Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

Are you interested in determining the average age at which men versus women begin smoking? What if you need to know whether age at marriage differs between your country and other countries, or about international differences in political attitudes based on age, gender, education, or migration background? These and countless other questions can be answered by studies in the ICPSR data holdings. ICPSR data cover topics from sociology, political science, economics, demography, education, child care, health care, crime, minority populations, aging, terrorism, substance abuse, mental health, public policy, and international relations.

ICPSR is the world's largest collection of digital social science data. These data can be used for secondary research, instructional activities, and to write articles, papers, or theses.

GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, a member of the ICPSR, grants researchers in Germany access to the extensive ICPSR data base and assists using the ICPSR resources.

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