Statistics

The UC Berkeley Libraries and the UC Berkeley campus provide generous resources to support access and use of data and statistics. This webpage provides a general guide for identifying and accessing data sets and statistics, specifically in the fields of education and psychology, and for manipulating data at UC Berkeley.

Top Statistical Databases at UCB
Education Data Sites
Psychology, Social Welfare, and Social Sciences Data Sites
Data Sites by Region and General
Data Help at UCB

Top Statistical Databases

• ProQuest Statistical Datasets. Over 5.3 billion data points. Fast and Easy!
• ProQuest Statistical Insight. Tables re U.S. and international data.

Find Statistics and Data - Education

• Guide to Education Statistics
• NCES. National Center for Educational Statistics.
• U.S. Census - Educational Attainment.
• Ed Data. (California)
• DataQuest. (California)
• 120 Years of American Education: A statistical portrait.
• Rand California. (California)
• UC Berkeley Campus Data. (California)
• UC Berkeley Office of Student Research. (California)
• UC Statfinder. (California)
• The African American Education Data Book: Volumes I, II, III. EDP Reference Collection (LC2717 .N47 1997).
• Almanac of American Education. EDP Reference. LA217.2 A45 2005.
• American FactFinder.
• The American Freshman: National Norms. HERU Report. EDP Reference. LA230.A6.
• California Statistical Abstract. EDP Reference. HA261.A3.
• Center for Education Research and Data. Teacher layoff data and more.
• ChildStats.
• Chronicle of Higher Education. Almanac. EDP Reference and Periodicals.
• Common Core of Data.
• Condition of Education. NCES. EDP Reference. L111.C6.
• Digest of Educational Statistics. NCES compendium. EDP Reference. L112.A415.
• Education Statistics Quarterly.
• Education Trust Watch Reports.
• Education Statistics Annual Reports (IES-NCES)
• EFA Global Monitoring Report. UNESCO.
• Elementary and Secondary Education: An International Perspective. (IES)
• EURYDICE. European education statistics.
• Fact book on higher education. Southern Regional Education Board. EDP Reference. LA230.S3 2003.
• FedStats.
• HEGIS. Higher Education General Information Survey-International Archive of Educational Data.
• Historical statistics of the United States.
• Home schooling statistics. See homeschooling.
• HEDS. Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium - reports and data.
• HERI. Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA.
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. (IPEDS)
• International comparisons of education. NCES.
• Kids Count Data Online.
• MetLife Surveys of the American Teacher. Search "teachers".
• NEA. Teacher layoff data and more.
• NCHEMS. National Center for Higher Education Management Systems.
• National Assessment for Educational Progress. Nation's Report Card.
• OECD. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Education at a Glance. EDP Reference. LB2846.B56 2004.
• Powerstats. NCES data analysis tool for 9 postsecondary datasets.
• Program for international student assessment. (PISA) NCES.
• Progress in international reading literacy study. (PIRLS) NCES.
• Projections of Education Statistics to 2014. NCES. EDP Reference. L112.A42.
• Quality Education Data, Inc. State School Guides-California. EDP Reference. LA243.S372.
• Rankings & Estimates. EDP Reference. LA210.N273.
• School District Demographics System.
• Retaining Teachers. Data on teacher retention.
• State Comparisons of Education Statistics. 1969-70 to 1996-97.
• State Departments of Education. Links from DOE.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States.
• Trends in international mathemetics and science study. (TIMSS) NCES.
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
• U Michigan Statistics on the Web.
• World Bank Data. EdStats.
• World Education Encyclopedia (with statistics). EDP Reference. LB15.W87 2002.
• Worldwide Statistical Web Servers.

Find Statistics and Data - Psychology, Mental Health and Social Science

• Administration on Aging.
• Administration for Children and Families.
• Adoption in the U.S.: State Statistics.
• Adoption statistics.
• AgeSoure/AgeStats Worldwide.
• American FactFinder.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• CDC Health Data.
• CDSS Research and Data Reports.
• Child Abuse and Neglect.
• Child Trends Databank.
• Child Welfare Dynamic Report System.
• Child Welfare Information Gateway.
• ChildStats.
• China Data Online.
• China Statistical Yearbook Database.
• Common Core of Data.
• CQ Voting and Elections Collection.
• Data from Developing Countries. (Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development)
• Destatis. German statistics
• E-Stat. Canadian statistics.
• Economist Intelligence Unit Country Reports and Profiles. Muliple country profiles.
• Europa World. Data on 250+ countries.
• FedStats.
• Field Poll. Public opinion data.
• Food Stamp Program.
• Foster Care National Statistics.
• Gallup Brain. Public opinion data.
• Historical Statistics of the U.S. Population, welfare, economics.
• ICPSR Data Archive.
• IndiaStat. Data re India.
• Internet Crossroads in Social Science Data.
• Mental Health, United States. U.S. Department of Health and Human services. EDP Reference. RA790.6.M549 2000.
• Mental Disorders in America.
• National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging.
• National Center for Health Statistics.
• OECD Health Data and Statistics. Socio-economic and mental health data.
• OECD iLibrary. Socio-economic data.
• Office of Minority Health Data & Statistics.
• Portrait of Health in the United States. Major Statistical Trends and Guide to Resources. EDP Reference. RA407.3.P67 2001.
• RAND California. Demographic, health and more statistics re California.
• Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. U.S. and international survey data.
• Russia NIS Statistical Publications. Russian data.
• Social Security Administration Statistics.
• Social Statistics Briefing Room.
• Sociometrics Social Science Electronic Data Library. Data re health, family, children, aging and more.
• Substance Abuse reports from U.S. DHSS SAMHSA.
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive.
• TheDataWeb. U.S. Census' data analysis tool.
• The State of the States in Developmental Disabilities. American Association on Mental Retardation. EDP Reference. HV1570.5.U65.S74 1998.
• UN Data (United Nations Statistics Division).
• UN Development Goals. A guide to ESDS International data.
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
• U Michigan Statistics on the Web.
• Vital Statistics. From CDC.
• Vital Statistics of the United States. NCHS. EDP Reference. HA203.A56.
• World Health Organization.
• World Bank Data - Education.
• Worldwide Statistical Web Servers.

Find Statistics and Data - General and Multiple Topics

• California
• Federal
• International

Help with Manipulating Statistics and Data

• Library Data Lab. The Data Lab in Doe 208A provides access to a growing collection of electronic data files and analytical software, such as MS Excel, SAS, SPSS, Stata, and DataFerret. Staff will help you locate, retrieve and use computer-readable, numeric data.



• UC Data. UC Data provides access to computerized social science data to UC Berkeley faculty, staff and students, and helps researchers understand the content and context of social science data.