Important Psychology Data Sets & Statistics

Human Development Reports
Fulltext for UN Development Programme global, regional, and national reports, describing development issues, including human rights, poverty, education, economic reform, HIV/AIDS, globalization, capac...   [more]
Holdings: 1990-present (national reports published on irregular basis)
Unrestricted Access

iPOLL
Also Known as: Roper Center, RPOLL
REQUIRES FREE REGISTRATION. Question-level data from public opinion polls. Almost 400,000 questions from polls, 1935 to present, based upon Roper Center-archived surveys with US national adult samples...   [more]
Holdings: 1935 to present. Updated daily.

People on War
Series of surveys on popular opinion in 13 countries that have experienced war on the basic rules of war and conflict behavior. Sponsored by the International Committee of the Red Cross....   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    PoW printed reports (via ICRC web)
    Public Perspective article on PoW
    Penn Library Web superseded page

Project Atlas: Resources for Mental Health
WHO reports and statistics on mental health worldwide, produced by Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse....   [more]
Unrestricted Access

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]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive
Also Known as: SAMHDA ICPSR
USE OF SAMHDA DATA MAY REQUIRE STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access and online data analysis for quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR on substan...   [more]
Unrestricted Access

World Database of Happiness
Covers scientific research on subjective appreciation of life. Includes Bibliography of Happiness, Happiness Queries (test question database), geographic and trend analyses of questions and citations ...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
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Related Psychology Data Sets & Statistics

General Social Survey
Also Known as: GSS
Omnibus personal interview survey of U.S. households, conducted almost annually....   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Quick download: GSS 1972-2010 datasets (Roper Express)
    GSS Bibliography
    GSS 1972-2010 Quick Tables (with charts) (Berkeley SDA Archive)
    NORC Official GSS Site
    Extracting Data from the GSS into SPSS

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

Odum Institute Data Archive
Also Known as: Harris Polls
Social science data archive, with holdings in economic, electoral, demographic, financial, health, and public opinion data. Repository for the Harris Polls. Also maintains the Public Opinion Poll Ques...   [more]
Unrestricted Access
Supplemental URLs
    Public Opinion Poll Question Database

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Numeric data archive for public opinion polls. Access is mediated through requests from Penn Library to Roper Center. Related online resources include: Roper Center's online catalog of data sets; and ...   [more]
Holdings: 1936-present.
Supplemental URLs
    Roper Center Interactive Collection Map
    Topics at a Glance (inc. Presidential Approval)
    Roper Center Select Bibliography
    Roper iPoll
    Health Poll Database