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Topic Classifications

Census Enumerations:
Historical and Contemporary Population Characteristics

Census Enumerations:
Historical and Contemporary Population Characteristics

  1. United States
    1. Decennial Censuses
      1. 1790-1960 Censuses
      2. 1970 Census
      3. 1980 Census
      4. 1990 Census
      5. 2000 Census
      6. 2010 Census
    2. American Housing Survey Series
    3. Current Population Survey Series
    4. Other Census, Including County and City Data Books
  2. Nations Other Than the United States

Community and Urban Studies

 

Community and Urban Studies

  1. Studies of Local Politics
    1. United States
    2. Nations Other Than the United States
  2. Detroit Area Studies
  3. Historical Urban and Community Structure Studies

Conflict, Aggression, Violence, Wars

Conflict, Aggression, Violence, Wars

  1. Conflict and Stability Within Nations
  2. Conflict Between and Among Nations

Economic Behavior and Attitudes


Economic Behavior and Attitudes

  1. Continuing Series of Consumer Surveys
  2. Surveys of Economic Attitudes and Behavior
  3. Historical and Contemporary Economic Processes and Indicators

Education

Education

  1. United States
    1. Postsecondary Surveys, HEGIS: Earned Degrees/Completions
    2. Postsecondary Surveys, HEGIS: Employees
    3. Postsecondary Surveys, HEGIS: Finance
    4. Postsecondary Surveys, HEGIS: Residence and Migration
    5. Postsecondary Surveys, HEGIS: Salaries
    6. Postsecondary Surveys, HEGIS: Fall Enrollment
    7. Postsecondary Surveys, HEGIS: Institutional Characteristics
    8. Postsecondary Surveys, HEGIS: Libraries
  2. Nations Other Than the United States

Elites and Leadership

Elites and Leadership

  1. United States
  2. Nations Other Than the United States

Geography and Environment

Government Structures, Policies, and Capabilities

Government Structures, Policies, and Capabilities

  1. Behavior and Attitudes of Bureaucrats
  2. Historical and Contemporary Public Policy Indicators and Outputs
    1. United States
    2. Nations Other Than the United States
  3. Statistics on Government Operations

Health Care and Facilities

Instructional Packages

 

Instructional Packages

  1. Instructional Packages
    1. SETUPS
    2. ICPSR Instructional Subsets
    3. Other Instructional Packages
  2. Computer Programs

International Systems:
Linkages, Relationships, and Events

International Systems: Linkages, Relationships, and Events

  1. Dyadic and Small-Group Interaction (Events Data)
  2. International Organizations
    1. Characteristics of Organizations
    2. Member Activities
  3. Structural Characteristics of the International System
  4. Alliances and Military Affairs

Legal Systems

Legislative and Deliberative Bodies


Legislative and Deliberative Bodies

  1. Historical and Contemporary Roll Call Voting Records
    1. United States
    2. National Legislatures Outside the United States
    3. United Nations
  2. Studies of Decision-Making in Deliberative Bodies

Mass Political Behavior and Attitudes

Mass Political Behavior and Attitudes

  1. Historical and Contemporary Electoral Processes
    1. Primaries, Conventions, and Campaigns
    2. Election Studies Series
      1. United States
      2. Nations Other Than the United States
    3. Election Returns
      1. United States
      2. Nations Other Than the United States
    4. Merged Electoral and Ecological Data
      1. United States
      2. Nations Other Than the United States
  2. Political Participation
    1. United States
    2. Nations Other Than the United States
  3. Public Opinion on Political Matters
    1. United States
    2. Nations Other Than the United States
    3. Attitudes Toward Regional Integration
      1. Europe
      2. Latin America
      3. North America
  4. Political Parties

Organizational Behavior

Organizational Behavior

  1. United States
  2. Nations Other Than the United States

Social Indicators

Social Institutions and Behavior

Self-published Data, including Replication Datasets

External Data Resources