Microdata

What is microdata?
Microdata, or individual-level data, contains a dataset record for each unit in the study. Depending on the study, the unit of analysis may be the person, household, family, business, etc. Microdata files can be used to answer research questions involving statistical analysis.

Finding microdata

  • Check out our Microdata guide (sidebar menu) for Canadian and international microdata sources
  • Key Canadian microdata collections are found in the odesi data portal. We recommend starting here first for Canadian data!
  • Use the search options below to identify additional microdata files held in the Map & Data Library's collection or publicly available online

SADA 0073: Income and expenditure survey, 1995 [South Africa]

SADA

The Americas Barometer

 

Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)

Country:
International
Subjects:
  • Elections
  • Political Science
  • Public opinion polls
  • Social issues

University of Toronto LibQUAL+™ data

University of Toronto Libraries

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LibQUAL+(TM)

Country:
Toronto
Date of collection:
2007 Mar to 2013
Subjects:
  • Education
  • Libraries

Violence Research Data

U.S. Department of Justice via ICPSR

Violence Research Data, 2nd Edition

U.S. Department of Justice via ICPSR

Workplace and employee survey (WES) - synthetic files

Statistics Canada. Labour Statistics Division

Country:
Canada
Subjects:
  • Labour
  • Social issues