Social issues

The Online Data Archive is a group of datasets that DISC has selected to provide for direct online download.

This site is meant to provide all users with improved access to World Bank data and to make that data easy to find and use. The World Bank provides free and open access to a comprehensive set of data and statistics about development in countries… Read more.

The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social… Read more.

A nice listing of worldwide national statistical agency websites, as well as international organizations that produce statistics.

Provides worldwide information on quota provisions for women in parliament.

Population Data BC is a multi-university, data and education resource facilitating interdisciplinary research on the determinants of human health, well-being and development. Supports research access to individual-level, de-identified longitudinal… Read more.

Contains 95 macroeconomic indicators for 263 countries: individual rights and democracy, political instability and war, education, health, transport and communications, inequality across class and gender (Gini coefficients), and 'bads, Up to 4 time… Read more.

Statistics on alcohol, drinking & driving, fatalities from Mothers Against Drunk Driving Canada