Research Guides: Sociology: Find Data

Recommended Data Sources

The Association of Religion Data Archives
The ARDA provides free access to the most authoritative religion statistics, data, and church membership reports from around the world, with easy to use online tools and downloadable databases.
General Social Survey
Since 1972, the General Social Survey (GSS) has provided politicians, policymakers, and scholars with a clear and unbiased perspective on what Americans think and feel about such issues as national spending priorities, crime and punishment, intergroup relations, and confidence in institutions. If you're interested in pursuing quant-data-driven projects, GSS data is easy to access and use.

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
ICPSR is an archive of behavioral and social science data; most datasets are raw, primary data drawn from surveys, censuses, and administrative records.
To download datasets you must set up an account using your Davidson email. Davidson is a member of ICPSR; use of the data is restricted to Davidson students, faculty and staff engaged in non-commercial research projects.
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
The Roper Center focuses on public opinion data primarily collected by commercial and media survey organizations.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistics about the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Covers 2013-present.
UNdata
Contains official statistics produced by countries as well as statistics, estimates, projections, indicators, and other data from United Nations Statistics and Population Divisions and other United Nations agencies.
World DataBank
(1960 - present) Time series data on a variety of topics related to developing countries; includes World Development Indicators.