Library Guides: Gender and Women's Studies: Data and Statistics

ICPSR

ICPSR
ICPSR is one of the largest social science data repositories in the world. It contains thousands of datasets on a variety of topics.

World Bank Gender Data Portal
The Gender Data Portal is the World Bank Group’s comprehensive source for the latest sex-disaggregated data and gender statistics covering demography, education, health, access to economic opportunities, public life and decision-making, and agency.

Roper Center For Public Opinion Research
Collection of polling data from 1936 to the present that includes US polling firms, social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, and more.

General Social Survey (GSS)
Since 1972, the General Social Survey (GSS) has provided politicians, policymakers, and scholars with a clear and unbiased perspective on what Americans think and feel about such issues as national spending priorities, crime and punishment, intergroup relations, and confidence in institutions.
Closing the Gender Gap
Annual report from the World Economic Forum with country-by-country listings for numerous indicators.
LGBTData.com
Guide maintained by Drexel University professor, Dr. Randall Sell. Very good coverage of major data sources in LGBT research.
LGBTStats from the Williams Institute at UCLA
Facts and figures about the LGBT community from Williams Institute policy analysts and social scientists.

Social Explorer
Online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to modern and historical census data and demographic information. Users can access this resource as a guest or create a Social Explorer account.
Statista
Statista is one of the leading statistics companies on the internet. With a team of over 200 statisticians, database experts, analysts, and editors, Statista provides users with an innovative and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information.
This database includes an AI powered tool. For more information see the Statista Research AI information page.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
Statistical Abstracts of the World
The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the World is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions.

Mississippi Today Data
Mississippi Today is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization focusing on Mississippi. They collect publicly available data and statistics.