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Short List of Commonly Used Surveys
This is a very short list of relevant surveys. The Statistical Abstract is a good tool for discovering which agency or surveys might have the data you need. See also the National Center for Health Statistics list of Surveys and Data Collection Systems.
- Add Health — UNC Carolina Population CenterNational Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
- Current Population Survey (CPS)
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Large, monthly survey of households conducted for over 50 years by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Known for its annual March supplement which is a source for annual earnings, work experience, migration, cash and non-cash income, pension and health insurance coverage. Also, the May supplement includes earnings, multiple job holding, and premium pay. - DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
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Survey data and analysis on the population, health, and nutrition of women and children in 75+ developing countries, collected by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). - General Social Survey (GSS): NORC ProjectLong running survey of social, cultural, and political indicators. Download the dataset or analyze it online.
- GSS 1972-2008 Cumulative Datafile - SDA at BerkeleyOnline analysis of the General Social Survey.
- International Reproductive Health SurveysUnder the MEASURE CDC project, CDC assists countries throughout the world with developing, implementing, and analyzing of large national reproductive health surveys that provide high quality, population-based data about reproductive health indicators. Each country's needs guide the survey content.
- IPUMS: Integrated Public Use Microdata SeriesHarmonized data from the Minnesota Population Center.
- NLS - National Longitudinal SurveysNational Longitudinal Survey of Youth; National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women and Mature Women; National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Men and Older Men. These data are also available in clean, ready-to-analyze form from ICPSR.
- National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH)A multiple wave study on family life from the Center for Demography at the University of Wisconsin.
- PSID - Panel Study of Income DynamicsA longitudinal study of families since 1968. The Child Development Supplement focuses on children and caregivers within these families - a great resource on the welfare and care of children.
- Study of American Families, 1994In the DISC Archive of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Can be used with the GSS
Surveys for Forced Migration
- DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
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Survey data and analysis on the population, health, and nutrition of women and children in 75+ developing countries, collected by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). - International Reproductive Health SurveysUnder the MEASURE CDC project, CDC assists countries throughout the world with developing, implementing, and analyzing of large national reproductive health surveys that provide high quality, population-based data about reproductive health indicators. Each country's needs guide the survey content.
Household Surveys
- International Household Survey Network (IHSN)Catalog of more than 3800 household-level surveys from around the world.
- BREAD: Data from Developing Countries
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This annotated list of household surveys and other data focuses on economics and reproductive health.
