American Housing Survey Microdata

American Housing Survey 2007 National Microdata is provided by the Bureau of the Census.  This survey contains extensive data on housing and demographic variables for over 46,000 households.

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Medicare Health Outcomes

The Medicare Health Outcomes Survey, 1998-2007 is the first patient reported outcomes measure used in Medicare managed care. It is a continuous study that measures the physical and mental health of Medicare beneficiaries over a two-year period.

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Evaluation of The Urban Health Initiative: Working to Ensure the Health and Safety of Children

The National Evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Urban Health Initiative (UHI): Survey of Adults and Youth (SAY), Waves 1-3,1998-2005 is a survey that asked of both parents and their 10-18 year old children, regarding children’s health, safety, perceptions of neighborhoods and schools, family relations, quality of city services, and other issues.

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Suburban Immigrant Koreans in Bergen County, New Jersey, 2004

A file of local interest, Suburban Immigrant Koreans in Bergen County, New Jersey, 2004.

“The study examines this spatial dispersion without diminishing ethnic ties, that is, without ethnic attenuation.”

“Methodologically, the study consisted of two tasks. The first task investigated how and why Bergen County’s Korean households are spatially dispersed based on 1980, 1990, and 2000 aggregate Census data and 1990 and 2000 Public-Use Microdata Sample Data. The second task examined why and to what extent Korean households in the suburbs are linked to ethnic centers. This information was collected from a telephone survey of Korean households in Bergen County in 2004.”

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) was designed to capture various aspects of firm creation and entrepreneurship across countries. The data have been collected over the course of 6 years (1998-2003) and includes responses from individuals in over 40 countries. The data were gathered from 138 separate surveys. Questions address business decision making, profitability, investment, and more.

Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), 1998-2005

From the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging, the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS) provides information on health status and quality of life of the elderly aged 65 and older in 22 provinces of China in the period 1998 to 2005. Questions address diet, lifestyle, medical conditions, and demographic characteristics.

Thailand Migrant Labor

The Nang Rong project has surveyed workers and families in Thailand.  The surveys were part of three waves of data collection conducted in 1984, 1994, and 2000. The baseline was established in 1984 when a community survey and a household census were conducted in 51 study villages.  Data is available on  incomes, agricultural conditions, family structure, and more.  Members of the original survey group were then tracked across their migration to cities and other rural areas in Thailand.

National Couples Survey, 2005-2006

The National Couples Survey, 2005-2006, is now available.  This survey obtained separate, parallel reports from both partners, providing unique and detailed data on the power relations, birth desires, method-related expectancies, values, perceptions, preferences, and behaviors of men and women making contraceptive and disease prevention choices within the context of an intimate heterosexual relationship.

Japanese General Social Survey combined data

This collection is the combination of surveys designed to solicit political, sociological, and economic information from people living in Japan from 2000 to 2003.  The annual Japanese General Social Survey measures attitudes in the Japanese population.

The entire series of Japanese General Social Surveys is also available, including 2005 data.

Minorities at Risk

Minorities at Risk data is now available.

This new dataset covers 112 organizations representing 22 ethnic groups in 12 countries, providing information on 163 variables on an annual basis from 1980-2004. Variables included cover organizational characteristics, state-organization relations, external support, and organizational behavior (nonviolent, violent and criminal).

The MAR project was initiated by Ted Robert Gurr in 1986 and has been based at the University of Maryland’s Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM) since 1988.