Featured Data Source: World dataBank and World Development Indicators Online
World dataBank is UNCG's primary database for statistics on individual countries compiling development data for over 800 indicators and 200 countries. The purpose of this compilation is to provide a statistical benchmark for the progress of development in individual countries and regions. The data is wide ranging from economic indicators, such as balance of payments data, to social indicators, such as the literacy rate.
World Development Indicators and all other World Bank data products are freely available to anyone through World dataBank. Below is a tutorial for getting started with WDI.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Census Summary File 1 for NC released
Exciting news for data nerds!
The US Census Bureau has released the 2010 Census Summary File 1 (SF1) data for North Carolina. This is the full release of data collected on the 2010 Census to the block level. The 2010 Census Summary File 1 data for North Carolina is available through the new American Factfinder.
And look! It's the UNCG block. And look at all of those gals! Could you tell UNCG is historically a women's college?
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Which do I use? Try the HUD data set reference guide
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has created a helpful reference guide on HUD USER. It shows which datasets would have most to least relevance in a particular topic area (such as disabilities or demographics).
As reported by APDU: "The Data Set Reference Guide provides convenient, one-stop access to the original data sets generated by the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), including data from the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, microdata on housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, HUD’s assisted housing population, and other housing-related topics. Access the PD&R guide here and a guide to other HUD data sources here."
Here is a screenshot of the PD&R guide:
As reported by APDU: "The Data Set Reference Guide provides convenient, one-stop access to the original data sets generated by the Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), including data from the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, microdata on housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, HUD’s assisted housing population, and other housing-related topics. Access the PD&R guide here and a guide to other HUD data sources here."
Here is a screenshot of the PD&R guide:
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Updates to IPUMS-International
News for you from the Minnesota Population Center:
The Minnesota Population Center is pleased to announce the latest expansion of the IPUMS-International data series. We recently added 26 new samples. The data release includes 7 new countries -- Germany, Iran, Ireland, Jamaica, Malawi, Sierra Leone and Sudan -- as well as additional samples for 5 countries already in the database: Cambodia, Egypt, France, Palestine and Vietnam. The data series now contains 397 million person records from 185 censuses in 62 countries.
You can get more detail about the latest data release at https://international.
We recently changed the way that users browse variables and make data extracts on our site. We welcome your feedback on this and any other aspect of IPUMS-International.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Waiting for the Census deluge...
But for now we have a trickle. Just in from the NC Governor’s Census Liaison:
"Demographic Profiles from the 2010 Census for North Carolina areas were released through the new American FactFinder (http://factfinder2.census.gov) at 12:01 this morning. These profiles are similar to the Summary File 1 profiles from the 2000 Census and contain detailed age, household type and relationship, and housing unit data. "
Yay data!
"Demographic Profiles from the 2010 Census for North Carolina areas were released through the new American FactFinder (http://factfinder2.census.gov) at 12:01 this morning. These profiles are similar to the Summary File 1 profiles from the 2000 Census and contain detailed age, household type and relationship, and housing unit data. "
Yay data!
Thursday, May 5, 2011
NC State Data Center and Census 2010
The NC State Data Center held its annual meeting this week. You can see presentation documents online at http://sdc.state.nc.us/meeting/ . You will find great information about the Census in NC and more.
You can also check out NC Census related information at http://www.osbm.state.nc.us/ncosbm/facts_and_figures/socioeconomic_data/census_home.shtm
You can also check out NC Census related information at http://www.osbm.state.nc.us/ncosbm/facts_and_figures/socioeconomic_data/census_home.shtm
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Roper brings us cross-tabs!
Roper Center has added a sweet new feature to iPoll.
"You can look at demographic cross-tabulations for over 50,000 questions asked in the US since 2000. The group data is integrated directly into iPOLL and is presented automatically with the question results wherever available. Access to results by gender, age, education, region and more, has never been easier! Just click on the group tab!"
From the iPoll search results screen, look for poll questions with a Question Detail icon that has a green plus sign (see image below).
This indicates you can access the cross-tabs. You will get results like this.
Pretty nifty!
"You can look at demographic cross-tabulations for over 50,000 questions asked in the US since 2000. The group data is integrated directly into iPOLL and is presented automatically with the question results wherever available. Access to results by gender, age, education, region and more, has never been easier! Just click on the group tab!"
From the iPoll search results screen, look for poll questions with a Question Detail icon that has a green plus sign (see image below).
This indicates you can access the cross-tabs. You will get results like this.
Pretty nifty!
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