Policy Studies: Data Sources

Data from ANES surveys on voting, public opinion, & political participation

Government employment, payroll, & financial statistics, along with tax revenues & information on the structure of state & local governments

Purpose: To collect source & amount of income, labor force information, program participation & eligibility data, & general demographic characteristics to measure the effectiveness of existing federal, state, & local programs

From the Washington Post, the U.S. Congress Votes Database documents every vote & member of the House & Senate since 1991. (free web resource, with ads)

Comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, & executive branches, & much more.

Excellent source for current issues in state government, with useful content from the CSG Knowledge Center "Data Center" & "Resources" pages.

Daily news, polls, public opinion on government, politics, economics, management. (Free)

Full text of poll results & analysis from the Gallup News Service, 5 items per week (Clemson subscription)

Links to recent Harris Poll results and news articles.

One of the world's leading archives of social science data, specializing in data from surveys of public opinion.

Provides information on the issues, attitudes & trends shaping America & the world. It does so by conducting public opinion polling & social science research; by analyzing news coverage; & by holding forums & briefings. (Free)

An ongoing Census Bureau survey that provides data every year - giving communities the current information they need to plan investments & services

Provides data on national accounts, as well as state & local area personal income, GDP for states & metropolitan areas, & a link to the Survey of Current Business

The principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, & price changes in the economy. Its mission is to collect, analyze, & disseminate essential economic information to support public & private decision-making.

Portal for a wide variety of datasets from the U.S. government, including apps for managing data of all sorts

Census & Other agency statistics sources

From the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, includes data on Medicare, Medicaid, health care costs, children's health, etc.

Hosts 16 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, & other fields. Clemson University is a Class B member; there are currently no costs associated with this service. Clemson's ICPSR Official Representative is Sandi Piazza at 656-3712.

NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting & analyzing data related to education.

Comprehensive handbook of statistics, with links to more focused sources such as the State & Metropolitan Area Data Book, County & City Data Book, etc.

Data on crime in the United States from the FBI.