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Data & Statistics Resources

The purpose of this guide is to present resources for both the discovery and utilization of research data and statistics.

Open Data Search Options

The resources below contain data sets not associated in any particular discipline, and may be useful in a variety of contexts. If you're looking for data related to a specific topic, see one of the sub-pages here in this guide.

Kenyon Subscribed Data and Statistics Databases

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), housed at the University of Michigan, maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 16 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

IPUMS, available from the Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation at the University of Minnesota, provides micro-level population sample data from the US and international census records. In addition to providing the data free of charge, variables and documentation have been standardized over time to facilitate comparisons between time periods.