Transcript Irish Social Science Data Archive

 Empirical, evidence-based research
 Statistical analysis of survey and microdata, eg:
 Official data
 Health surveys
 Election studies
 Secondary analysis
 Use of existing data to test new ideas
 Verification of existing research
 Attitudes to migration
 Run your own detailed survey (primary research)
 European Social Survey
 c. 1,200 respondents
 c. €300,000
 Use pre-existing survey (secondary analysis)
 ESS Round 1 (http://ess.nsd.uib.no/)
 Data (available in Stata format)
 Bibliography of research using the data
 Efficient use of resources
 Ready availability of high-quality data,
adhering to professional standards
 Data collected for one purpose can, within
reason, be reanalysed across a range of other
subject areas
 Ability to study trends over time
 Data not always available
 Danger of mismatch between primary and
secondary uses of data
 Availability of documentation
 Danger of errors slipping in unnoticed during
data collection and processing
 Data archives
 ISSDA: http://www.ucd.ie/issda
 ICPSR: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/
 CESSDA: http://www.cessda.org
 Data producers
 CSO (2011 Census): http://www.cso.ie
 WHO: http://www.who.int/en/
 Data project websites
 ESS: http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org
 SHARE: http://www.share-project.org/
 Irish Social Science Data Archive
 Founded in 2000 as a joint initiative of UCD
and the ESRI, with the support of the CSO
 Based at Geary Institute until July 2012
 Now part of the UCD Library
 Makes quantitative data available to academic
and non-profit research sectors
 Aim: To facilitate secondary analysis of key
quantitative datasets
DATA SUPPLIERS (CSO, ESRI, etc)
ISSDA
DATA USERS (Students, Researchers, Policymakers … )
Initial target:
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Academic researchers and third level students in social sciences in Ireland
Actually:
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Researchers working on academic, non-profit, and consultancy projects
Students:
 Some secondary school requests
 At all undergraduate and postgraduate levels
Government departments/agencies
Across a wide range of subject disciplines
 Social sciences, business/commerce, psychology, public health,
engineering, agriculture, etc.
International demand for Irish data – UK, USA, other EU
countries
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Official statistics data:
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 Census
 Quarterly National Household
 Irish Social and Political Attitudes
Survey/Labour Force Survey
 EU-SILC
 Household Budget Survey
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Survey
 Irish Survey of Contraception and
Crisis Pregnancy
 All Ireland Traveller Health Study
 HRB National Psychological
Wellbeing and Distress Survey,
2006
Data from major government
funded research projects:
 Growing Up in Ireland (GUI)
 Survey on Lifestyle And Nutrition
(SLAN)
 The Irish Longitudinal Study on
Aging (TILDA)
 Adapting to Diversity
 Living In Ireland
Irish social science and public
health research projects:
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Commission for Energy
regulation Smart Metering
Project data
http://www.issda.ie
[email protected]
Twitter: @issda
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Eurobarometer
 http://www.gesis.org/en/eurobarometer/
 http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/
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ISSP
 http://www.issp.org
 http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/
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European Values Survey
 http://www.europeanvaluesstudy.eu/
 http://zacat.gesis.org/
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European Social Survey
 http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org
 http://nesstar.ess.nsd.uib.no/webview/
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CESSDA member catalogues
 http://www.cessda.org
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http://www.icpsr.umich.edu
 ISSDA
 Large scale datasets currently shipped on CD-ROM
 Some data available online via Nesstar http://nesstar.ucd.ie/webview–
requires password
 Documentation available in Acrobat format via the web
 http://www.issda.ie
 ICPSR
 go to http://www.icpsr.umich.edu from a campus PC to set up an
account and download data
 ESS
 Go to http://nesstar.ess.nsd.uib.no/webview/ - requires registration
 EB/EVS/ISSP
 Go to http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/ - requires registration
 Charitable giving/ volunteering in Ireland
 Child poverty in Ireland
 Social structures vs. individual attitudes and how
they affect labour market outcomes of Irish women
 Analysis of the status and situation of the Irish
Language
 Dietary Habits, Physical Activity Participation levels
and body mass index measurements among leaving
cert students.
 Carbon tax policies as a method of reducing
energy usage for Transport
 Analysing differentials of immigrants in
Ireland and across other EU countries
 Effects of declining enrolment on secondary
schools
 Ethnicity and early school leaving
 Profile of mental health and well being in
young people
 ‘Middling’ migration in a globalising city: a
study of Polish migrants in Dublin
 Analysis on the well-being of children and the
factors affecting well-being at school
 Language change in Co. Donegal
 An analysis of the evolution of the black economy in
Ireland over the last 20 years, using consumer
demands approaches
 Examination of income equalities in the utilisation of
preventive screening services under the broad
umbrella of preventive health behaviour
 Higher education participation in the Republic of
Ireland
 Analysis of low-income households
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Irish Qualitative Data Archive, NUIM
 http://www.iqda.ie