ICPSR New Data December 2012

33201 Monitoring Drug Epidemics and the Markets That Sustain Them, Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) and ADAM II Data, 2000-2003 and 2007-2010 
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33201.v1

34483 Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA Study), 1996-2008: Demographic Data 
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34483.v1

28421 Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES): 2006 Cohort [United States] 
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28421.v3

ICPSR includes an increasing number of text data for qualitative research. 

33501 Congressional Record for 104th-109th Congresses: Text and Phrase Counts 
http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR33501.v1

This qualitative data collection contains original and processed text from the United States Congressional Record for the 104th-109th Congresses. The Congressional Record includes text from both chambers, the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. For each Congress the archive includes the original tagged text files, parsed files that separate the text into individual speeches, speaker metadata that can be linked to the parsed files, and counts of two-word phrases (bigrams) by speaker, party, and date.

New ICPSR Studies December 2012

New Family Structures Study (ICPSR 34392)

Summary: The New Family Structure Study (NFSS) is a comparative, social-science data-collection project, which focused on American young adults (ages 18-39) who were raised in different types of family arrangements with varying household experiences. The sample included respondents that had lived in biologically-intact households, lived with cohabiting parents, adoptive, step, or single parents, with parents who had same-sex relationships, or with parents who remarried after divorce.

Capital Punishment in the United States, 1973-2010 (ICPSR 34366)

Summary: Capital Punishment in the United States, 1973-2010 provides annual data on prisoners under a sentence of death, as well as those who had their sentences commuted or vacated and prisoners who were executed. This study examines basic sociodemographic classifications including age, sex, race and ethnicity, marital status at time of imprisonment, level of education, and State and region of incarceration.

New ICPSR Releases for November

34364 New Jersey Childhood Obesity Study, 2009-2010 http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34364.v1
34401 Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement, 2007 [United States] http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34401.v1
34402 Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2008 [United States] http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34402.v1
34414 Measures of Effective Teaching: Grantee Files, 2009-2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34414.v1
34448 Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement, 2010 [United States] http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34448.v1
34449 Juvenile Residential Facility Census, 2010 [United States] http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34449.v1

Roper Center Newsletter - Nov 9, 2012 HIghlights

Get the latest Polling data from Roper Center.

USA Today/Gallup Organization 3rd Quarter 2012 Polls Are Now Available Fourteen USA Today/Gallup Organization studies conducted July-September of 2012 are now available for download. These studies cover a wide range of topics including the 2012 Presidential Election, Democratic and Republican National Conventions, Olympics, and the Economy. View the 16 new USA Today/Gallup Polls

Topics at a Glance: Taxes!

See data on questions such as: Overall, what do you think is the best way to reduce the federal budget deficit--by cutting federal spending, by increasing taxes, or by a combination of both?

Select Cut Taxes or Reduce Budget Deficit

See full Roper Center Newsletter Nov. 9 Newsletter

OECD Health Data 2012: Updated Frequently Requested Data Excel File

OECD has also set up a link to an Excel file with the most frequently requested Health Data including health expenditures, health care resources, health care activities, risk factors and health status.

What's New from OECD Nov. 1, 2012

OECD Social and Welfare Statistics database now available on OECD iLibrary

Connecting with Emigrants: A Global Profile of Diasporas

For full highlights go to: What's New from OECD

ICPSR New Data 10-28-12

34061 National Crime Victimization Survey, 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34061.v1

34318 A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States, 2005-2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34318.v1

34346 Measures of Effective Teaching: Item-Level Scores and Test Files, 2009-2011< http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34346.v1

34390 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies Database, 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34390.v1

34406 Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx), 2003-2007 http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR34406.v1