Psychology: Data Sets/Statistics

"The Administration for Children & Families (ACF) is a division of the Department of Health & Human Services. ACF promotes the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals and communities through a range of programs."

"The information in this section of the AoA website brings together a wide variety of statistical information about the growing older population."

Based on AoA related data files and surveys, the database includes population characteristics from the Census Bureau for comparison purposes. There are four search options that provide different levels of focus and aggregation of the data.

This report provides the latest data on the 41 key indicators selected by the Forum to portray aspects of the lives of older Americans and their families. It is divided into six subject areas: population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, health care, and environment.

"The signature report of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being features statistics on children and families in the United States across a range of domains, including family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education and health."

CDF uses data from a wide range of sources, primarily federal data systems.

"The FastStats site provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health."

Links to shared data compiled by the American Psychological Association.

ICPSR offers over 500,000 digital data files in the Social Sciences, including sociology, gerontology, public health, health and medical care,psychology, substance abuse, mental health and much more. NOTE: You will have to set up an account but since MTSU is not a member institution, you will be limited in what you can access.

The Roper Center archives include about 19,000 data sets for "analyzing social trends and finding answers to individual questions or conducting more detailed secondary analysis."

The Odum Institute houses one of the oldest and largest catalogs of machine readable data in the United States. The Odum Archive encourages researchers to deposit their data on any social science or health topic. Data sets are searchable and browsable.

Data archived on child welfare and maltreatment allows for secondary analysis.