Databases for Secondary Analysis

Below is a list of databases for researchers to use in secondary analysis. If you have questions about locating or utilizing any of these databases, contact the Research Division staff.

 

American Fact Finder
Interactive Web site of the U. S. Census Bureau

Business and Economic Statistics databases lists

CyberAtlas: The Web Marketer's Guide to Online Facts
This free site offers current electronic commerce data in its Stats Toolbox and Demographics sections. Also, find selected topical categories such as: Advertising, Education, Finance, and Retailing.

DDB Needham Life Style Data
Contact:
SJMC Research Division
330 Murphy Hall
(612)626-0221

GSS (General Social Survey)
1972-1996 data and codebook
Partial 2000 codebook 
Contact:
David Knoke

ICPSR Data or Census Tape files
Contact:
icpsr@umn.edu

Wilson Government Publications Library
Contact:
Amy West
westx045@umn.edu

InfoTech Trends
Market data on the information technology industry

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
The IPUMS consists of twenty-seven high-precision samples of the American population drawn from fourteen federal censuses. Some of these samples have existed for years, and others were created specifically for this database. The twenty-seven samples, which span the censuses of 1850 to 2000, collectively comprise our richest source of quantitative information on long-term changes in the American population. However, because different investigators created these samples at different times, they employed a wide variety of record layouts, coding schemes, and documentation. This has complicated efforts to use them to study change over time. The IPUMS assigns uniform codes across all the samples and brings relevant documentation into a coherent form to facilitate analysis of social and economic change.
Contact:
Minnesota Population Center
University of Minnesota
537 Heller Hall
271 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
IPUMS User Support:
Trent Alexander or Donna E. Leicach
(612)627-4407 

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Assorted survey materials.
Contact: 
Bill Flanigan
UofMN Political Science
(612)624-2569
flanigan@umn.edu

MediaMark Reporter
Mediamark Reporter provides information on demographics, lifestyles, product and brand usage, and advertising media preferences to a sample of over 25,000 United States consumers. This 2002 edition is available on workstations in the Business Library and is available during Wilson Library building hours.
Contact:
Wilson Library Business Reference (basement)

Minnesota Center for Survey Research (MCSR)
Each year MCSR does dozens of mail and telephone surveys, mostly of Minnesota residents. The data from these surveys is stored in SPSS files, is fully documented, and is available for public use. Contact: 
MCSR offices
2331 University Avenue S.E.
Rossana Armson or Pam Jones
(612)626-4282
http://www.cura.umn.edu/search.html and search author = "Minnesota Center for Survey Research”

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Non-profit continuing professional education program sponsored by the Department of Psychology, Kent State University and coordinated by the University of Minnesota Press.

Minnesota Population Center's MN Data Center
The Minnesota Population Center allows University researchers to leverage their resources by sharing data archiving and extraction tools, computing facilities and support, and grant administration services. 
Contact:
537 Heller Hall
(612)624-4389
mndatactr@pop.umn.edu

Minnesota Twin Family Study (MTFS)
The Minnesota Twin Family Study seeks to identify the genetic and environmental influences on the development of psychological traits.

MORI Research's Dayparting Data
Contact:
Nora Paul
Institute for New Media Research
313 Murphy Hall
(Questions: Michael Fibison)

National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS)
The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) are a set of surveys designed to gather information at multiple points in time on the labor market activities and other significant life events of several groups of men and women. For more than 3 decades, NLS data have served as an important tool for economists,

1. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97)-- Survey of young men and women born in the years 1980-84; respondents were ages 12-17 when first interviewed in 1997.
Partial 1979-1992 codebook
Contact:
David Knoke
(612)624-6816
knoke@atlas.socsci.umn.edu

2. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79)-- Survey of men and women born in the years 1957-64; respondents were ages 14-22 when first interviewed in 1979.

3. NLSY79 Children and Young Adults-- Survey of the biological children of women in the NLSY79.

4. National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women and Mature Women (NLSW)-- The Young Women's survey includes women who were ages 14-24 when first interviewed in 1968. The Mature Women's survey includes women who were ages 30-44 when first interviewed in 1967. These surveys are now conducted simultaneously in odd-numbered years. 

5. National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Men and Older Men-- The Young Men's survey, which was discontinued in 1981, includes men who were ages 14-24 when first interviewed in 1966. The Older Men's survey, which was discontinued in 1990, includes men who were ages 45-59 when first interviewed in 1966.

Simmons Study of Media & Markets - Choices 3
Wilson Library Business Reference (basement)
Simmons Choices 3 is the electronic version of the consumer survey conducted by Simmons Study of Media and Markets. Choices 3 contains consumer response data on a wide variety of products, services and media preferences. This CD-ROM is available on workstations in the Business Library Reference area, basement of Wilson Library and is available during Wilson Library building hours.

Sports Business Research Network (SBRN) 
SBRN is a continuously updated resource featuring market research and industry news covering all facets of the sports industry…sports equipment sales, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship and sports marketing.

SRDS Interactive  
This service is also available in print at Wilson Business Reference Quarto HF5415.1264 .S65. Use either version as a tool for early stage media planning to identify interactive advertising and marketing opportunities. Individual profile listings include audience profile, advertising rates, usage/circulation information and more. Access other SRDS publications too. A password, available in Business Reference during reference hours, is required to access the online service.

StarTribune's Minnesota Poll Data

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Contact:
Rob Daves
rdaves@startribune.com

Stat-USA
Wilson Government Publications Library (basement)
STAT-USA/Internet, a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is a good website for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government. Access to this service is available from the "Madison" workstation in the Government Publications Library, basement of Wilson Library during building hours.

Statistical Universe
Statistical Universe provides the Power Tables feature which allows you to retrieve statistical tables quickly and link to abstracts of the publications from which the tables are derived. You are able to search the tables by keyword, coverage date, region and grouping. Statistical Abstracts are also available through Statistical Universe. Other source documents included in the database are: American Statistics Index (ASI), Statistical Reference Index (SRI), Index to International Statistics (IIS).