What is ICPSR?
ICPSR (The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) is a repository of social science data that has been shared by researchers. It contains public opinion polls, longitudinal studies, census data, and more.
Accessing ICPSR
ICPSR is free to search but you must log in to download data. Some datasets are free to use, but most are part of our subscription.
Go to the Log In page and choose "Institutional Log In" to use your CNetID to connect. Search for the University of Chicago to continue. This ensures you have access to all content in our subscription.
Analyzing Data
Most data in ICPSR requires statistical software for analysis. A limited number of datasets can be analyzed using online tools.
Data are available in many different file formats. Recent data are formatted for SAS, SPSS and Stata and all data are available in ASCII plain text.
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