Primary Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies Data Sets & Statistics

Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition
The best starting-place for statistical information on the United States, for the colonial era and 1790-2000 (including the Confederate States of America). Presents 37,339 data series on population (i...   [more]

Important Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies Data Sets & Statistics

1997 Economic Census, Surveys of Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises
Provide valuable economic data on business owners' race, ethnicity, and gender. These surveys are part of the economic census program, which the Census Bureau is required to conduct every 5 years by l...   [more]
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Childinfo: Monitoring the situation of children and women - UNICEF
UNICEF's key statistical databases concerning women and children....   [more]
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ICPSR
Also Known as: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research SIMI Variables
USE OF ICPSR DATA REQUIRES STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access to social science quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR. Subjects covered includ...   [more]
Holdings: 1962-present.
Supplemental URLs
    ICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature
    SDA Online Data Analysis System
    Publications-Related Archive
    SIMI: Site for Instructional Materials and Information
    SSVD: Social Science Variables Database

Medical Assistance, Food Stamps and Cash Assistance statistics reports (PA Dept of Public Welfare)
Archives of MA-FOOD-STAMPS-AND-CASH-STATS@LISTSERV.DPW.STATE.PA.US. Provides MS Excel tables for monthly data releases from Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. Data releases cover PA counties w...   [more]
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National Survey of Families and Households
The NSFH is a comprehensive survey of American family life which interviewed a national probability sample of over 13,000 respondents in 1987-88. The sample was followed up in 1992-94, with face-to-fa...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    MIDAS (Sociometrics SSEDL) crosstab interface for NSFH 1988 1st wave
    Bibliography of Publications Using Data from NSFH
    NSFH citations from ICPSR Bibliography of Data-Related Literature

National Women's Health Indicators Database
Produced by the Office of Women's Health and the National Women's Health Information Center. National, regional, state and county data are available by gender, race, ethnicity, and age. You can make ...   [more]
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Tablemaker - Alan Guttmacher Institute
Country-level statistics on health and family planning worldwide. Topics covered include population characteristics and growth, economic development and employment, education and social indicators, he...   [more]
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U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau
Contains various fact sheets and statistics concerning working women....   [more]
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UNdata
The central statistical information service for the United Nations and its affiliates and international partners. Replaces UNSTATS....   [more]
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UNSTATS
Also Known as: United Nations Common Database, UNCDB
Time series statistical information for countries collected from UN and related international governmental organizations. Topics covered include population composition and change; human settlements, h...   [more]
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Women of Color Health Data Book
From the National Women's Health Information Center. Relates health-related information as it affects Native American, Hispanic, Black American, and Asian American women. Also contains data on a wide...   [more]
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World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics
Updated tables for 2002. A statistical source-book that provides a comprehensive analysis of how women fare in different parts of the world. ...   [more]
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Related Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies Data Sets & Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
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Supplemental URLs
    BJS Data for Analysis
    Publications List

Social Science Electronic Data Library
Also Known as: Sociometrics SSEDL
- from Sociometrics
A numeric data archive providing microdata for research into AIDS/STD, disability in the U.S., the American family, adolescent pregnancy and pregnancy prevention, aging, and maternal drug abuse, ...   [more]