SJSU Research Guides: Child & Adolescent Development: ChAD 80

Finding Data & Statistics Research Guide

Finding Data and Statistics
by Yuqi He Last Updated Feb 16, 2024 550 views this year

Use this library research guide to learn about the differences between data and statistics, and find a curated list of online datasets by topic

Center for Disease Control - Data
Publicly available data on various health topics such as alcohol use, diabetes, immunizations, etc.
Data USA
Public US government data
National Center for Education Statistics - ECLS Data
Pew Research Center
Datasets from public opinion polling
Stanford University's Wordbank
An open database of children's vocabulary development
United States Census Bureau - Data

CALSPEAKS SSRIC Data Sets This link opens in a new window
CALSPEAKS* at Sacramento State is a unique and ongoing academic investigation of public opinion in California, emphasizing the social, economic, political, and environmental issues that distinguish our state. Learn more here
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Social Explorer is a web-based mapping and data visualization tool that allows you to explore 500,000+ data indicators and over 220 years of data for the United States including all Decennial Censuses, American Community Surveys and many other datasets. The interface lets users create maps and reports to better illustrate, analyze and understand markets, voting, poverty, aging populations, ethnicity and race, spending patterns, health indicators, crime, environment, education, and more.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Provides access to over 1 million statistics for these topics: industries; consumer goods; internet; media & advertising; retail & trade; sports & recreation; technology & telecommunications; transportation & logistics; and travel, tourism & hospitality. Also available are government statistics, such as unemployment rates, births, and deaths. For business research, outlook reports, market research reports, country reports, dossiers, surveys, and industry reports are available.