Social Science Statistics & Data Sources

"The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to conduct in-depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level."

KFF is a non-profit organization focusing on national health issues, as well as the U.S. role in global health policy. KFF serves as a non-partisan source of facts, analysis and journalism for policymakers, the media, the health policy community and the public.

Pew Research conducts surveys and makes datasets available to the public after a period of time for secondary analysis. Topics include U.S. Politics & Policy and Global Attitudes & Trends.

"Nationally recognized leader in public opinion research taking the pulse of American voters, on a continual basis, across the country regarding key public policy issues and elections."

LAPOP is sponsored at Vanderbilt University. "The center conducts international survey research. and the lab’s main goals are to produce high-quality public opinion data; develop and implement cutting-edge methods; build capacity in survey research; and generate policy-relevant research."

"LAPOP’s largest survey research project is the AmericasBarometer, a periodic study of 34 countries in the Western Hemisphere, with representative samples drawn in each country, a common questionnaire, and country-specific modules." (Belize, Haiti, Brazil...) "LAPOP grants unrestricted world-wide access to the AmericasBarometer surveys (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016/17, and 2018/19). As posted on their site, this means users anywhere in the world may download the SPSS and Stata country-based survey files without restriction, limitation or charge, as long as they agree to the terms of the license."

"Latinobarómetro is a public opinion study that annually conducts around 20,000 interviews in 18 Latin American countries, representing more than 600 million."

European Commission public opinion surveys.