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

American Hospital Association (AHA)

Country:
United States
Date of collection:
1990
Subjects:
  • Health

American Hospital Association (AHA)

Country:
United States
Date of collection:
1995
Subjects:
  • Health

American Hospital Association (AHA)

Country:
United States
Date of collection:
2000
Subjects:
  • Health

Institute for Social Research

Country:
United States
Subjects:
  • Elections
  • Public opinion polls

Angus Reid Group, Inc.

Country:
Canada
Date of collection:
1994 Jul 7th to 1994 Jul 14th
Subjects:
  • Environment
  • Public opinion polls

Sniderman, Paul M., Joseph F. Fletcher, Peter H. Russell, & Philip E. Tetlock

Country:
Canada
Date of collection:
1987 Mar to 1987 Dec
Subjects:
  • Crime and justice
  • Political Science
  • Public opinion polls
  • Social issues

India. Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner

Country:
India
Subjects:
  • International Censuses

University of Chicago. Booth School of Business. Center for Research in Security Prices

Country:
United States
Subjects:
  • Business
  • Economics and finance
  • Historical statistics

S&P Capital IQ

Country:
United States, Canada
Subjects:
  • Business
  • Economics and finance
  • Historical statistics

U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Research Service

Country:
United States
Date of collection:
1994 to 1998
Subjects:
  • Health

Data Axle

Country:
United States, Canada
Subjects:
  • Business

Data Axle

Country:
United States
Subjects:
  • Housing & real estate
  • Demography
  • Income
  • Economics and finance

Voter News Service (VNS)

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National Election Pool

Country:
United States
Date of collection:
2000, 2004
Subjects:
  • Elections

Michelson, William M., Department of Sociology, University of Toronto

Country:
Toronto
Date of collection:
1979 to 1980
Subjects:
  • Culture and leisure
  • Labour
  • Women

Dansk Data Arkiv

,

DIS-Danmark

Country:
International
Date of collection:
1801
Subjects:
  • Demography
  • International Censuses

Forum Research Inc.

Country:
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Subjects:
  • Public opinion polls
Country:
International
Subjects:
  • Economics and finance
  • Political Science
  • Social issues
Country:
Canada, International, United States

Central Statistics Office (Industrial Statistics Wing), Ministry of Statistics and PI, Government of India.

Country:
India
Subjects:
  • Manufacturing

Statistics Canada (12-205-xcb)

Country:
Canada
Subjects:
  • Consumer behaviour
  • Culture and leisure
  • Demography
  • Education
  • Health
  • Immigration
  • Income
  • Labour
  • Language
  • Manufacturing

ZA: Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung

ZA: Zentralarchiv fuer empirische Sozialforschung

Statistics Canada

Country:
Canada
Subjects:
  • Labour
Date of collection:
1993 to 2024
Subjects:
  • Language

Mass Observation

,

University of Sussex

,

Adam Matthew Digital

Country:
Great Britain/United Kingdom
Date of collection:
1939 to 1955
Subjects:
  • Culture and leisure
  • Political Science
  • Public opinion polls
  • Social issues

Mass Observation Project

,

University of Sussex

,

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)

Country:
Great Britain/United Kingdom
Date of collection:
1981 to 2009
Subjects:
  • Culture and leisure
  • Political Science
  • Public opinion polls
  • Social issues

United States. Centers for Disease Control

Country:
United States
Subjects:
  • Health

Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project (HCUP)

,

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Country:
United States
Date of collection:
1988 to 2000
Subjects:
  • Health

National Opinion Research Center (NORC)

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Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research

Country:
United States
Subjects:
  • Crime and justice
  • Social issues

National Opinion Research Center (NORC)

,

Rev. by Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

Country:
United States
Subjects:
  • Children and youth
  • Crime and justice
  • Culture and leisure
  • Demography
  • Environment
  • Ethnicity
  • Gender
  • Health
  • Historical statistics
  • Income
  • Labour
  • Religion
  • Social issues
  • Telecommunications
  • Women

Clarke, Harold D. and Allan Kornberg

Country:
Canada
Subjects:
  • Economics and finance
  • Elections
  • Environment
  • Political Science
  • Public opinion polls
  • Social issues
Country:
Canada
Subjects:
  • Canadian Census of Population
  • Demography

Makler, Harry M.

Country:
South America
Date of collection:
1970 Jun 16th to 1970 Jul 15th
Subjects:
  • Labour
  • Social issues
Country:
United States
Subjects:
  • Public opinion polls