ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research

• Data description
• Time period
• External links
• How to access data
• Catalogue record

Data description

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research| (ICPSR) data archive – hosted at the University of Michigan – is a repository of approximately 6,000 datasets (over 100,000 files) in core and interdisciplinary economics, political science, sociology, demography and other subject areas. 

At the EUI, data from the ICPSR archive can only be downloaded by Library Administrators (see below for procedures).

Users can search the ICPSR data catalogue| by keyword, study number or country in these major thematic categories:

• Census Enumerations
• Community and Urban Studies
• Conflict, Aggression, Violence, Wars
• Economic Behavior and Attitudes
• Education
• Elites and Leadership
• Geography and Environment
• Government Structures, Policies, and Capabilities
• Health Care and Facilities
• Instructional Packages
• International Systems
• Legal Systems
• Legislative and Deliberative Bodies
• Mass Political Behavior and Attitudes
• Organizational Behavior
• Social Indicators
• Social Institutions and Behavior
• Publication-Related Archive
• External Data Resources

 

Time period

Data sets are constantly updated on the ICPSR platform.

The ICPSR archive has been collecting and collating data since 1962.

 

External links

This Data Use Tutorial| page provides instructions on how to use the ICPSR platform.

A multi-media introduction to ICPSR can be downloaded (zip file, 2mins.) at 'ICPSR Workshop Presentation' on this ICPSR web page|.

Users can subscribe to email newsletters on the ICPSR site|, including data update alerts, micro data teaching advice, Eurobarometer| updates and research funding announcements.

The ICPSR Bulletin, and full archive, is available on this ICPSR page|.

 

How to access data

• Locate the required data Study Number(s) in the ICPSR data holdings catalogue
• Send the Study Number(s) – indicating the format in which the data should be delivered (Stata, SPSS, SAS &c.) – to
  • peter.kennealy@eui.eu (for Social/Political Scientists) or
  • econlibrary@eui.eu (for Economists and Historians)
• After confirmation of the Requestor's status (only current EUI members are permitted access) the data will be made available via FTP server or on DVD. 

The Computing Service provides instructions on using ZIP files to compress and decompress data|.

Consult this Tutorial on Loading and Using Data on Windows|.

Users should carefully read the University of Michigan's ICPSR Responsible Use| statement.

Stata users please note:

Stata 10 manuals are located at 005.369 in both the VSP Reference Library and the Badia Library.

Stata 11 software and manuals are due for delivery in autumn 2009.

The Stata Bulletin| is at SER 51 on the garden floor of the Badia Library.

 

More Statistics and Economics Resources|

Contact: Thomas Bourke at econlibrary@eui.eu|