Data Collections at ICPSR
ICPSR partners with several federal statistical agencies and foundations to create collections organized around specific topics. These thematic collections bring a dynamism to ICPSR from which the broader social science research community benefits. The sponsors provide new data (in most cases free to everyone), which stimulate more research. The funded collections and ICPSR work together to build additional infrastructure for data discovery and use.
Thematic Collections
Offering specialized collections of data in health, population health, education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
Child and Family Data Archive
The Child and Family Data Archive (CFData) is the place to discover, access, and analyze data on early care, education, and families. CFData hosts datasets about young children, their families and communities, and the programs that serve them.
Data Sharing for Demographic Research (DSDR)
DSDR archives data on mother and child health, health disparities, and the human lifecycle for secondary analysis. This project advances research on population health and human development by offering access to data for studying critical issues related to these topics. *Funded by NICHD*
Health and Medical Care Archive (HMCA)
This archive provides access and analysis of data collections funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. HMCA’s goal is to increase the understanding of health and health care and the factors that contribute to health in the United States.
National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA)
This archive provides publicly available data containing information about places in the United States. NaNDA offers theoretically-derived, spatially-referenced, nationwide measures of the physical and social environment.
National Archive of Data on Arts & Culture (NADAC)
Free and easy access to data on the arts and on the arts' value and impact for individuals and communities.
National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)
NACDA offers downloadable data on aging and the life course, such as MIDUS and NSHAP, for reuse and analysis. You can also find podcasts, researcher interviews, user support, and data sharing options (both curated and self-published). *Funded by NIA*
National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP)
NAHDAP offers access to data on drug addiction and HIV behaviors (for example, the PATH Study and Monitoring the Future) and provides user support and specialized training for depositors and data users. *Funded by NIDA*
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)
The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) is the place to discover, access, and analyze data on crime and criminal justice. We promote data reuse to reproduce analytical findings and facilitate new research. NACJD is funded by the Office of Justice Programs. We are the official archive for data produced by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), as well as data collections sponsored by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).
Open Data Flint
Serving as a central location for housing Flint-based data gathered from academic institutions, local organizations, and federal agencies. The data are made available to researchers, policy makers, general public, and others interested in Flint.
openICPSR
OpenICPSR is a self-publishing repository for social, behavioral, and health sciences research data. openICPSR is particularly well-suited for the deposit of replication data sets for researchers who need to publish their raw data associated with a journal article so that other researchers can replicate their findings.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Data Repository (PCODR)
This repository offers clinical data collected primarily from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) programs: Clinical Effectiveness and Decision Science and Healthcare Delivery and Disparities Research. The goal is to encourage scientifically rigorous secondary use of clinical research data to foster scientific advances and improve clinical care and patient outcomes.
Resource Center for Minority Data (RCMD)
RCMD seeks to assist in the public dissemination and preservation of quality data to generate more "good science" for years to come. Finally, RCMD wants to be part of an interactive community of persons interested and be involved in minority-related issues/investigations in order to make possible the broadest scope of research endeavors and examinations.
Social, Behavioral, & Economic COVID Coordinating Center (SBE CCC)
A center for communication and collaboration on COVID-19 related research, SBE CCC streamlines information-sharing between our NIH-funded consortium members, the behavioral and social science community, and the public.
Social Media Archive at ICPSR
The Social Media Archive (SOMAR) is a revolutionary initiative and data resource that makes social media data accessible and useful to researchers like never before. Our archive contains a wide range of data collected from large-scale social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit, as well as smaller, more specialized data sets focused on specific research topics. These data sets have been collected and curated by researchers from around the world, and they cover various topics such as political communication, online behavior, and social networks.
U.S. Census Data
Preserves and disseminates survey instruments, specifications, data dictionaries, codebooks, and other materials provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Looking for more? Examine research projects that support data stewardship and infrastructure: Projects at ICPSR