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General Sources for Statistics - U.S.

Fedstats
A portal to statistical information produced by over 100 agencies of the U.S. Federal Government.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Over 1000 tables of statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tables are available in PDF and Excel formats only.

Statistical Resources on the Web
An extensive list of links maintained by the University of Michigan Documents Center.

General Sources for Statistics - World

Asian Development Bank
Economic, financial and social indicators for developing countries in Asia.

Eurostat
The statistical office of the European Union. Economic, demographic, social, and other statistics. The current Eurostat Yearbook is also available in print in the Burling reference collection.

Instat
Call Number: Burling Ref HA155 .I57x 1995
International Statistics Sources: Subject Guide to Sources of International Comparative Statistics

Inter-American Development Bank
Economic, social, and political data for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Statistical Abstract of Latin America
Call Number: Burling Reference HA 935 .S79

Statistical Resources on the Web
An extensive list of links maintained by the University of Michigan Documents Center.

Statistical Sources
Call Number: Burling Reference Z7551 .S84
Two-volume directory that shows which Web sites and print sources contain statistics on a given subject. Statistics on 20,000 subjects are included. Arranged alphabetically by country. Excellent international coverage.

Statistical Yearbook
Call Number: Burling Reference HA 12.5 U.63
Published by the United Nations. Primarily economic data and statistics.

Statistics - National Agencies and Compendia
A list of links to the Web sites of the national statistics-gathering agencies for all of the countries in the world, maintained by the Vanderbilt University Libraries.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Statistics and data on a wide range of topics, including the economy, demographics, health, crime, education, science and technology, and transportation, for countries in Europe, North America, and Central Asia.

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Social, economic, environmental, demographic, and technology-related statistics.

United Nations Statistical Databases
Several databases of demographic information, plus databases on disability, oil, the Millennium Indicators, and more.

World Development Indicators Off-campus access
854 different economic and social indicators, with 40 years of data for some series, for every country in the world. Also available in print in the Burling reference collection.

Guardian Data Store
Data on demographics, the economy, education, etc. in the United Kingdom. Also includes some international data. Maintained by the Guardian newspaper.

Demographic/Population - U.S.

American Factfinder
Statistics and aggregate data from the U.S. Decennial Census, American Community Survey, Puerto Rico Community Survey, Annual Population Estimates, Economic Census, and Annual Economic Surveys.

Migration Policy Institute Data Hub
Includes both U.S. and international statistics.

Population Reference Bureau
Statistics on 95 demographic variables, including education, health, and employment. Statistics are available at the state level for the United States, at the country level for more than 220 countries; statistics are also available for the world as a whole and for 28 world regions and sub-regions. Statistics can be displayed as rankings, bar graphs, or maps.

Demographic/Population - World

ChildInfo.org
Statistics on the health, education, and nutrition of children, gathered by UNICEF.

Global Distribution of Poverty
National and sub-national indicators of poverty for a selection of developing countries. Good source for poverty data for small areas (city, province, etc.).

International Data Base
International demographic statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Migration Policy Institute Data Hub
Includes both U.S. and international statistics.

OECD.Stat
Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Economic, social, demographic, and other data is included. This online database supports browsing, querying, pivoting, and dynamic charting as well as downloading data.

Population Reference Bureau
Statistics on 95 demographic variables, including education, health, and employment. Statistics are available at the state level for the United States, at the country level for more than 220 countries; statistics are also available for the world as a whole and for 28 world regions and sub-regions. Statistics can be displayed as rankings, bar graphs, or maps.

SourceOECD
Statistical databases and PDF versions of published statistical sources from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Topics include finance, trade, transportation, agriculture, health, education, science, and more. OECD Data can also be accessed through the OECD.Stat database above.

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Statistics on the environment, economy, social indicators, etc.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Statistics and data on a wide range of topics, including the economy, demographics, health, crime, education, science and technology, and transportation, for countries in Europe, North America, and Central Asia.

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Social, economic, environmental, demographic, and technology-related statistics.

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Statistics and data on land use, water use, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, nutrition, and food aid. Also includes a spatial database of agricultural land-use data with online mapping capabilities.

United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHRC)
Statistics on refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons.

Economic Data - U.S.

American Factfinder
Statistics and aggregate data from the U.S. Decennial Census, American Community Survey, Puerto Rico Community Survey, Annual Population Estimates, Economic Census, and Annual Economic Surveys.

Bureau of Economic Analysis
Part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Provides data on national accounts, international accounts, regional accounts, and industry accounts. Excellent source for local (state, county, MSA) economic data.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Statistics and aggregate data on inflation, employment, unemployment, pay and benefits, consumer spending, time use, productivity, and workplace injuries. Individual-level and household-level microdata from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is available through ICPSR.

Economic Report of the President
An annual report to Congress written by the chair of the Council of Economic Advisors. Reports are available here from 1995-present and in FRASER from 1960-1980.

EITC Interactive
Data on the Earned Income Tax Credit, as well as general income and tax information, from the Brookings Institution. Contains much of the same data as the Tax Statistics site from the IRS, but with a more user-friendly interface that allows online searching and manipulation of the data.

FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research)
This is the best place to find historical data that is too old to be included in FRED.

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
Nearly 20,000 time-series data sets on 14 subjects, all related to the U.S. economy.

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Data sets created or used by NBER researchers.

STAT-USA: State of the Nation
Detailed data on a wide range of subjects related to the U.S. economy. Data is generated by various government agencies and compiled by the U.S. Department of Commerce. You must see a librarian and get a password to access this database.

Tax Statistics
Data on corporate and personal taxes and income from the IRS.

Treasury Department Reports
Current and historical information on public debt, federal investments and trust funds, state and local government series securities, interest rates, and federal borrowing.

U.S. Census Bureau Economic Programs
Data on the number, size, sales, inventories, etc. of businesses in the United States. Data is available broken down at a number of geographic levels and for many specific industrial classifications.

White House Economic Briefing Room
A directory of links to current economic data from various agencies of the federal government

Economic Data - World

African Development Indicators
Call Number: Burling Reference HC 800.A1 A356
1996-present. Current volume in reference; earlier volumes on second floor.

Asian Development Bank
Economic, financial and social indicators for developing countries in Asia.

Balance of Payments Statistics
Call Number: Burling Reference HG3882 .B34
1981-present. Current volume is in Reference; older volumes are on the second floor. Produced by the IMF.

Global Development Finance Off-campus access
External debt information for developing countries from the World Bank.

Government Finance Statistics Off-campus access
1972-current. Also available in print. Most recent year is in Burling Reference; issues back to 1977 are on the second floor.

Inter-American Development Bank
Economic, social, and political data for Latin America and the Caribbean.

International Financial Statistics Off-campus access
Country-level data on foreign exchange, imports/exports, reserves, consumer prices, industrial production, commodity prices, banks and more from the International Monetary Fund. Some data is available as far back as 1940. This site is designed for downloading data for analysis rather than for providing quick access to individual statistics.

International Labor Organization
A United Nations organization that tracks various labor-related statistics.

National Accounts Statistics
1970-present. Produced by the Economic Statistics Branch of the United Nations Statistics Division.

OECD.Stat
Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Economic, social, demographic, and other data is included. This online database supports browsing, querying, pivoting, and dynamic charting as well as downloading data.

Penn World Tables
Standardized, internationally comparable data on GDP, purchasing power parity and more for 188 countries, 1950-2004.

SourceOECD
Statistical databases and PDF versions of published statistical sources from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Topics include finance, trade, transportation, agriculture, health, education, science, and more. OECD Data can also be accessed through the OECD.Stat database above.

Statistical Yearbook
Call Number: Burling Reference HA 12.5 U.63
Published by the United Nations. Primarily economic data and statistics.

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Statistics on the environment, economy, social indicators, etc.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Statistics and data on a wide range of topics, including the economy, demographics, health, crime, education, science and technology, and transportation, for countries in Europe, North America, and Central Asia.

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Social, economic, environmental, demographic, and technology-related statistics.

World Development Indicators Off-campus access
854 different economic and social indicators, with 40 years of data for some series, for every country in the world. Also available in print in the Burling reference collection.

Economic Data - Corporate and Financial

Corporate Finance and Valuation Data Page
A number of data sets collected and made available by Aswath Damodaran, a professor at the Stern School of Business at New York University.

FDIC Bank Data and Statistics
Includes both industry-level statistics and data on individual banks and bank branches.

Federal Reserve Board Data Download Program
Download detailed data on topics including consumer credit, industrial production, and interest rates.

IDEA (formerly EDGAR)
A database of companies' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

National Information Center
Information about financial institutions (banks, bank holding companies, etc.) collected by the Federal Reserve System.

Yahoo! Finance
Search by ticker symbol to get current and historical information about a given company, including stock price and key statistics. Also includes data on various U.S. and overseas indexes.

Economic Data - Trade and Tariffs

Comext
External trade data for the European Union. This site is designed for downloading data for analysis rather than for quick access to individual statistics.

FDIStat
From UNCTAD.

Global Databank on World Trade in Creative Products
Covers 1996-2006. From UNCTAD.

Historical Currency Exchange Rates
1990-present.

IMF Primary Commodity Prices
1980-present. Updated monthly.

Industry Trade Data and Analysis
From the Office of Trade and Industry Information, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

International Trade Administration
International trade policy and statistics

International Trade Statistics Yearbook
Call Number: Burling Reference HF91 .U473
1983-present. Produced by the United Nations. Detailed statistics on international trade in various commodities. Current volume in Burling reference; earlier volumes on the second floor.

National Basic Food Prices
From the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

Tariff and Trade DataWeb
International trade data and U.S. tariff data from the United States International Trade Commission. Data goes back to 1989. Requires a free registration.

Trade Stats Express
Created by the Office of Trade and Industry Information (OTII), Manufacturing and Services, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. Includes information about trade between the U.S. and foreign countries and about trade among the states of the U.S.

UN Comtrade
International merchandise trade statistics, 1962-present.

UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics Online
Includes statistics on international merchandise trade, international trade in services, commodities, international finance, and development indicators.

UNCTAD TRAINS
The Trade Analysis and Information System from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Comprehensive data on tariffs and other trade control measures. Requires downloading the WITS software client to access data. WITS has been installed on PCs in the campus computer labs; look for WITS in the Start menu.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Statistics and data on international trade, foreign direct investment, and international finance.

USA Trade Online
Extremely detailed import and export data for over 20,000 commodities. You must see a librarian and get a password to use this database.

World Investment Directory
Foreign direct investment information for 188 countries. Information available as PDFs only.

World Trade Organization
Data on international trade and tariffs.

Economic Data - U.S. Real Estate

Federal Housing Finance Board
Detailed historical data on conventional mortgages used to purchase single-family homes.

Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Data about mortgage loans by metropolitan area.

HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
Data on housing, rents, etc. for the United States.

Real Estate Sales Statistics
From the National Association of Realtors.

Energy

Annual Energy Outlook
PDF version of the Annual Energy Outlook published by the U.S. Department of Energy. Contains projections of energy demand, supply, and prices in the U.S. through 2030. Some data is also available for download in Excel format.

Annual Energy Review
PDF version of the Annual Energy Review published by the U.S. Department of Energy. Contains historical time-series data, much of which goes back to 1949, on the production, consumption, and trade of energy in the United States. Data tables can also be downloaded in Excel format.

International Energy Agency
Country-level statistics, data and graphs on the consumption, production, trade, and cost of various sources of energy.

International Energy Annual
Statistics and data on international energy production and consumption from the U.S. Department of Energy. Also includes data on petroleum prices and carbon emissions. Most time series data extend back to 1980.

International Petroleum Monthly
Month-by-month data for oil production, demand, balance, stocks, and imports for countries around the world. Produced by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Monthly Energy Review
PDF version of the Monthly Energy Review published by the U.S. Department of Energy. Contains data on the production, consumption, trade, and prices of various sources of energy. Time-series data extends back to the 1970s. Data tables can also be downloaded in Excel format.

Environment/Climate/Agriculture

Gap Analysis Program
Land cover, predicted distribution for common vertibrate species, and land ownership/stewardship information for the entire United States. From the USGS National Biological Information Infrastructure.

National Basic Food Prices
From the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
Statistics and data on land use, water use, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, nutrition, and food aid. Also includes a spatial database of agricultural land-use data with online mapping capabilities.

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
Data on farms, agricultural workers, crops, livestock, and more. Data can be found under both "Data and Statistics" and "Census." ("Census" points to the Census of Agriculture, which surveys all farms in the United States once every five years.)

World Bank Climate Change Data

World Food Programme Food Aid Information System
Data on international food aid, 1988-present.

Health

National Center for Health Statistics
Maintained by the CDC. Includes both statistics and microdata.

Cancer Mortality Maps and Graphs
By the U.S. National Cancer Institute. Includes county-level data about cancer mortality rates back to 1950.

ChildInfo.org
Statistics on the health, education, and nutrition of children, gathered by UNICEF.

MEASURE DHS
Surveys on health and health care conducted in 75 developing countries from 1984 to the present. Both statistics and raw data sets are available. Some data sets are available in GIS formats.

OECD.Stat
Data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Economic, social, demographic, and other data is included. This online database supports browsing, querying, pivoting, and dynamic charting as well as downloading data.

Population Reference Bureau
Statistics on 95 demographic variables, including education, health, and employment. Statistics are available at the state level for the United States, at the country level for more than 220 countries; statistics are also available for the world as a whole and for 28 world regions and sub-regions. Statistics can be displayed as rankings, bar graphs, or maps.

SourceOECD
Statistical databases and PDF versions of published statistical sources from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Topics include finance, trade, transportation, agriculture, health, education, science, and more. OECD Data can also be accessed through the OECD.Stat database above.

World Health Organization
Includes the WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS), with "national statistics for 70 core indicators on mortality, morbidity, risk factors, service coverage, and health systems"; and the WHO Global InfoBase, with national statistics for chronic diseases rates.

World Health Report
PDF versions of the World Health Report published annually by the World Health Organization (WHO). Each report examines a different topic in global public health. Reports are available online back to 1995.

Historical Data

Annual Energy Review
PDF version of the Annual Energy Review published by the U.S. Department of Energy. Contains historical time-series data, much of which goes back to 1949, on the production, consumption, and trade of energy in the United States. Data tables can also be downloaded in Excel format.

FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research)
PDF scans of historical publications related to economics. Most of the publications were originally produced by the Federal Reserve or various government agencies.

Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present Off-campus access

International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2000
Call Number: Burling Reference HA 4675 .M552 2003

International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2000
Call Number: Burling Reference HA 1107 .M5 2003

International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2000
Call Number: Burling Reference HA 175 .M55 2003

Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank
Price, wage and exchange rate data for Europe (and, in a few cases, parts of Asia and Africa bordering the Mediterranean), 800-1815.

Politics, Polling, and International Relations

America Votes
Call Number: Burling Ref JK1967 .A8
Voting statistics for national and statewide elections, 1956 to the present. Some of this information is also contained in the online CQ Voting and Elections Collection.

CQ Voting and Elections Collection Off-campus access
A collection of research tools that covers a host of information about voting in America both past and present. Covers political parties, campaigns and elections, and demographic information about voters. To download historical election return data, click on the "Export/Download" link in the left-hand sidebar.

Federal Election Commission Campaign Finance Data
Detailed, individual-level data on which people donated money to which candidates.

iPoll Databank at the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research Off-campus access
Search for U.S. public opinion data from Gallup polls; ABC, NBC, and CBS News polls; and more. In many cases, you can download the full data set from the survey through Roper Express.

View the Terms of Use for this resource.

New York Times/CBS News Poll Archive
Searchable archive of New York Times/CBS News Polls since 1976. Raw data from these polls is available through ICPSR.

OpenSecrets.org
Download bulk data on campaign finance, lobbying expenditures, 527 groups, and the personal finances of politicians. A project of the Center for Responsive Politics.

Paul Hensel's International Relations Data Site
Maintained by a professor of political science, who says, "These pages are meant to include the most useful data sources on processes of international conflict and cooperation, as well as data covering international economic, environmental, political, and social data and data on similar topics for the United States."

Policy Agendas Project
1940s-present. Coded datasets of policy changes based on Congressional hearings, Congressional roll call votes, executive orders, State of the Union addresses, and more.

Polling the Nations Off-campus access
Compiles surveys conducted by hundreds of polling organizations in the United States and more than 80 other countries from 1986 to the present. Each of the records reports a question asked, the percentage of respondents who gave each answer, and some information about the sample and survey methodology. The raw data is NOT available from this source; for some surveys, you may be able to find raw data through ICPSR or another source.

Miscellaneous

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Campus Security Data
Data about alleged crimes that occurred on and near every college campus in the United States, 2001-present.

Institute for Higher Education Policy Ranking Systems Clearinghouse
Links to various systems for ranking colleges and universities, both within individual countries and internationally.

National Alliance to End Homelessness

National Center for Education Statistics
NCES is the primary federal entity collecting and analyzing education-related data for the United States and other nations. The NCES catalog can be searched to locate NCES publications and data products, many full-text or available for download, including The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, TIMSS (Third International Mathematics and Science Study) and the NAEP (Nation's Report Card). NCES also makes available extremely detailed data about pre-K through graduate education and about libraries.

U.S. Highway Statistics
From the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. Data on drivers, number and types of vehicles, miles traveled, fuels, and more.

Uniform Crime Reports
Maintained by the FBI. Crime statistics down to the city level for the entire U.S. Also has statistics about crime on college campuses. For microdata on crime, see the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data within ICPSR.

Geographic Data

Agro-MAPS
A global database of agricultural land-use information. Created by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the International Food Policy Research Institute. Data can be mapped online or downloaded for use in desktop GIS programs.

Census Bureau Geography
Geographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau. Includes the TIGER files.

Center for International Earth Science Information Network
Excellent source for data and GIS layers on global development issues.

Data.gov
Searchable catalog of datasets, including shapefiles and other geographic data, available from the U.S. federal government. This is a beta site; only a small selection of government data is searchable here. Please try another site on this subject guide or see a librarian if you cannot find the data you need here.

EarthExplorer
Search and download satellite imagery, aerial photographs, and other products from the USGS.

Gap Analysis Program
Land cover, predicted distribution for common vertibrate species, and land ownership/stewardship information for the entire United States. From the USGS National Biological Information Infrastructure.

gData
Download shapefiles for every country in the world. Available layers include administrative boundaries, inland water, roads, railroads, elevation, land cover, population, and climate. Georeferencing gazetteers are also available. gData is an experimental project from the University of California Berkeley.

National Atlas
A comprehensive source of maps, geospatial and geostatistical data for the United States. The raw data that went into making the atlas can be downloaded freely for use in desktop GIS programs.

National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
Search 250 spatial data servers at once through a single interface.

NHGIS
The National Historical Geographic Information System. Provides "aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2000."

North American Environmental Atlas
Harmonized base layers of Canada, Mexico, and the U.S., as well as layers of environmental data, from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation.

United Nations Environment Program GEO Data Portal
Data from UNEP's Global Environment Outlook (GEO) report, as well as other environmental and socioeconomic data.

USGS Data on CD
Call Number: 4th Floor West Gov Doc CD
Grinnell has a great deal of data on CDs from the USGS. Browse the government documents CDs on the fourth floor (USGS data will be in the Is) or search in the catalog.

Sources for Raw Data Sets

American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)
A sample of responses from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

American National Election Studies
Time-series data on voting behavior and political opinions back to 1948.

Center for Migration and Development
Data from several studies related to migration in the United States and Latin America.

CESSDA Catalog
Question-level/variable-level searching of the data archives of 20 European countries. This is the most comprehensive source for sets of European survey data. The catalog links to the sites of the national data archives, some of which require registration or place other restrictions on access.

Data.gov
Searchable catalog of datasets available from the U.S. federal government. This is a beta site; only a small selection of government data is searchable here. Please try another site on this subject guide or see a librarian if you cannot find the data you need here.

General Social Survey
Survey data about the demographics, attitudes, and behaviors of Americans. Time-series data back to 1972 is available for some questions.

ICPSR Off-campus access
The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) maintains and provides access to the world's largest archive of raw data sets in the social sciences. Before downloading data, you will be prompted to create a MyData account. You must be on campus to create this account. As long as you log in to your MyData account from an on-campus computer at least every 6 months, you will also be able to download data while you are off campus.

IPUMS
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. A project of the Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota, this site distributes microdata sets from historical and current censuses of both the U.S. and foreign countries. These data sets have been harmonized, so items from one census can easily be compared to items on another census.

IQSS Dataverse Network
The most comprehensive catalog of data sets in the United States; also a good source for some international data.

MEASURE DHS
Surveys on health and health care conducted in 75 developing countries from 1984 to the present. Both statistics and raw data sets are available. Some data sets are available in GIS formats.

National Center for Health Statistics
Maintained by the CDC. Includes both statistics and microdata.

Odum Institute for Research in Social Science
Raw data from many historical public opinion polls, including several hundred state-level polls, Harris polls, and the Computer Assisted Panel Study.

Office of Population Research at Princeton University
Data sets from the Mexican Migration Project, Latin American Migration Project, American Fertility Surveys, National Longitudinal Survey of Freshmen, Texas Higher Education Opportunity Project, and more.

Pew Research Center
Distributes data from five of Pew's research centers: Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, Pew Internet and American Life Project, Pew Global Attitudes Project, and the Pew Research Center Social and Demographic Trends studies.

Policy Agendas Project
1940s-present. Coded datasets of policy changes based on Congressional hearings, Congressional roll call votes, executive orders, State of the Union addresses, and more.

RoperExpress Off-campus access
Download full public opinion data sets from Gallup polls; ABC, NBC, and CBS News polls; and more—including international surveys. (RoperExpress is only for downloading full data sets to analyze. To search for quick public opinion statistics, use iPoll.)

View the Terms of Use for this resource.

SDA Archive
SDA allows online analysis of various datasets, including the General Social Survey, the American National Election Study, the U.S. Census Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS), and a few others. This is a good option if you want a quick answer and don't want/need to download the entire dataset to get it.

UK Data Archive
Several thousand data sets on a variety of topics, including crime, demographics, the economy, education, employment, the environment, health, religion, social indicators, and more. Historical and longitudinal data is also available. Much of the data was collected in the United Kingdom, although some international data sets are available. Registration is required; this registration is free for academic users.