- Current
Population Survey--This is a joint project between the
Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau. The CPS
is a monthly survey that collects basic socio-demographic
information, along with various supplemental studies. Of special
interest to those in education may be the
School Enrollment Study Series. To access CPS data files,
users can go through the Data
Ferrett (see below). Alternately, they can go to the National Bureau of Economic Research's CPS site
here or to the IPUMS CPS site here.
- Data
Ferrett--A joint project between the Bureau of Labor and
the U.S. Census Bureau. Data Ferrett is ideal for extracting
a relatively small number of variables from a dataset or creating
your own crosstabs or frequencies. Users can also use the
DataFerrett application available in the Data Center.
- EDStats - the World Bank
Education Statistics Database--EDStats contains an extensive range of international data
pertaining to education, both in tables and databases. The Data Query System may be of particular interest because it allows users to access downloadable
time-series data.
- FEDSTATS--Fedstats is a good starting place for statistics on the U.S. and
contains links to statistical resources produced by the federal government.
- General Social Survey (GSS)--The GSS measures
public opinion in the United States on a wide variety of topics of interest to social scientists. The survey, which
began in the early 1970's, provides a (nearly) annual perspective on American attitudes toward government, life,
race, religion, and other social issues. The link here is to the GSS homepage within the National Opinion
Research Center. Sites where researchers
can extract and download specific variables of interest are listed here. The
SDA Archive at Berkeley also holds GSS data
from 1972 to 2006.
- Global Education Database--
The U.S. Agency for International Development's Global Education Database (GED) allows
users to search for international education statistics. Users can search for specific variables
and/or countries and save data in Excel files.
- Henry A. Murray Research
Center--The Murray Center contains
numerous datasets in the social sciences. Data in the subjects
of psychology, sociology and education are highly represented.
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- International
Archive of Education Data (ICPSR)--This archive,
hosted by the ICPSR at the University of Michigan is sponsored
by the National
Center for Education Statistics. The archive contains
numerous longitudinal and comparative studies on varies topics
of interest to researchers and policymakers in education such
as funding and rates of graduation. The data and documentation in the archive are readily
available for download by users
- National Center
for Education Statistics--The NCES is the primary federal
entity for collecting and analyzing data and statistics in
the United States and in various other countries. For quick
reference, researchers should check out the following page
on the NCES website: http://nces.ed.gov/quicktables/
- National
Science Foundation Division of Science Resource Statistics
(SRS)--This site contains a great deal of data concerning advanced education in the sciences.
The SRS databases are accessible here. The appendices to the NSF's Science and Engineering Indicators
publication available
here and the compilation of "Detailed Statistical Tables" available
here
may also be of interest.
- Statistical Abstract of the
United States--Electronic version
of the popular resource. The Statistical Abstract contains a
wealth of information on numerous socio-economic and demographic
indicators for the US. Historical data tables taken from the Statistical Abstract are
available here.
There is also a CD version of the Statistical Abstract available in the Data Center.
- StatUSA--StatUSA
compiles and provides statistics from the U.S. Government from 1973 onwards (varying by topic)
and also provides some limited
international data. The data are available in .pdf and/or Excel format. StatUSA is also availabe
via Databases at Emory.
- UNESCO
Institute for Statistics--The United Nations Education,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) provides, to quote the website,
"[global] and internationally comparable statistics on education,
science, technology, culture, and communication." Users can download
tables directly into Microsoft Excel.
- U.S.
County and City Data Book (University of Virginia)--The
1988, 1994, and 2000 electronic editions are available here. These
data books contain a substantial amount of information on
a variety of state-, county-, and city-level indicators.
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