Sociology
Library and information resources for sociology students and faculty
Polling Data
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Gallup.comA rich resource from the premier name in polling data. Sections on news, politics, business, well-being, the world, and many current hot topics. Data, blogs, research reports, and much more.
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General Social Survey (GSS)The GSS (General Social Survey), a data-collection program designed to both monitor social change within the United States and to compare the United States to other nations, is a major source of public opinion survey data for the United States. It is an almost annual, omnibus personal interview survey of U.S. households conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC). The GSS contains a standard 'core' of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interes
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NORC at the University of ChicagoNORC is best known for its large, national surveys, but has also conducted qualitative and quantitative analyses, longitudinal analyses, methodological studies, and international projects.
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PollingReport.comAn independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion
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Public AgendaRecent public opinion and analysis
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Roper Center for Public Opinion ResearchCheck out their "Topics at a Glance". See also iPoll Databank (previous entry in this list); we now have a subscription to the survey archives.
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Roper iPoll
A comprehensive archive of US public opinion data, organized by question, with access to nearly half a million national survey questions. It provides full datasets for bivariate and multivariate analyses. Coverage: 1935+.
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Social and Demographic Trends Dataset DownloadsThe Pew Research Center's Social and Demographic Trends provides raw data to scholars for their own research. Survey data are released twelve months after the reports are issued.Datasets are identified by survey topics, dates that the survey was conducted, and reports generated from the survey. Data are stored as SPSS.sav files. When applicable, additional files are included that provide the response values and labels for open-ended questions. A complete questionnaire and a readme file area are also included.