Web Resources in Demography and Related Subjects
List of All Resources
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Aging/Gerontology
General
AARP Policy and Research
Includes the AgeLine bibliographic database.
AgeSource Worldwide
From the AARP.
Current Awareness in Aging Report (CAAR)
From the University of Wisconsin Center for Demography of Health & Aging.
Economic Effects of Ageing
from the OECD; includes country surveys
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
NIA Demography Centers
Information about NIA-supported Demography of Aging Centers.
Anthropology
General
Internet Anthropologist
Tutorial on Internet information skills for anthropologists.
National Anthropological Archives
Penn State University Libraries Anthropology Page
Includes links to academic anthropology sites and museums and professional organizations, as well as resources in the Penn State Libraries.
Other Link Lists
Anthro.Net
Searchable database of anthropology resources online.
Anthropology Resources on the Internet
Penn State Anthropology Department Links Page
Ur-List: Web Resources for Visual Anthropology
WWW Virtual Library on Migration and Ethnic Relations
WWW Virtual Library: Anthropology
Professional Associations
American Anthropological Association
Includes a list of Anthropology Resources on the Internet.
Area and Country Studies
General
Country Briefings
From Economist.com and the Economist Intelligence Unit
Foreign Governments
Links to government web sites, compiled by Northwestern University Library.
Library of Congress Country Studies
Migration Information Source
A project of the Migration Policy Institute, this source provides access to authoritative migration data from numerous global organizations and governments, and global analysis of international migration and refugee trends.
Population Reference Bureau Country Statistics and Reports
U.S. Department of State Background Notes
United Nations InfoNation Database
Specific Countries
A Vision of Britain Through Time
Created by the Great Britain Historical GIS Project, this interactive Web site provides a historical view of Britain between 1801 and 2001, including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Resources
African Studies Internet Resources
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
Base de Estadísticas e Indicadores Sociales (BADEINSO) [database on social indicators]
From the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Latin America. In Spanish only.
China WWW Virtual Library - Internet Guide for Chinese Studies
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
Middle East Network Information Center (MENIC)
Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library
Slavic Research Center Link Collection (Hokkaido University)
South Asia Resource Access on the Internet (SARAI)
Southeast Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources
TimorNet - An Information Service on East Timor
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: German Subject Catalogue
Other Link Lists
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
Crime, Law and Justice
General
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
A topical archive from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
Federally sponsored information clearinghouse.
Other Link Lists
Data
Recommended Starting Points
Data Resources for Penn State Researchers via ICPSR
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction.
Penn State Social Sciences Library Statistics & Data
Pennsylvania State Data Center (PaSDC)
The Commonwealth's official source of demographic and economic data.
Roper Center For Public Opinion Research
Penn State students and faculty may request data from Roper through the Social Sciences Library.
Recommended Starting Points: Census
American FactFinder
Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the United States Census Bureau.
Census 2000
Links to web sites and documents relating to the 2000 Census prepared by PRI's Data Archive.
Census 2010
US Census Bureau site for the 2010 Census
Recommended Starting Points: Education
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Part of the U.S. Department of Education.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
The statistical branch of the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO).
Recommended Starting Points: Health
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Recommended Starting Points: International
Demographic and Health Surveys
UNData
Access to statistics from the United Nations Statistics Division. The database will be expanded to include statistics from other sources.
United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
Guide to population information on UN web sites, including data and statistics.
World Health Organization (WHO)
General
Association of Population Centers Data Archives
Bibliography of Data-Related Literature
Searchable database of published and unpublished works resulting from analyses of data held in the ICPSR archive (from ICPSR).
Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
CIESIN's web site contains a number of online tools and applications and downloadable data relevant to population studies.
Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive (CPANDA)
Data and Program Library Service, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Online data archive.
Data on the Net
University of California, San Diego listing of data resources on the World Wide Web.
General Social Survey (GSS)
GSS data extraction and analysis available.
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
IPUMS includes two data projects at the Minnesota Population Center: IPUMS-USA is a national census database spanning 1850-1990, and IPUMS-International collects and distributes international census data.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
ICPSR maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction.
National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)
Qualidata - Qualitative Data Service
Part of the UK Data Archive at the University of Essex.
UK National Digital Archive of Datasets (NDAD)
Data from UK government agencies.
University of California, Berkeley Social Science and Government Data Library
Economics
AccesSIPP
The Center for Economic and Policy Research has developed the AccesSIPP project, an initiative that puts the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) into a readily-accessible, user-friendly format and makes it available on their website.
DataFERRETT (Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool)
Developed by the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics to enable users to access and manipulate large demographic and economic data sets online.
EconData.net
Links to socioeconomic data sources on the web.
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Econ Research Service State Fact Sheets
State fact sheets provide information on population, employment, income, farm characteristics, and farm financial indicators for each state in the United States. Click on a map or list of states for link to data.
Education
Education Finance Statistics Center
Part of NCES, this site can be used to get finance information on public elementary and secondary education.
Fast Response Survey System (FRSS)
NCES system for collecting education data at the elementary and secondary level quickly.
Federal, State, and Local Govt. Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data
Education finance data include revenues, expenditures, debt, and assets (cash and security holdings) of elementary and secondary public school systems.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Quick Tables and Figures
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Survey and Program Areas
National Education Data Resource Center (NEDRC)
Access to data and statistics from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
NCES Data Handbooks
The NCES Data Handbooks provide guidance on consistency in data definitions and maintenance for education data, so that such data can be accurately aggregated and analyzed. Handbooks Online - Version 2 updates the searchable database of elementary/secondary student, staff, and
institutional data elements with revised definitions, additional terms in the areas of food service, discipline and school facilities, and a link to the 2003 edition of Financial Accounting for Local and State School Systems.
NCES State Education Data Profiles
A dynamic Web site providing access to statewide information in elementary/secondary education, postsecondary education, public libraries and selected demographics for all states in the U.S.
PEQIS (Postsecondary Education Quick Information System)
NCES small-scale surveys on emerging issues in postsecondary education.
School District Demographics
Interface to state, county, and school district information.
State Education Reforms (NCES)
This website, which draws primarily on data collected by organizations other than NCES, serves as a general resource on state education reforms, describing major developments in state-level education policies.
Geographic
A Vision of Britain Through Time
Created by the Great Britain Historical GIS Project, this interactive Web site provides a historical view of Britain between 1801 and 2001, including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Geographic Mobility: March 2001-March 2002
This page contains various data tables that can be downloaded as PDF, Excel spreadsheet. or CSV file.
Social Explorer
Customize maps and reports based on Census 2000 and historical data.
Sprawl City
A website about consumption growth and population growth and their roles in urban sprawl. Includes articles, charts, graphs, U.S. federal data, and links to other websites.
State of the Cities Data Systems (SOCDS)
HUD interface to a variety of data for metropolitan areas, central cities, and suburbs.
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Econ Research Service State Fact Sheets
State fact sheets provide information on population, employment, income, farm characteristics, and farm financial indicators for each state in the United States. Click on a map or list of states for link to data.
USDA Rural Urban Continuum Codes
The 2003 codes form a classification scheme that distinguishes metropolitan counties by size and nonmetropolitan counties by degree of urbanization and proximity to metro areas.
Health and Aging
CDC WONDER
Warehouse of public health data from the Centers for Disease Control.
DOLPHN (Data Online for Population, Health & Nutrition)
An online statistical data resource containing selected current and historial country-level demographic and health indicator data. The database was created for USAID.
Health Poverty Index
The HPI tool will allow groups, differentiated by geography, social or economic position and cultural identity, to be contrasted in terms of their 'health poverty. A group's 'health poverty' is a combination of both its present state of health and its future health potential or lack of it.
Healthy Women Project
NCHS electronic data warehouse on minority and women's health.
National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
NCHS Injury Data and Resources
The purpose of this Web site is to
provide an overview of the sources of national level injury data available
from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS.
Reproductive Health Indicators Database
Based on 17 reproductive health indicators compiled by the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization.
statehealthfacts.org
State-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation, from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
WHO: Core Health Indicators by Country
This interactive data extractor allows the user to display one or multiple countries, and any one of 32 variables from the topics of Mortality Indicators, Population, Life Expectancy, and National Health Accounts for
any or all of the years from 1997-2002. Quick graphs can also be generated.
Women's Health Datasets on the Web
(Population Research Institute resource)
Religion
American Religion Data Archive (ARDA)
The ARDA is housed in the Population Research Institute at Penn State.
U.S. Government
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
CDC WONDER
Warehouse of public health data from the Centers for Disease Control.
Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics (COPAFS)
Disseminates information about federal statistical agencies and related issues (e.g., sampling in the 2000 Census).
Environmental Protection Agency Envirofacts Warehouse
Environmental data and mapping.
Federal, State, and Local Govt. Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data
Education finance data include revenues, expenditures, debt, and assets (cash and security holdings) of elementary and secondary public school systems.
FedStats
Gateway to Federal statistical agencies.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Access to Archival Databases
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Center for Electronic Records
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Part of the U.S. Department of Education.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Pennsylvania State Data Center (PaSDC)
The Commonwealth's official source of demographic and economic data.
State of the Cities Data Systems (SOCDS)
HUD interface to a variety of data for metropolitan areas, central cities, and suburbs.
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Econ Research Service State Fact Sheets
State fact sheets provide information on population, employment, income, farm characteristics, and farm financial indicators for each state in the United States. Click on a map or list of states for link to data.
USDA Rural Urban Continuum Codes
The 2003 codes form a classification scheme that distinguishes metropolitan counties by size and nonmetropolitan counties by degree of urbanization and proximity to metro areas.
USDA-NASS 2002 Census of Agriculture
Data and technical reports for the 2002 Agricultural Census are being released via this site. Data is available at national, state, and county levels.
U.S. Government -- Census
AccesSIPP
The Center for Economic and Policy Research has developed the AccesSIPP project, an initiative that puts the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) into a readily-accessible, user-friendly format and makes it available on their website.
American FactFinder
Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the United States Census Bureau.
Census 2000
Links to web sites and documents relating to the 2000 Census prepared by PRI's Data Archive.
Census 2000 Special Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation
Data are available via web extraction tool.
Census 2010
US Census Bureau site for the 2010 Census
DataFERRETT (Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool)
Developed by the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics to enable users to access and manipulate large demographic and economic data sets online.
EXTRACT
U.S. Census Bureau software.
Geographic Mobility: March 2001-March 2002
This page contains various data tables that can be downloaded as PDF, Excel spreadsheet. or CSV file.
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
IPUMS includes two data projects at the Minnesota Population Center: IPUMS-USA is a national census database spanning 1850-1990, and IPUMS-International collects and distributes international census data.
Local Employment Dynamics (LED)
A partnership between the U.S. Census Bureau and states to fill local gaps in employment data.
Social Explorer
Customize maps and reports based on Census 2000 and historical data.
U.S. Census Bureau CenStats Databases
U.S. Census Bureau Data Access Tools
Software and data for download or ftp.
U.S. Census Bureau North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) has replaced the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system.
U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates
U.S. Census Bureau Question & Answer Center
U.S. Historical Census Data Browser
Census data from 1790-1970. Note: you can view, but not download, data from this site.
International
Data Finder - Population Reference Bureau
This database contains data on 95 demographic variables for more than 220 countries, 28 world regions and sub-regions, the world as a whole, the United States as a whole, and the U.S. states. (Not all countries have data on all variables.)
Demographic and Health Surveys
DOLPHN (Data Online for Population, Health & Nutrition)
An online statistical data resource containing selected current and historial country-level demographic and health indicator data. The database was created for USAID.
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
IPUMS includes two data projects at the Minnesota Population Center: IPUMS-USA is a national census database spanning 1850-1990, and IPUMS-International collects and distributes international census data.
Migration Information Source
A project of the Migration Policy Institute, this source provides access to authoritative migration data from numerous global organizations and governments, and global analysis of international migration and refugee trends.
Reproductive Health Indicators Database
Based on 17 reproductive health indicators compiled by the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization.
The Values Surveys Database
Online analysis of both the World Values Surveys (WVS) and European Values Surveys (EVS) from all four waves of collection: 1981-84, 1980-93, 1989-1993 and 1999-2004. These files have all been intergrated into one dataset to facilitate time series analysis.
UNData
Access to statistics from the United Nations Statistics Division. The database will be expanded to include statistics from other sources.
United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
Guide to population information on UN web sites, including data and statistics.
WHO: Core Health Indicators by Country
This interactive data extractor allows the user to display one or multiple countries, and any one of 32 variables from the topics of Mortality Indicators, Population, Life Expectancy, and National Health Accounts for
any or all of the years from 1997-2002. Quick graphs can also be generated.
World Population Prospects Population Database
From the United Nations Population Division.
World Urbanization Prospects Population Database
from the United Nations Population Division
International -- Africa
Protecting the Next Generation Data
Data from the Protecting the Next Generation: Understanding HIV Risk among Youth study in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda project
International -- Asia
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
China Dimensions
Source of socioeconomic data including Geographic Information System (GIS) databases covering administrative regions of China, presented at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
International -- Eastern Europe
SOFIST - System Of Factual Information on Sociological Topics
Archive of Russian sociological data.
International -- Europe
A Vision of Britain Through Time
Created by the Great Britain Historical GIS Project, this interactive Web site provides a historical view of Britain between 1801 and 2001, including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) [Center for Sociological Research]
CIS collects information on Spanish society, primarily through survey-based research. A limited version of the web site, including the Data Bank, is available in English.
Edinburgh University Data Library
Health Poverty Index
The HPI tool will allow groups, differentiated by geography, social or economic position and cultural identity, to be contrasted in terms of their 'health poverty. A group's 'health poverty' is a combination of both its present state of health and its future health potential or lack of it.
Manchester Information & Associated Services (MIMAS)
MIMAS hosts several large UK datasets.
Qualidata - Qualitative Data Service
Part of the UK Data Archive at the University of Essex.
UK National Digital Archive of Datasets (NDAD)
Data from UK government agencies.
International -- Latin America
Biblioteca Virtual en Población [Virtual Population Library]
From the Centro Centroamericano de Población, Universidad de Costa Rica.
Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe
[Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean]
International -- North America
Research Data Library
Canadian data from Simon Fraser University.
Statistics Canada
Official source for Canadian statistics.
International -- Oceania
Australian National University Demography and Sociology Program
Confidentiality
American Statistical Association's Privacy, Confidentiality, and Data Security Website
Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board (CSSPAB)
The mission of this group is to examine issues affecting the security and privacy of sensitive (unclassified) information in federal (Executive Branch) computer and telecommunications systems.
DHHS Office of Research Integrity
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services office responsible for promoting itegrity in biomedical and behavioral research.
Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology, Confidentiality and Data Access Committee
This page is part of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology web site. Disclosure potential checklist link found here as well as brochure on confidentiality issues for federal agencies.
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Full text of the FOIA in it's most recent form at the U.S. Department of Justice web site.
Global Development Network (GDNet) Promoting Access to Data: Related Links
Links to social science data archives and data access and confidentiality resources.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Data Council Privacy Committee
This page contains several useful links pertaining to the issue of privacy when it comes to data.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Information and Regulatory Policy
The Executive Office of the President presents information on privacy guidance and privacy reference materials.
Overview of the Privacy Act of 1974, May 2002
Found at the United States Department of Justice.
Protecting the Privacy of Patients' Health Information
From the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Social Security Administration (SSA) Privacy Act Notices of Systems of Records
Demography
General
All about population
Resources from the French National Institute of Demographic Studies/Institut national d'études démographiques (INED). Resources are in English.
Base de Estadísticas e Indicadores Sociales (BADEINSO) [database on social indicators]
From the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Latin America. In Spanish only.
Biblioteca Virtual en Población [Virtual Population Library]
From the Centro Centroamericano de Población, Universidad de Costa Rica.
Current DEmographic Research Reports (CDERR)
Current DEmographic Research Reports (CDERR) is a weekly email report that helps researchers keep up to date with the latest developments in the field. Current and past reports are available on the web site.
Diversitydata.org
Quality of life indicators for US metropolitan areas, by race and ethnicity. From the Harvard School of Public Health.
DOLPHN (Data Online for Population, Health & Nutrition)
An online statistical data resource containing selected current and historial country-level demographic and health indicator data. The database was created for USAID.
Population Matters
A RAND Program of Policy-Relevant Research Communication
Regional Indicators Website
Interactive access to socioeconomic indicators for urban and rural regions of the US. From the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.
Sprawl City
A website about consumption growth and population growth and their roles in urban sprawl. Includes articles, charts, graphs, U.S. federal data, and links to other websites.
Understanding the World Today
Reports, data, and more on social, political, and economic topics.
Centers and Research Institutes
Association of Population Centers (APC) Home Page
Association of Population Centers (APC) Members Listed Alphabetically
Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS)
Cornell University Population and Development Program
Indiana University Population Institute for Research and Training (PIRT)
International Poverty Centre
A joint project between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Brazilian Government to promote South-South Cooperation on applied poverty research and training
Louisiana Population Data Center
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Germany)
University of Western Ontario Population Studies Centre
Western Washington University Demographic Research Laboratory
Centers and Research Institutes -- NICHD Population Research Centers
Bowling Green Center for Family and Demographic Research
Brown University Population Studies and Training Center
Johns Hopkins Population Center
NICHD Population Research Infrastructure Program
Penn State Population Research Institute
Population Reference Bureau Center for Public Information on Population Research
Princeton University Office of Population Research
RAND Population Research Center
SUNY Albany Center for Social and Demographic Analysis
UCLA California Center for Population Research
University of Chicago Population Research Center
University of Maryland Population Research Center
University of Michigan Population Studies Center
University of Minnesota Population Center
University of North Carolina Population Center
University of Pennsylvania Population Studies Center
University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center
University of Washington Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Demography and Ecology
Centers and Research Institutes -- NIA Centers on the Demography of Aging
NBER Center for Aging and Health Research
NIA Demography Centers
Information about NIA-supported Demography of Aging Centers.
Penn State Center on Population Health and Aging
RAND Center for the Study of Aging
Stanford University Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging
University of Chicago Center on Demography and Economics of Aging
University of Colorado Population Aging Center
University of Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging
University of Pennsylvania Population Aging Research Center
University of Wisconsin Center for Demography of Health and Aging
USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health
Government Resources (Domestic)
Administration for Children & Families (ACYF)
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
ChildStats.gov
Statistics and reports on children and families in the US, sponsored by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
John E. Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health (NIH) center dedicated to scientific research and training to reduce global health disparities.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Part of the U.S. Department of Education.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Survey and Program Areas
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institute on Aging (NIA) Behavior and Social Research (BSR) Program
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Social Behavioral & Economic Sciences
NICHD Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBS)
Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS)
Pennsylvania State Data Center (PaSDC)
The Commonwealth's official source of demographic and economic data.
Nongovernmental Organizations
German Foundation for World Population (DSW)
Population Action International (PAI)
Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
For more than 70 years, the Population Reference Bureau has been informing people about the population dimensions of important social, economic, and political issues. Our mission is to be the leader in providing timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
The statistical branch of the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO).
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Population Activities Unit (PAU)
United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)
Information from the 1994 conference held in Cairo.
United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
Guide to population information on UN web sites, including data and statistics.
United Nations Scholars' Workstation
Resources and information about electronic and print information related to the UN, from Yale University.
United Nations Statistics Division
World Health Organization (WHO)
Working Papers
California Center for Population Research Working Papers
(UCLA)
Center for Demography and Ecology Working Papers
(University of Wisconsin)
Center for Family and Demographic Research Working Papers
(Bowling Green State University)
Center for Social and Demographic Analysis Working Papers
(University at Albany)
Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Working Papers
(University of Washington)
East-West Center Working Papers: Population and Health Series
Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers
(University of Wisconsin)
National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers
National Poverty Center Working Paper Series
Population Council Policy Research Division Working Papers
Population Research Center Discussion Papers
(NORC/University of Chicago)
Population Research Center Working Papers
(University of Texas at Austin)
Population Research Institute Working Papers
(Penn State)
Population Studies Center Research Report Series
(University of Michigan)
Princeton University Center for Health and Wellbeing Working Papers
Princeton University Center for Migration and Development Working Papers
Princeton University Center for Research on Child Wellbeing Working Papers
Includes the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study papers.
Princeton University Office of Population Research Working Papers
RAND Population and Labor Program Working Papers
Working Papers
Links to population studies-related working papers series, from the University of Michigan Population Studies Center
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series
Biodemography
Biodemography at the Population Research Institute
Biological Anthropology and Biodemography Laboratory at the University of Washington
Darryl Holman's Biodemography Web Page
Tremin Trust
The Tremin Trust Research Program on Women's Health is one of the world's oldest ongoing research programs dedicated to studying women's health.
USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health
Professional Associations
American Public Health Association (APHA)
American Sociological Association (ASA)
American Sociological Association Section on Sociology of Population
American Statistical Association (AMSTAT)
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Association of Public Data Users (APDU)
International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology (IASSIST)
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
National Council on Family Relations
Population Association of America (PAA) Home Page
Population Association of America (PAA) Membership Directory
Other Link Lists
Demography and Population Studies WWW Virtual Library
PRI GIA Core Links
A wealth of resources from PRI's Geographic Information Analysis Core.
Women's Health Datasets on the Web
(Population Research Institute resource)
Economics
General
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Center for Economic Studies (CES)
Research unit of the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe
[Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean]
Country Briefings
From Economist.com and the Economist Intelligence Unit
DataFERRETT (Federal Electronic Research and Review Extraction Tool)
Developed by the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics to enable users to access and manipulate large demographic and economic data sets online.
EconData
Economic time series from the University of Maryland.
EconData.net
Links to socioeconomic data sources on the web.
Internet Economist
Tutorial on Internet information skills for economists.
Internet Site for Economists (Inomics)
Job openings, conference announcements, directory of web sites, and RePEc (Research Papers in Economics).
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers
Social Capital Gateway
Resources for the study of Social Capital
Urban Institute
A nonpartisan economic and social policy research organization.
Professional Associations
American Economic Association
Includes Job Openings for Economists.
Other Link Lists
WWW Virtual Library: Economics
Education
General
Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
From the National Center for Children in Poverty, provides access to original research, datasets, and statistics.
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Education resource from the U.S. Department of Education.
Fast Response Survey System (FRSS)
NCES system for collecting education data at the elementary and secondary level quickly.
International Education Indicators
This site provides indicators compiled from NCES international publications. The indicators include comparisons between the United States and other industrialized nations with large economies.
Internet for Education
Tutorial on Internet information skills for the education field.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Part of the U.S. Department of Education.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Quick Tables and Figures
National Education Data Resource Center (NEDRC)
Access to data and statistics from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
PEQIS (Postsecondary Education Quick Information System)
NCES small-scale surveys on emerging issues in postsecondary education.
School District Demographics
Interface to state, county, and school district information.
StatChat Live
An "on-line community of people interested in education information and related issues" provided by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
U.S. Department of Education
The ED also maintains a page of links to other education resources online.
Other Link Lists
Yahoo! Education
Directory of online resources.
Ethnic Studies
General
Academic Jewish Studies Internet Directory
Diversitydata.org
Quality of life indicators for US metropolitan areas, by race and ethnicity. From the Harvard School of Public Health.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Ethnic History Resources
The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies has merged with the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Human Relations Area Files Collection of Ethnography/Archaeology
Ethnography
General
Center for the Ethnography of Everyday Life
Center for Urban Ethnography at the University of Pennsylvania
Human Relations Area Files Collection of Ethnography/Archaeology
Overview: Ethnography, Observational Research, And Narrative Inquiry
From the Writing Center at Colorado State University.
Resources in Ethnographic Studies
A collection of resources in anthropology, ethnomusicology, folklore, and folklife from the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
Funding Resources
PRI Resources
Grant and Funding Opportunity Announcements Database
Searchable database of funding opportunity announcements from government agencies and private foundations.
Databases
Community of Science Funding Opportunities
A good place to start a funding search.
Directory of Grants and Fellowships in the Global Health Sciences
Published by the Fogarty International Center, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Grants.gov
Search across all Federal grant-making agencies.
Government Programs
FedBizOpps
Lists notices of contract awards.
Federal Register
Official daily publication for notices from Federal agencies and organizations.
Grants.gov Health
Links to grant agencies and organizations related to health grants.
National Institute on Aging (NIA) Behavior and Social Research (BSR) Program
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Funding Opportunities and Notices
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Resources for New Investigators
National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Social Behavioral & Economic Sciences
NICHD Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch (DBS)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services GrantsNet
Private Foundations
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Social Science Research Council
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Professional Associations
American Sociological Association (ASA) Funding Opportunities
Penn State Resources
Overview of Graduate Funding for Current Students
From the Graduate School at Penn State.
Penn State Office of Sponsored Programs
Geography
General
GIS Analysis with ARC-INFO (tutorial)
Updated URL 10/5/06
Internet Geographer
Tutorial on Internet information skills for geographers.
Penn State Department of Geography
Project GeoSim
From Virginia Tech.
School District Demographics
Interface to state, county, and school district information.
Professional Associations
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Other Link Lists
Environmental Resources Spatial Analysis Center (ERSAC) Links
PRI GIA Core Links
A wealth of resources from PRI's Geographic Information Analysis Core.
Health
General
CDC WONDER
Warehouse of public health data from the Centers for Disease Control.
Core Public Health Journals -- Version 2.0
From the Public Health/Health Administration section of the Medical Library Association
Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)
Accrediting agency for schools of public health.
Directory of Health and Human Services Data Resources
Excellent directory of health datasets from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Disability and Employment: A Research Focus of the Urban Institute
DOLPHN (Data Online for Population, Health & Nutrition)
An online statistical data resource containing selected current and historial country-level demographic and health indicator data. The database was created for USAID.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Pennsylvania Bureau of Health Statistics
Réseau Espérance de Vie en Santé (REVES)
[International Network on Health Expectancy and the Disability Process]
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
World Health Organization (WHO)
Health Care Policy
Health Policy and Administration Favorite Websites
From Penn State's Department of Health Policy and Administration.
KaiserEDU
A web site developed by the Kaiser Family Foundation providing data, literature, and news for health policy students and faculty.
kaisernetwork.org
Health policy resources from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The Uninsured Reference Library (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Women's Health Policy: The Basics (Kaiser Family Foundation)
Health Disparities -- Specific Resources
American Indian Health
From the National Library of Medicine.
Community Solutions to Health Disparities Database
Sponsored by the American Public Health Association.
Eliminating Health Disparities in the United States
A publication of the Health Resources and Services Administration's Office of Minority Health.
Key Facts: Race, Ethnicity & Medical Care (Kaiser Family Foundation)
This chartbook is intended to serve as a quick reference on racial/ethnic disparities in health, health insurance coverage, and health care access and quality. The document highlights the best available data and research, providing a selective review of the literature.
Life Course Health Development: An Integrated Framework for Developing Health, Policy, and Research
By Neal Halfon and Miles Hochstein (Milbank Quarterly, vol. 80, no. 3, 2002)
Minority Health Archive
Open Access archive of minority health literature, hosted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health.
Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative
From the National Institutes of Health Office of Minority Health. Includes conferences, data and statistics, and publications.
Multi-Cultural Health Resource Guides
From the Penn State Life Sciences Library.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Health Disparities Research
Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project Monograph
Race, Ethnicity and Health Care Reference Library (Kaiser Family Foundation)
The Right to Equal Treatment
An Annotated Bibliography of Studies on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare, Their Causes, and Related Issues (from Physicians for Human Rights)
Translating Research into MCH Public Health Practice: Eliminating Health Disparities (University of Chicago conference)
Some presentations available online in the conference archives.
Health Disparities -- Organizations
Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD)
John E. Fogarty International Center
National Institutes of Health (NIH) center dedicated to scientific research and training to reduce global health disparities.
National Cancer Institute Health Disparities Research
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)
Reproductive Health
Reproductive Health Indicators Database
Based on 17 reproductive health indicators compiled by the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization.
Professional Associations
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Other Link Lists
Women's Health Datasets on the Web
(Population Research Institute resource)
WWW Virtual Library: Epidemiology
WWW Virtual Library: Public Health
Immigration and Migration
General
Migration Information Source
A project of the Migration Policy Institute, this source provides access to authoritative migration data from numerous global organizations and governments, and global analysis of international migration and refugee trends.
Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): International Migration
Population Reference Bureau Migration Page
U.S. Census Bureau: Foreign-Born Population
World-Wide Web Virtual Library on Migration and Ethnic Relations
Indigenous Studies
General
Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library
Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS)
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Indigenous Studies
WWW Virtual Library: Circumpolar Peoples
Jobs
General
PublicServiceCareers.org
Professional jobs in the public sector (government, nonprofits, NGOs, consulting, contracting, and academia)
Academic
Chronicle of Higher Education Career Network
External Positions Postings (University of Michigan Population Studies Center)
H-Net Job Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Academic -- Aging/Gerontology
Jobs in Aging
From the Gerontological Society of America.
Academic -- Demography
Employment Opportunities in Related Fields
From the University of Washington Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology.
Population Association of America Job Announcements
Academic -- Economics
Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Career Opportunities
American Economic Assocation Job Openings for Economists
Academic -- Endocrinology
Endocrine Society Placement Service
Academic -- Health
American Public Health Association CareerMart
American Society for Reproductive Health Position Placement Service
Academic -- Latin American Studies
Latin American Studies Association Employment Opportunities
Academic -- Sociology and Rural Sociology
American Sociological Assocation Employment Bulletin
American Sociological Association Careers in Sociology
Rural Sociological Society Employment Opportunities for Rural Sociologists
Academic -- Statistics
American Statistical Association Career Center
Penn State Department of Statistics Career Opportunities
Announcements of positions at Penn State and links to other sites listing positions in statistics.
Government
Careers in Government
Clearinghouse of public sector jobs and related information.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Employment Opportunities
FedWorld
Gateway to U.S. government information provided by the Department of Commerce.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Employment Opportunities
USAJOBS
Database of government employment opportunities worldwide.
International Organizations
United Nations Human Resources Management
World Bank -- Careers at the World Bank
World Health Organization Employment
Population/Family Planning Organizations
Alan Guttmacher Institute Job Opportunities
EngenderHealth Employment Opportunities
Family Health International Employment Opportunities
Population Association of America Job Announcements
Population Council Employment Opportunities
Population Council Fellowships in the Social Sciences
Population Reference Bureau Job Vacancies and Internships
Urban Institute Job Opportunities
Postdocs and Fellowships
Carolina Population Center Postdoctoral Program
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Employment Opportunities
Population Association of America Job Announcements
Population Council Fellowships in the Social Sciences
University of Michigan Population Studies Center Postdoctoral Training Program
University of Washington Population Leadership Program
Policy Studies
General
Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive (CPANDA)
Internet for Social Policy
Tutorial on Internet information skills for the social policy field.
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Moving Ideas: The Electronic Policy Network
Next Generation Project (MDRC)
Project devoted to studying the effects of welfare and employment policies on children and families.
Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI)
Stateline.org
State policy news.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
The statistical branch of the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO).
Urban Institute
A nonpartisan economic and social policy research organization.
Political Science
General
PROceedings: Political Research Online
Papers from the 2004 and 2003 Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association.
Professional Associations
American Political Science Association
Other Link Lists
WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
Religion
General
Hartford Institute for Religion Research
Louisville Institute
A Lilly Endowment program for the study of American religion.
National Study of Youth & Religion
Why Study Religion Sociologically?
Written by Jeffrey K. Hadden at the University of Virginia.
Yahoo! Religion and Spirituality > Bibliographies
Links to bibliographies on religious and spiritual topics.
Yahoo! Religion and Spirituality > Texts
Links to religious organizations and texts online.
Data
American Religion Data Archive (ARDA)
The ARDA is housed in the Population Research Institute at Penn State.
Other Link Lists
Academic Info: World Religion Gateway
Wabash Center Guide to Internet Resources
Annotated searchable guide to electronic resources of interest to scholars and teachers.
Research Methodology and Statistics
General
Centre for Multilevel Modelling
EXTRACT
U.S. Census Bureau software.
HumPop and IntlPop
Tutorials for PC, Macintosh, and UNIX.
Internet for Social Research Methods
Tutorial on Internet information skills for the social research methods field.
Internet for Social Statistics
Tutorial on Internet information skills for social statistics.
Probability/Statistics Object Library
Library of applets and components for teachers and students of probability and statistics.
StatLib
Data, software and news from the statistics community.
Virtual Laboratories in Probability and Statistics
Interactive, web-based resources for students and teachers of probability and statistics.
Professional Associations
American Statistical Association (AMSTAT)
Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics (COPAFS)
Disseminates information about federal statistical agencies and related issues (e.g., sampling in the 2000 Census).
Other Link Lists
Penn State Statistics Department Useful Links
WWW Virtual Library: Statistics
Rural Sociology
General
Extension Publications
Publications available online from Penn State's Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology.
Extension Resources
Numerous links from Penn State's Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (ERS)
Online data products.
Professional Associations
Social Sciences (General)
General
Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science (CSISS)
National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Social Behavioral & Economic Sciences
Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG)
WWW Virtual Library: Social Sciences
Sociology
General
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) [Center for Sociological Research]
CIS collects information on Spanish society, primarily through survey-based research. A limited version of the web site, including the Data Bank, is available in English.
Internet Sociologist
Tutorial on Internet information skills for sociologists.
Social Capital Gateway
Resources for the study of Social Capital
Professional Associations
American Sociological Association (ASA)
MidSouth Sociological Association
Other Link Lists
SocioWeb
Guide to sociological resources on the Internet.
WWW Virtual Library on Migration and Ethnic Relations
WWW Virtual Library: Sociology
Survey Research
General
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Roper Center For Public Opinion Research
Penn State students and faculty may request data from Roper through the Social Sciences Library.
Professional Associations
American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
American Statistical Association Survey Research Methods Section
Surveys and Tools
Fast Response Survey System (FRSS)
NCES system for collecting education data at the elementary and secondary level quickly.
Women's Studies
General
Institute for Women's Policy Research
Internet for Women's Studies
Tutorial on Internet information skills for women's studies.
Women's Health Datasets on the Web
(Population Research Institute resource)
Women's Health Policy: The Basics (Kaiser Family Foundation)
