Research Guides: Political Science: Data & Statistics

Featured Data Resources

American National Election Studies High quality data from surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation.
Association of Religion Data Archives
Data.gov Provides descriptions of U.S., State and some municipal datasets (metadata) and information about how to access and download statistical and data sets from open governmental sources.
National Opinion Research Center NORC’s mission is to conduct high-quality social science research in the public interest. Our work is grounded in a commitment to research excellence, innovation, dissemination of data and findings, and collegiality. At the University of Chicago
OpenSecrets Tracks money in politics and its effect on elections and public policy. The website of the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. Access note: Freely available to the public.

Passport Passport by Euromonitor is a comprehensive market research database providing key business intelligence on markets, consumers and companies, emphasizing consumer-related industries. It is an excellent source for international data, including market forecasts, consumer market sizes, consumer lifestyles, brands, and more.
Sage Data, powered by Data Planet Formerly Data-Planet Statistical Datasets, search 52 billion data points in over 6.2 billion datasets sourced from over 70 public and private data providers. Allows users to manipulate datasets, compare multiple indicators and multiple sources, chart trends over time, and spatially represent data without requiring additional software programs. Includes the EASI Analytics Market Planner module, Data Axle Reference Solutions, as well as data from Zillow, Factset Corporate Fundamentals, US Stock Market Prices, and selected international market indices and exchanges.

World Bank Extensive information on the five institutions that comprise the World Bank Group--their organization, mission, programs, quick facts and summaries of individual country activity. Access note: Freely available to the public.
World Database of Happiness
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Register of scientific research on the subjective enjoyment of life, including a bibliography of more than 7,000 publications, 759 measures of happiness in more than 1,500 studies, and data covering 165 nations.

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Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial edition, fully updated and revised from previous 1976 edition. Extensive and easy to use. Excellent source for immigration and population data. Dates Covered: 1790-2000.

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These data suggestions are from and incorporate language from some of the Research Guides at DePaul University Library.

Eurostat Searchable database of European Statistics.
UNdata Provides access to a variety of statistical databases from the United Nations. Covering a wide range of topics including Agriculture, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators. Access note: Freely available to the public.

Acknowledgement

These data suggestions are from and incorporate language from some of the Research Guides at DePaul University Library.