Variable/Question Indexes and Databases: Home

The following sites and surveys allow users to search for or view survey variables or questions.

• American Time Use Survey (ATUS)
  • Demographic Variables
  • Time Use Variables
• Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA)
• Berkeley SDA   Search function for:
  • General Social Survey
  • American National Election Studies
  • Multi-Investigator Studies (Berkeley)
  • Prejudice and Racial Attitudes
  • U.S. Census Public Use Samples
• Integrated Health Interview Series
  • "a harmonized set of data and documentation based on material originally included in the public use files of the U.S. National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)" (IHIS web site)
  • Variable search provided by Minnesota Population Center.
• Integrated Public Microdata Series (Minnesota Population Center)
  • IPUMS-CPS (March Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) from 1962; some monthly supplements)
  • IPUMS-INTERNATIONAL
  • IPUMS-USA
• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
  • National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
  • National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL)
• Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
• Pew Research Center
  • People & the Press Poll
  • Hispanic Center
  • Global Attitudes Project
  • Internet & American Life
  • Social & Demographic Trends
  • Forum on Religion and Public Life
• Social Science Variables Database (Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR))
  • Only includes select studies and may not include all variables.