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Finding and Using Data

  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Access data related to inflation and prices, employment and unemployment, spending and time use, pay and benefits, productivity and workplace injuries.
  • Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) Series
    The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) series provides information on the buying habits of American consumers and data to support periodic revisions of the Consumer Price Index.
  • Current Population Survey
    A monthly survey of approximately 50,000 households conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The survey has been conducted for more than 50 years. A detailed demographic supplement is conducted annually in March, and supplements on other topics, including computer use and school enrollment.
  • General Social Survey
    General Social Survey (GSS) is a long running survey of social, cultural and political indicators. In addition to the GSS, topic modules include computer and Internet, racial and ethnic prejudice, and child mental-health stigma. The GSS has participated since 1985 in the International Social Survey Program.
  • National Longitudinal Surveys
    The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) are a set of surveys designed to gather information at multiple points in time on the labor market activities and other significant life events of several groups of men and women. For more than 4 decades, NLS data have served as an important tool for economists, sociologists, and other researchers.

RCMD is a recent initiative of ICPSR. The changing demographic composition has expanded the scope of the U.S. racial and ethnic mosaic. As a result, interest and research on race and ethnicity has become more complex and expansive. Initially, ICPSR tapped its archives to assemble existing data files that focused upon communities of color. Since the late 1990's, there has been a marked increase in studies and projects on more minorities communities and exploring a wider range of experiences and relationships.

The Shift Project has developed an innovative method of data collection that we have used to collect survey data on scheduling practices and wellbeing from thousands of retail workers employed at large firms The Shift Project has developed an innovative method of data collection that we have used to collect survey data on scheduling practices and wellbeing from thousands of retail workers employed at large firms.