Decennial Census Summary Numbers
(http://venus.census.gov/cdrom/lookup)
This extraction system contains data from STF1 (100% count of basic
demographic variables) and STF3 (sample count of all socioeconomic and
demographic variables). Users can pick both geographies and variables.
Download options are available.
(http://Sunsite.berkeley.edu/GovData/info/)
This system contains data from SSTF1, SSTF2 (Ancestry of the Population
of the US) SSTF3 (Persons of Hispanic Origin in the United States), and
SSTF5 (Characteristics of Asian and Pacific Islander Population of the
US) at this time. Users can pick both geographies and variables. The Government
Data Library has recently made all of the 22 Subject Summary Tape Files
(except the ones available for extraction at this site) available for downloading
via FTP from this site. Downloaded FTP files use the "Go" extraction system.
(http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/stateis.html)
This system contains data from STF1 and STF3 files. Users can pick
both geographies and variables. Download options are available.
(http://www.oseda.missouri.edu/uic/uicapps/xtabs3.html)
This system allows users to extract basic STF3 information by geographic
variable. Users can pick only geographic variables. Since profiles can
be generated for only one geographic area at a time, this extraction system
is most powerful as a ready reference data source.
(http://tier2.census.gov/pl94171/pl94index.htm)
The Census Bureau has released to the Subcommittee on the Census, Committee
on Government Reform and Oversight, a copy of the Public Law 94 - 171 data
adjusted to reflect the measured net undercounts based on the 1990 Census
Post-Enumeration Survey. Users can pick various geographies from state
down to block level.
(http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/)
This system provides selected state and county level variables from
decennial censuses from 1790-1970 at present. Users can pick geographies
and variables.
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Geographic Visualization of Census Data
These three extraction systems allow users to view 1990 Census of Population
and Housing summary tape file (STF) variables spatially. Users pick variables,
geographies (down to the block group level), and how finely the map should
be graded. TIGER and DDV return a color coded map. DDCarto allows the user
to download map coordinates in any of three GIS formats (Atlas GIS, ARC/INFO,
and MapInfo). The advantage to TIGER is that it allows spatial analysis
of areas below the county level. The advantages of DDV and DDCarto are
that they have download options for the data that accompanies the maps,
contain far more variables (over 200 as opposed to 18) from which to pick,
allow the creation of variables from mathematical equations (DDV) and,
in the case of DDCarto, allow the user maximum flexibility in the creation
of GIS (Geographic Information System) visualization files for analysis.
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Population Estimates
(http://wonder.cdc.gov/)
Center for Disease Control's Wonder extractor allows the user to pick
geographies (down to the county level), race, gender, age, and time for
the estimates database. Geographies, times, and demographics can be picked
for the projection database. Users can create a two dimensional table using
any of five variables in each database. Download options are available.
Note that users must login at the main site before going to the population
estimates (Census) and projection sites. Populations are provided by the
Census Bureau.
(http://www.oseda.missouri.edu/uic/uicapps/agersex.html)
This system accesses the most recent county level population estimates
from the U.S. Census Bureau with detail by age (year cohorts through 85+),
race, Hispanic origin (for total and white race only) and sex. These data
are reported for July 1 of each year from 1990 to 1997. Users can pick
geographies, age, race, sex, year, and sort variables. Download options
are available.
(http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/pe-stateis.html)
This system provides estimates of the population for counties and states
by age, sex, and modified race and Hispanic Origin for 1990-1997. Users
can pick geographies.
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Decennial Census Public Use Microdata
Samples (PUMS)
(http://www.census.gov/DES/www/welcome.html)
This system allows the user to pick from the 1990 1% and 5%
PUMS files for all states. Users can pick geographies, variables, and record
selection criteria for selected variables. Download options are available.
(http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/pums)
The University of Virginia Geospatial and Statistical Data Center provides
separate extraction systems for a customized subset of data, descriptive
statistics, and cross tabulations from the 1990 1% PUMS files for all states.
Users pick geographies, variables, type of subsampling, and table dimensions
(for cross tabs). Data files are returned as both comma delimited ASCII
and SPSS portable files, along with variable lists and an electronic codebook.
Several descriptive statistics are available.
(http://www.ipums.umn.edu/)
IPUMS contains "high precision" samples drawn from the 1850-1990 censuses.
It assigns uniform codes across the samples. Users can pick geographies,
variables, sample sizes, and cases. Output can be accessed in raw or compressed
form, with a customized codebook and SPSS data definition statements. Note
that free registration is required to use the extraction system.
(telnet://ulysses:@ulysses.ciesin.org
) . For more information on ULYSSES see: (http://plue.sedac.ciesin.org/plue/ulysses/PAA.html)
ULYSSES contains data from the 1970 5% and 15% PUMS, 1980 1% PUMS,
and 1990 1% PUMS. It is an interactive Telnet application that provides
summary statistics from the available PUMS files. Users can pick geographies,
variables, type of statistics to be output, and format of the output. Download
options are available (although they are not fully explained until after
exiting the system). Note: Users should login as "ulysses" (without the
quotes).
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International Population, Vital Statistics, and Socio-Economic
Estimates and Projections
(http://www.cihi.com/DOLPHN.htm)
DOLPHN contains "data which can be visually compared for single time
points or trends for selected population, health, and nutrition indicators
for countries of the world and regional aggregates for [selected]
years 1980 through the present (plus projections through the year 2010
for demographic indicators). The user can view data for one or more indicators
at a time and for one or more countries at a time." Data is drawn from
various sources including Demographic and Health Surveys, WHO, the UN Population
Division, US Census Bureau, and the World Bank. This extraction system
must be downloaded and installed on the user's PC. Users can pick variables,
years, and countries. In addition to data, graphs and maps are available.
Download options are available.
(http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html)
IDB allows the user to pick basic demographic and socio-economic variables
for any or all of 227 countries around the world. Summary or detailed data
is available from as early as 1950 to projections as late as 2050. In addition,
static or "active" population pyramids are available. Users can aggregate
selected countries into chosen regions. Countries can be ranked by population
for any year from 1950-2050. Download options are available. IDB can also
be downloaded and used locally on the PC.
(http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm)
This extraction system allows the user to pick up to seven countries,
and up to four variables. It covers population, economy,
social indicators, and geography. Data is available for the latest
year only (snapshot).
(http://apps.fao.org/cgi-bin/nph-db.pl)
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization provides annual
population data from 1961-present by country. Users can pick geographies,
variables, and years. Basic descriptive statistics are available. Download
options are available. FAO also provides a
long term quinquennial population series for total and rural/urban population.
(http://apps.fao.org/lim500/nph-wrap.pl?Population.LTS&Domain=SUA).
(http://www.unicef-icdc.org/information/databases/index.htm)
Online Version:
(http://www.eurochild.gla.ac.uk/documents/monee/welcome.htm)
TransMONEE contains 120 economic and social indicators (in nine subject
areas: population, reproductive behavior, family stability, mortality,
morbidity, education, crime & juvenile justice, employment & income,
and macro indicators) for 27 transition countries in Central Europe and
the former Soviet Union. The extraction system must be downloaded
and installed on the user's PC. Users can pick countries, regions, variables,
and years. Annual time series data is available as far back as 1989. Data
can be converted to indices or annual percent change and charts can be
created. Download options are available. There is also an online version
of the database.
(http://www.worldbank.org/html/extpb/aldb.htm)
The World Bank's Africa Live Database is highlighted by sectoral and
macro-indicator data , reports, and maps for African countries from as
early as the late 1960's until 1997. Users need to have Microsoft Excel
and Word in order to use the data. There is a first time, registration,
after which users are given the Internet Address where the extraction system
resides.
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Microdata and Longitudinal Surveys
Multiple Study Sites
(http://ferret.bls.census.gov:80/)
Ferret provides interactive access to all major CPS (Current Population
Surveys) and supplements as far back as 1992 (years vary by supplements),
the 1992, 1993, and available 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation
(SIPP), and the 1997 Survey of Program Dynamics, in addition to selected
health related surveys (see below). Selected data (raw or SAS data sets)
or descriptive statistics can be accessed. Download options are available.
Users must login before using the system.
(http://www.census.gov/DES/www/welcome.html)
In addition to the 1990 PUMS files (see above), DES provides access
to data from: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 1988,
1990-1993; March 1992-1995 Current Population Surveys (CPS); 1993 and 1995
American Housing Surveys (AHS); and the 1993 Consumer Expenditure Survey
(Quarterly Family data files only). Users can pick variables and record
selection criteria. Download options are available.
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Specific Study Sites
(http://www.unicon.com/cpsonweb.html)
An offshoot of Unicon's CPS Utilities, this extraction system allows
the user to choose from any of nearly 1,100 variables from the Census Bureau's
March Current Population Survey Supplement from 1962-1998. Users can choose
variables and years, and create custom variables. Download options are
available.
NOTE!! THIS EXTRACTION SYSTEM RUNS ONLY ON MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER
4.0 OR ABOVE. CPS on Web is presently freely available during the "development"
stage.
(http://www.measuredhs.com/data/indicators/)
Demographic and Health Surveys, provided by Macro International, "collect
information on fertility and family planning, maternal and child health,
child survival, AIDS/STIs, and other reproductive health topics. Surveys
are implemented by host-country institutions, usually government statistical
offices. On average, 4,000 to 8,000 women of childbearing age are interviewed
in a standard survey. Many countries also survey men on family planning
and health issues." This system allows users to pick basic summary statistics
from over 100 surveys in over 60 countries. Statistics are available on
fertility, child mortality, contraception, maternity care, and child health.
Download options are available.
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General Social Survey (GSS)--National Opinion Research Center
(NORC)--University of Chicago
The General Social Survey, one of the best known "almost annual
omnibus personal interview surveys of US households," is conducted by the
National Opinion Research Center. Users may use any of the above extraction
systems to get subsets of raw data, conversions to other file specifications,
and/or descriptive statistics and cross tabs. The ICPSR and Queens College
extraction systems cover 1972-1994 surveys at present. The UC-San Diego
and UC-Berkeley systems cover 1972-1996 at present. Queens College's system
requires downloading and installation of the Extract extraction system,
as well as the compressed files the user is interested in. Download options
for data are available for all the systems.
(http://hrs.isr.umich.edu:84/index.html)
Provided by University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research
"the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and Asset and Health Dynamics Among
the Oldest Old (AHEAD) are nationally representative longitudinal data
collections that examine
retirement and the aging of society." This extraction system is a useful
"tool for cross-referencing questions across time." Users pick the waves
of the studies they are interested in, subject sections from those waves,
and how the output is sorted. Question text can be searched. The
concordance can also be downloaded. Note that this is a "preliminary concordance
at this time" and that all matches should be confirmed with the codebook
and/or questionnaire.
(http://www.za.uni-koeln.de/data/en/issp/isspcb.htm)
"The ISSP is a continuing annual programme of cross-national collaboration
on surveys covering topics important for social science research. It brings
together pre-existing social science projects and coordinates research
goals, thereby adding a cross-national, cross-cultural perspective to the
individual national studies. Thirty-one countries are members of the ISSP."
The codebook retrieval system allows users to pick any or all surveys back
to 1985, and query survey questions. The question (along with country variants),
answer code, and relevant information including its data location, width,
missing data codes, and decimal places are returned. In addition, frequency
tables are also created. Note that the frequencies are created from unweighted
data.
(http://www.lis.ceps.lu/les/les.htm)
The Luxembourg Employment Study, a project associated with the Luxembourg
Income Study (see below) began in 1994. Its aim is to "construct a databank
containing Labour Force Surveys from the early nineties from countries
with quite different labour market structures. These surveys provide detailed
information on areas like job search, employment characteristics, comparable
occupations, investment in education, migration, etc. The LES team
has harmonised and standardised the micro data from the labour force surveys
in order to facilitate comparative research." After registering, users
may submit statistical program jobs to the LES in order to analyze data.
The "User Information" section explains this process. The "Using the Database"
section provides links to available electronic documentation needed to
set up program statements. LES can process SAS, SPSS, or STATA jobs via
email. Note that the service is freely available only to researchers in
LES member countries.
(http://www.lis.ceps.lu/whatis.htm)
The Luxembourg Income Study, begun in 1983, is a database of "social
and economic household survey microdata" from 25 countries in Europe, North
America, the Far East, and Australia." Data are directly taken from household
surveys or administrative records in the countries involved. Microdata
are standardized and become part of the database. Researchers in member
countries have access to this data, after registration. LIS can process
SAS, SPSS, or STATA jobs via email. Available datasets and documentation
can be found at the site. For more information on LIS, see the LIS
Information Server (http://www.lis.ceps.lu/access.htm).
(http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SAMHDA/mtfsda.html)
Monitoring the Future, provided by the Institute for Social Research
at the University of Michigan, has "surveyed a nationwide sample of high
school seniors every year since 1975. Since 1991, the project has also
included nationwide samples of eighth and tenth grade students." The SAMHDA
system allows extraction from MTS 12th grade surveys back to 1995. Users
can pick variables, cases, and get raw data or descriptive statistics.
Download options are available.
(http://www.cpc.unc.edu/projects/addhealth/stats.html)
Carolina Population Center's "Add Health is a school-based study of
the health-related behaviors of adolescents in grades 7-12. It has been
designed to explore the causes of these behaviors, with an emphasis on
the influence of social context." This extraction system allows users to
access summary data using on the fly SAS procedures. Frequencies, frequency
distributions, contingency tables, measures of central tendency, and descriptive
statistics are available. Users can pick variables, type of central tendency,
and type of statistics. Note that users must agree to the ADD Health Data
Use Agreement before using the system, and that only Wave I public use
data is supported at this time.
(http://stat.isr.umich.edu/psid/data-center/data-center.html)
The Panel Study of Income Dynamics is "a longitudinal survey of a representative
sample of US individuals and the families in which they reside. It has
been ongoing since 1968. The data are collected annually, and the data
files contain the full span of information collected over the course of
the study. PSID data can be used for cross-sectional, longitudinal, and
intergenerational analysis and for studying both individuals and families."
The PSID subsetting system allows the user to pick years (final or early
release from 1968 on) variables (with or without conditions), and type
of output. Multiple data definition file statement types are supported.
Download options are available.
(http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/WLS/program.htm)
The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study "is a long-term study of a random
sample of 10,317 men and women who graduated from Wisconsin high schools
in 1957. Survey data were collected from the original respondents or their
parents in 1957, 1964, 1975, and 1992 and a selected sibling in 1977 and
1993." The WLSGV extraction system requires downloading and installing
on the user's computer. The program "simplifies making extracts and
merging data from different waves" of the survey.
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Vital Statistics and Health
(http://wonder.cdc.gov/)
Among the useful vital and health related statistical data sets Wonder
provides extraction for are: AIDS Cases Reported by State and Local Health
Departments (users can pick demographics, case-definitions, dates of diagnosis,
dates of report, HIV exposure group, and mortality); Microfiche AIDS (same
as above except users can also pick more detailed geographies); SEER
(Cancer Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results) (users can pick geographies,
demographics, time periods and disease codes); ICD9 Finder (disease
by classification number) (users can search by keyword); State Injury Mortality
Data (users can pick geographies and injury type); Mortality (users can
pick geographies, demographics, and time periods); Natality (users can
pick geographies, demographics, and natality variables, and create two
dimensional tables by any of nine variables); Sexually Transmitted Disease
Morbidity (users can pick geographies, times, genders, and diseases); and
Tuberculosis Surveillance (users can pick geographies, times, demographics,
and disease case characteristics). Note that time periods covered vary
by database. Download options are available. Wonder also hosts many bibliographic
databases. Users must login at the main site before accessing data.
(http://www-seer.ims.nci.nih.gov/ScientificSystems/Canques/)
NCI's Cancer Query System on the Web (CANQUES, available only to browsers
that support Java 1.1), "allows the user to access over 10 million pre-calculated
cancer statistics. Statistics are available from SEER Cancer Statistics
Reviews, 1973-1996. Users can retrieve data related to: SEER Incidence
Rates and Trends; US Mortality Rates and Trends; Individual State Mortality
Rates; SEER Mortality Rates; Median Age at Diagnosis and Death; NHL and
Kaposi's Sarcoma in San Francisco; and Relative Survival Rates by SEER
Registry and Historic Stage. Users can pick demographics, geographies (when
available), types of cancers, and time periods. Download options are available.
(http://www.communityhealth.hrsa.gov/)
This site supplies a health status report for every county in the nation.
Data are available on: Population Characteristics; Four Summary Measures
of Health; Leading Causes of Death; Measures of Birth and Death; Vulnerable
Populations; Environmental Health; Preventive Services Use; Risk Factors
for Premature Death; and Access to Care. Comparisons are available with
peer counties. Information is provided in .pdf format.
(http://ferret.bls.census.gov:80/)
FERRET provides access to the 1993 National Health Interview Survey
(NHIS) and the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (NHANES
1988-1994). Users can pick variables and selected values. Selected data
(raw or SAS data sets) or descriptive statistics can be downloaded. Download
options are available. Note that users must register before accessing data.
(http://www.ahcpr.gov/data/hcup/hcupnet.htm)
HCUPnet provides interactive access to national statistics about hospital
stays. Users can choose: diagnoses and procedures; outcomes and measures;
patient characteristics; and hospital characteristics. Data are gathered
from the latest Nationwide Inpatient Sample.
(http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/www/hivaidsn.html)
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Database "is a compilation of information from
widely scattered small scale surveys on the AIDS pandemic and HIV seroprevalence
in developing countries. Currently the database contains around 40,000
individual data records from over 4,000 publications and presentations.
The database also includes information from incidence studies." This extraction
system requires downloading and installing the database on a local PC.
Users can pick geographies from over 160 countries, population subgroup,
age and sex. Summary tables and maps are also available.
(http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/SAMHDA/das.html)
Health related surveys covered in the SAMHDA DAS include the National
Household Survey on Drug Abuse, Treatment Episode Data Set, and Washington
D.C. Metropolitan Area Drug Study (DC*MADS). Users can pick variables,
cases, and get raw data or descriptive statistics. Download options are
available.
(http://csa.berkeley.edu:7502/archive.htm)
DAS provides access to the following health related surveys: National
Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 1991 (Person File only), and Health Studies
From Brazil (in Portuguese). Users can pick variables, cases, and get raw
data or descriptive statistics. Download options are available.
(http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/aging/trenddata.htm)
Trends in Health and Aging "contains information on trends in health-related
behaviors, health status, health care utilization, and cost of care for
the older population in the United States." At present over 20 national
tables are available. NCHS will provide state based tables and "estimates
and official data from other sources" in the future. Users can download
the Beyond 20/20 extraction system or can browse tables directly (Microsoft
IE 4.01 or Netscape 4.51 or higher required for the second option). Download
options are available.
(http://www-nt.who.int/whosis/statistics/menu.cfm?path=statistics,whsa&language=english)
"This 1997-1999 online version of the World Health Statistics Annual
contains all data which have been received since the publication of the
1996 edition, in early 1998. While this 1999 edition follows the same format,
the 1996 edition was the last to appear in printed form. The need for cause
of death statistics by a broad range of users has been one of the principal
reasons why mortality data are now disseminated by WHO online, rather than
in printed form. This should greatly facilitate their use for monitoring
and assessing health status." Included at the site are interactive query
access to four tables by country by year: Number of deaths and death rates,
by cause, sex and age; Infant deaths, by cause, sex and age; Life expectancy,
number of survivors, and chances per 1000 of eventually dying from specified
causes, at selected ages, by sex; and Age-standardized death rates for
selected causes, by sex. Important note: a new WHO standard population
for computing these age-standardized death rates has been introduced. The
data which appear here thus cannot be compared to the rates published in
Table 4 of previous editions of the Annual.
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Education
(http://nces.ed.gov/das/)
This extraction system requires downloading and installing the DAS
for Windows extraction system. DAS allows the user to create tables from
data in various NCES surveys. In addition to table variables (usually in
percentage format), standard errors are provided. DAS does not allow for
extracting raw data from the surveys at this time. Surveys covered include:
National Postsecondary Students Aid Study (NPSAS); National Study of Postsecondary
Faculty (NSOPF); Beginning Postsecondary Students (BPS, 90, 92); Baccalaureate
and Beyond (B&B); National Longitudinal Study of 1972 (NLS);
High School and Beyond (HS & B); and National Educational Longitudinal
Study of 1988 (NELS). Years and/or follow-ups of the studies vary. Download
options are available.
(http://nces.ed.gov/pubs97/97076.html)
EDsearch is a compilation of education time series statistics taken
from several NCES publications, including Digest of Education
Statistics, Condition of Education, Projections of Education
Statistics, Youth Indicators, State Comparisons of Education
Statistics, and 120 Years of American Education: A Statistical Portrait,
among others. This extraction system requires downloading and installing
on the PC. Users can pick variables and time. Over 2,600 tables, charts
and text files are available. A thesaurus of 450 terms indexes tables and
charts. Download options are available.
(http://www.info.usaid.gov/educ_training/ged.htm)
The Global Education Database provides "selected statistical data on
international education." This extraction system requires downloading and
installing on the PC. Educational time series data (as far back as 1970)
are available for 200 countries. Data available includes country population,
literacy, vital statistics, educational finance, primary, secondary, and
tertiary education. Users can pick countries or country groupings, variables,
and time. Graphs as well as data are available. Download options are available.
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Justice and Crime
(http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/SDA/das.html)
Users of this interactive DAS can run frequencies or cross tabs, comparisons
of means or correlations, or download customized sets of variables/cases
for the following data sets: Uniform Crime Reporting Data: Supplementary
Homicide Reports; National Crime Victimization Survey; National Corrections
Reporting Program; Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities;
and Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities. Years of
data vary by survey. Users can pick variables, cases, and format of output.
Download options are available.
(http://fjsrc.urban.org/)
The FJSRC "maintains the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Federal
Justice Statistics Program (FJSP) database, which contains information
about suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice
system. Using data obtained from Federal agencies, the FJSP compiles comprehensive
information describing defendants from each stage of Federal criminal case
processing." Users can download compressed ASCII versions of Standard Analysis
File (SAF) data sets (after registration), or use a query system
to download selected summary statistics (frequencies and cross tabulations)
from them (Defendants in Criminal Cases Filed and Terminated in U.S. District
Court, Offenders Entering and Exiting Federal Prisons, Population of Offenders
in Federal Prisons, and Defendants Sentenced) from 1994 to the latest year
available. Download options are available.
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Poverty, Welfare, Income and Employment
(http://newfederalism.urban.org/nfdb/index.htm)
This system allows the user to access information at the state level
on income security, health, child well-being, demographics, fiscal and
political conditions, and social services. Users can pick variables and
years and 50 state tables (HTML format only) are generated for selected
recent years. The database can also be downloaded for installation and
use on the PC. Download options are available in the PC version.
(http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/stcty/estimate.html)
This system allows the user to pick any of three years (1989, 1993,
1995), geographies, and selected poverty variables, as well as median income.
An HTML table is returned.
(http://io.aspensys.com/SOCDS/SOCDS_Home.htm)
Provided by HUD and derived from US Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor
Statistics data, SCDS provides access to census data (1970, 1980, and 1990),
current labor force data (1990-1998), and County Business Patterns data
(1993-1995) for central cities and metropolitan areas in the US. Users
can pick geographies, variables, and/or time periods depending on the database.
As data can be accessed for only one municipal unit at a time, and as there
are no download options, this database can be most effectively used as
a ready reference resource.
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Macroeconomic Indicators
(http://stats.bls.gov/datahome.htm)
The Bureau of Labor Statistics offers three extraction systems for
access to its thousands of time series covering employment & unemployment,
prices & living conditions, compensation & working conditions,
and productivity & technology. Monthly, quarterly, and annual data
is available (depending on the database) from as early as 1913 to the present.
Most Requested Series retrieves data for commonly requested BLS time series.
Selective Access retrieves data for all available time series. Series Report
retrieves data for all available time series by series identifier number.
Users pick variables, geographies, seasonality, and output type. Raw data
can also be downloaded via FTP.
(http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Economics/EconData/Econdata.html)
EconData contains hundreds of thousands of regional, national,
and international macroeconomic time series from various US government
agencies such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis,
Census Bureau, and Federal Reserve Board. Monthly, quarterly, and annual
time series are available going back as far as 1929. This extraction
system requires downloading and installing on the PC. Users can pick variables
and time. Download options are available, as well as options for graphics
and more complex econometric analysis.
(http://www.EconoMagic.com/)
While not exactly an extraction system in the traditional sense, Economics
Professor Ted Bos has set up a web site that offers access to so many macroeconomic
time series (over 75,000) that it, in essence, acts as one. Monthly,
quarterly, and annual time series are available from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Census Bureau, and Federal Reserve
Board. Time periods vary. Data is available at national, state,
county, and municipal level. Users select the time series they are interested
in. Download options are available, as are charts of the data.
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Penn World Tables, Mark 5.6--National Bureau of Economic
Research (Robert Summers and Alan Heston)
The Penn World Tables contain a set of international economic comparisons
for 152 countries in 29 macroeconomic topics from as early as 1950 to 1992.
PWT attempts to provide a set of macroeconomic variables that is standardized
across time and countries to facilitate ease of international comparisons.
The best information about the construction of the tables can be found
in Summers and Heston's article in the May 1991 Quarterly Journal of
Economics: "The Penn World Table (Mark 5): An Expanded Set of International
Comparisons, 1950-1988". Both extraction sites allow users to pick countries,
years, and variables. NBER allows multiple picks. The advantage to the
CHASS site is that it allows multiple download options, including plots.
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Miscellaneous Multi-Subject Sites
(http://factfinder.census.gov/)
American FactFinder provides interactive access to information about
"community, economy, and society" from some of the largest Census databases.
It provides "quick reports," detailed tables, and/or maps from the US Census,
American Community Survey, and Economic Census at this time. Data can be
extracted by geogaphies and variables. Selected summary statisics
can be calculated from raw data.
(http://www.ameristat.org/)
AmeriStat is an extractor that provides ready reference data in the
form of summary graphics and text for the "demographics of the US population."
Data that created the graphics can be downloaded and download options are
available. Demographic characteristics covered include: Marriage and Family;
Population Estimates and Projections; Education; Race and Ethnicity; Income
and Poverty; Foreign-Born Population; Migration; Children; Older Population;
Gender; Fertility; Labor Force and Employment; Crime and Violence; and
Mortality (although the site is a work in progress and not all categories
are available at this time (see "About AmeriStat") to see which categories
are available.Within each category are several subcategories. This is an
excellent site to query for quick, thumbnail sketches of topical information.
(http://tier2.census.gov/dbappweb.htm)
Census Bureau's CenStats offers is an extraction system that provides
access to several popular Census Bureau databases, including the Annual
Survey of Manufactures, Census Tract Street Locator, Consolidated Federal
Funds Report, County and Zip Business Patterns, USA Counties, Detailed
Occupation by Race and Sex, and International Trade Data. Data can be extracted
by geographies, variables, and time, depending upon the database. CenStats
is a quick and powerful system for extracting ready reference information.
(http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/)
In addition to PUMS data (see above), the University of Virginia Library
offers interactive access to: the 1988 and 1994 City and County Databooks
(Census
Bureau); Uniform Crime Reporting Data (Bureau of Justice Statistics); and
national, regional, state, county and municipal macroeconomic data (National
Income and Product Accounts, Regional Economic Information System, NBER
Productivity, US Imports and Exports, the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification
Manual, Regional Economic Projections, State Personal Income, and County
Business Patterns, provided by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, National
Bureau of Economic Research, and Census Bureau), among other data. Time
series vary by data set. Users can pick geographies, variables, and times.
Download options are available. Note: users should click on "Interactive
Data" in the left hand frame of the page to access the extraction system.
(http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/)
In addition to 1990 Census Summary Tape File (STF) and population estimates
(see above for both), this extraction system offers interactive access
to USA Counties 1996 (Census Bureau), the 1990 Census Equal Employment
Opportunity File (Census Bureau), a variety of macroeconomic data
including: Regional Economic Information System; selections from the 1992
Economic Census; Census of Agriculture 1982-1992; US Imports Exports History;
Consolidated Federal Funds Report; and 1990 Census Earnings by Occupation
and Education (STF22), provided by the Bureau of Economic Analysis and
Census Bureau; and School District Data Book Profiles (1989-90, provided
by the National Center for Education Statistics). For time series data,
time periods vary. Users can pick geographies, times, and variables. For
selected databases, download options exist. For USA Counties, mapping
options exist as well.
(http://www.oseda.missouri.edu/infolib/uexplore.html)
MSCDC's UEXPLORE provides access to data in the areas of agriculture,
compendia, economic indicators, education , employment, health, geography/GIS,
and population. In all over 100 data sets are available, including: various
decennial census summary tape and public use microdata files; Current Population
Surveys; population estimates; agricultural and economic censuses; USA
Counties; County Business Patterns; City and County Databooks
(Census Bureau); Bureau of Economic Analysis employment and income
data; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and Common
Core of Data (CCD) files from the National Center for Education Statistics,
among others. Geographies and time periods vary by data set, with particularly
strong coverage, as might be expected, for Missouri. However, many data
sets have complete state or even finer level geographic coverage. Users
pick geographies and variables. Record selection criteria options are available,
as is sorting. Download options (including SAS data sets) are available.
Note that this is an extremely powerful, but not intuitive extraction system,
and users should read the online tutorial before using it.
(http://www.worldpop.org/prbdata.htm)
This interactive query, which returns data for 72 demographic variables
for the world 221 countries, 28 regions and subregions, and the US and
the 50 states, contains data drawn from several Population Reference
Bureau sources, including: World Population Data Sheet; Women of our
World; Breastfeeding Patterns in the Developing World; and the United
States Population Data Sheet. Users can query multiple geographies
and variables. Data for only the latest year are returned
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