More Free MicrodataOutside DLI and ISR

Wendy Watkins

Carleton University

Ontario DLI Workshop

Queen’s University, Kingston

April 6, 2004

Unrestricted

1984 Canadian Fertility Surveyhttp://janus.ssc.uwo.ca/idls/

Millenium Foundation Surveyhttp://www.millenniumscholarships.ca/en/research/archive/

Violence in Dating RelationshipsCarleton University Data Centre

Free with Some Restrictions

Data below may have restrictions. All are freely available to the academic community, some with caveats on use. Check either the website or the data provider.

Public Opinion Polls Canadian Opinion Research Archive

Decima, Crop, Environics …http://www.queensu.ca/cora/

POLLARA (1990-2002) Gallup Canada (1945-2000)

Carleton University Data Centre

Listening to Canadians (2000-2004)http://www.queensu.ca/cora/

CRIC Soon to be in DLI

International Surveys International Social Survey Programme

Carleton University Data CentreEuropean Social Survey

http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/

World Values Surveyshttp://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/services/index.html

Afrobarometershttp://www.afrobarometer.org/

Int’l Archive of Education Studieshttp://www.icpsr.umich.edu/IAED/studies.html

ICPSR Special Topics Archives

Some topical archives offer free data access. These include: Ageing Justice Education US General Social Survey Substance Abuse and Mental Health

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/topical.html

Canadian Quality of Life Surveys

Winnipeg Area Survey Available through the ICPSR

Edmonton Area and All Alberta Surveys Available online

http://dataext.library.ualberta.ca:8080

Toronto Area Survey Availability ?

We Need A National Data Archive!