A list of country rankings based on indicators that try to measure different characteristics of countries around the world. Most of these rankings are ongoing and recurring. Be careful when using these indexes because they often measure qualities… Read more.
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Links to country statistical yearbooks or similar collections (census, "facts and figures," etc.) for 143 countries worldwide.
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The CIS-2008 marks the third cycle of this national child maltreatment data collection. The CIS-2008 data was gathered from 114 child welfare agencies/offices in every Canadian province and territory. The study employed a similar methodology to the… Read more.
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The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
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Child Care & Early Education Research Connections promotes high quality research in child care and early education and the use of that research in policy making. This website offers research and data resources for researchers, policy makers,… Read more.
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The CIRI Human Rights Dataset contains standards-based quantitative information on government respect for 15 internationally recognized human rights for 195 countries, annually from 1981-2010. Contains measures of government human rights… Read more.
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This website aggregates statistics on the countries, regions and populations of the Circumpolar Arctic. Statistics are available related to dwellings, education, health and social services, households and families, labour force, personal and… Read more.
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CANSIM is Statistics Canada's key socioeconomic database. Updated daily, CANSIM provides fast and easy access to a large range of the latest time series statistics available in Canada.
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The CANSIM archive hosted by CHASS at the University of Toronto provides access to Statistics Canada's various socioeconomic time-series data products, accessible through a multidimensional interface. Historical versions of the CANSIM… Read more.