Foreign Data: Identification and Acquisition Challenges and

Opportunities Pam Baxter, Cornell University

Bobray Bordelon, Princeton UniversityJane Weintrop, Columbia University

I - DATA LIBRARIES WITH MAJOR INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS

Princeton Universityhttp://dss.princeton.edu

Harvard Universityhttp://dvn.iq.harvard.edu/dvn/faces/AdvSearchPage.xhtml

UCLAhttp://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/da/da_catalog/

II - PRODUCERS OF INTERNATIONAL MICRODATA (EXAMPLES)

International Statistical Agencies (Census Bureau Site)http://www.census.gov/aboutus/stat_int.html

CESSDA (unified catalog of European data archives)

http://www.cessda.org/about/members/

Portal to European catalogs.

United Kingdom Data Archive

http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/

•Requires registration. •Some datasets restricted.

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

http://www.fsd.uta.fi/english/index.html

Free and largely translated to English.

Irish Social Science Data Archive

http://issda.ucd.ie/index.html

Requires consent forms.

GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

http://www.gesis.org/en/institute/gesis-scientific-sections/data-archive-for-the-social-sciences/

•Procedures vary•Important for Eurobarometer

South African Data Archive

http://sada.nrf.ac.za/

•Free•Requires registration

Ethiopian National Data Archivehttp://www.csa.gov.et/nada/

Nigeria National Data Archivehttp://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/nbsapps/nada/index.php?page=catalog

Procedures vary.

Ghana National Data Archive

http://www.statsghana.gov.gh/nada

•Procedures vary•Some data available freely on the site

Uganda National Data Archive

http://www.ubos.org/nada/

Users must request.

Australian Social Science Data Archive

http://www.assda.edu.au/data.html

•Can see documentation & frequencies.•Must be a member to access actual data or be able to prove how it would benefit Australia.

Statistics Canada

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/survey-enquete/subject-list-sujet-eng.htm

•Available for purchase outside Canada.•Canadian institutions receive through Data Liberation Initiative.

Statistics Canada

Breaking News!

– PUMF Collection subscription

– Will include every available public use microdata file produced by Statistics Canada. At present PUMFs for 91 surveys, including active surveys such as the Labour Force Survey (1976 +) and all 22 cycles of the GSS.

• Jennifer.Pagnotta@statcan.gc.ca• Need at least 15 libraries• C$5,000

Databank for Chinese Studies

http://www.usc.cuhk.edu.hk/databank.asp

•For personal academic use.•Requires fee.

Social Science Japan Data Archive

http://ssjda.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/

•Requires registration.•Documentation in Japanese.

Korean Social Science Data Center

http://www.ksdc.re.kr/

Requires membership.

III - FREE DATA FROM IGOS/NGOS

Lists of IGOs and NGOs

IGO Publications (as listed by CU Libraries)

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/usgd/

igorref/index.html

ALA's GODORT Web Links http://www.ala.org/

ala/mgrps/rts/godort/taskforces/internationaldocuments/links.cfm

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Identify Publications by NGOs and IGOs

LexisNexisStatistical

Insight

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Identify Publications by NGOs and IGOs

LexisNexisStatistical

Insight

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Navigating an IGO Site

Asian DevelopmentBank

Check your optionsfor navigating: Topics Countries Econ & Statistics Projects

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Subject DatabasesLook for keywords used in a database that suggest data are referenced. Check footnotes.

PAIS International

Proquest

OECD

Resources includenon-subscriptionoptions

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OECD.Stat Extracts

Tables based on flow data can cover countries from around the world.Flow data can be funds (like donor aid, foreign investment), trade, and migration.

Statistical Tables OECD – By Country (members/enhanced) Publications

OECD – By Country (Non-member)

IV - OVERVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL DATA AVAILABLE IN ICPSR & ROPER

ICPSR International Data Resource Center (IDRC)

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/IDRC/

•Over 1200 studies derived from the ICPSR collection•Requires membership or purchase

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu

•Datasets require membership and registration•Some documentation freely available

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

specialized collections

•Japanese data library and JPOLL

•Latin American Databank

•U.S. Agency for International Development surveys

V - OUR SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES, FAILURES, AND TIPS

Living Standards SurveyNepal Central Bureau of

StatisticsHousehold survey of housing

characteristics, household and family demographics, access to

education and health care services, economic well being, and household consumption

patterns. Conducted in 1995/96 and 2003/04

Enquête EmploiNational Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies / Institut national de la statistique et des études économiquesFrench labor force survey conducted since 1950, quarterly since 2003

Survey of Family Income and Expenditure Taiwan Statistical Bureau Household survey of housing conditions and amenities, household member characteristics, details of family income and expenditures, household consumption, financial well being

Professors CEAP data

Pesquisa Social Brasileira (PESB) (2002)

Baseline databases, FINCA Cautivo databases, FINCA

Princeton Palestine DataPalestine in 2004; Palestine Now

Pakistan Ireland Brazil South Korea Armenia

Tips…. Got to watch the presentation for our collective wisdom!

VI - A CALL FOR ACTION

Contacts

• Pam Baxter pmb9@cornell.edu• Bobray Bordelon bordelon@princeton.edu• Jane Weintrop jw824@columbia.edu