Overview
A survey designed to assist with resource allocation for American communities. Link/Data
Components
Population
US population
Cost
$0
Clearance?
No. There isn’t an additional clearance step.
Years Available
2000-2017
Linked Datasets
Puerto Rico Community Survey, Geography
Study Type
Survey
File Types
CSV, SAS
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Main Variables:
Overview
The ACRDC seeks to provide qualified researchers in the Southeast the opportunity to perform statistical analysis on non-public Census microdata. The ACRDC also provides access to restricted-level files from the CDC. Link
Components
Data warehouse:
Population
Varies by dataset
Cost
$0
Clearance?
Varies by dataset
Years Available
Varies by dataset
Linked Datasets
Varies by dataset
Data Type
Varies by dataset
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Main Variables:
Overview
System of health surveys conducted by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Includes health risk behavior, preventive health, health care access, chronic disease, and injury. Link/Data
Components
BRFSS, SMART: City and County Data
Population
US population, 18 yr+ years old
Cost
$0
Clearance?
No. There isn’t an additional clearance step.
Years Available
1984-2017
Linked Datasets
Asthma Call-back Survey, GIS Data
Study Types
Survey
Data Type
ASCII, SAS
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Main Variables:
Overview
County rankings are based on a model that includes factors such as environment, socioeconomic factors, access to healthcare, and health behaviors of the county population. Link/Data
Components
Population
US population
Cost
$0
Clearance?
No. There isn’t an additional clearance step.
Years Available
2010-2018
Linked Datasets
No
Study Type
N/A
File Types
Excel xls files
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Main Variables:
Overview
Government data repository. Available to the public: find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the federal government. Link
Components
Data Warehouse
Population
Varies
Cost
Varies, but usually no cost
Clearance?
Varies by dataset
Years Available
Varies by dataset
Linked Datasets
Varies
Study Type
Varies by dataset
File Types
Varies by dataset
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Main Variables:
Overview
The GSS is designed to record demographic and attitudinal trends of the United States population. Link /Data
Components
Population
US Population
Cost
$0
Clearance?
No. There isn’t an additional clearance step.
Years Available
1972-2016
Linked Datasets
Yes. International Social Survey Programme
Study Types
Survey
Data Type
SPSS, SAS, Stata, R, ASCII, TSV
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Main Variables:
Overview
Data hub for the Department of Health and Human Services. Link
Components
Data Warehouse
Population
US population
Cost
$0
Clearance?
No. There isn’t an additional clearance step.
Years Available
Varies
Linked Datasets
No
Study Type
Varies
File Types
CSV, Excel xls files
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Main Variables:
Overview
Set of databases concerning: hospital inpatient and emergency department utilization. Link/Data
Components
Population
US population. Discharge level patients from hospitals, ambulatory surgery, and ERs
Cost
$50 dollars per year for most recent years. $20 per year for previous years. (students)
Clearance?
Data Usage Agreement
Years Available
2001-2016
Linked Datasets
Yes. Varies by dataset.
Study Type
Surveillance
File Types
ASCII
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Main Variables:
Overview
A data warehouse created and managed by the Minnesota Population Center. IPUMS contains population and census data from the United States and 238 countries. Link
Use this service to order census data that is relevant to your research.
Components
Population
US population, International
Cost
$0
Clearance?
Yes. Register with the Minnesota Population Center. For International data, researchers must provide a description of research, institutional affiliation, etc.
Years Available
US Census data – 1850- present
International census data – 1960- present
Study Type
Data Warehouse
File Types
ASCII, SPSS, SAS, Stata syntax files provided
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Main Variables:
Overview
Inter-University partnership focused on social science research. Link
Components
Data Warehouse
Population
US, International
Cost
$0
Clearance?
Yes. For some restricted data. Agreement Request System (IDARS), IRB approval, data use agreement, investigator information, description, information on data formats, data storage.
Years Available
Varies
Study Type
Varies by dataset
File Types
ASCII, SAS, SPSS, Stata
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Main Variables: