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of its respondents. ESS website: www.europeansocialsurvey.org
European Values Survey (EVS)
European Values Survey (EVS) A cross-national, longitudinal survey measuring basic human values of citizens across Europe. Beginning in 1981, it is repeated every nine years with increasing numbers of countries and respondents. By wave 4 (2008) 47 countries/regions took part with a total of around 70,000 respondents. It measures attitudes, values and opinions related to life, family, work, religion, politics and society. EVS website: http://www.europeanvaluesstudy.eu/
Eurostat
Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union. One of its key tasks is to provide statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions. Eurostat also provides access to microdata such as the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) and EU-LFS.
Eurostat website: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat
Generations and Gender Programme (GGP)
A longitudinal survey of 18-79 year olds across several countries, with an average of 9,000 respondents per country. Beginning in 2004, it aims to improve our understanding of the various factors – including public policy and programme interventions - that affect the relationships between parents and children (generations) and between partners (gender). GGP website: http://www.ggp-i.org/
German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
An annual, longitudinal study of private households across Germany, beginning in 1984. Each year nearly 11,000 households and 30,000 persons are included. Data provides information about household composition, occupational biographies, employment, earnings, health and satisfaction indicators. SOEP website: https://www.diw.de/en/soep
International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
An annual programme of cross-national collaboration on surveys with rotating thematic modules on topics including: the Role of Government; Family and Changing; Gender Roles; Environment and Health and Health Care.
ISSP website: http://www.issp.org/menu-top/home/
Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
A multidisciplinary and cross-national panel database of micro data on health, socio-economic status, and social and family networks. Survey covers approximately 123,000 individuals aged 50 or older. First conducted in 2004 with 11 European Countries, it now covers 27 European countries and
Israel. SHARE website: www.share-project.org
Swiss Household Panel (SHP)
Annual panel study which follows a random sample of private households in Switzerland.
Beginning in 1999 with a sample of over around 5,000 households, additional samples have
been added in 2004 (2,538 households) and 2013 (4,093 households). Interviews, done by telephone, cover a wide range of topics.
SHP website: http://forscenter.ch/en/our-surveys/swiss-household-panel/
Understanding Society
Annual longitudinal study of UK households. Beginning in 2009, it replaced the British Household Panel Study (BHPS) which began in 1991. It aims to understand 21st century UK life and how it is changing covering a wide range of themes such as family, education, finance, employment, health and wellbeing.
Understanding Society website: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/
