Data and Information Sources

DeutschlandTrend

GESIS, Leibniz Institute of Social Sciences

• approximately 1000 respondents per wave
  
• reporting on the current political opinion in Germany
• since 1998 updated monthly
• access: download access class A free, access class B and C are subject to charges, C data only with written permission
• https://www.gesis.org/en/elections-home/other-surveys
  

Ethics Monitor

Hamburg Foundation for Economic Ethics

• about 1.000 respondents
• keywords: values and attitudes of the population towards political/ economic institutions and their representatives, justice
• 2010
• access: via homepage
• www.stiftung-wirtschaftsethik.de/projekte/wirtschaft-verantwortung/ethik-monitor.html
  

German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES)

GESIS, Leibniz Institute of Social Sciences

• cross-sectional and longitudinal surveys
• keywords: response of the electorate on complex constellations of electoral policy, analysis of TV duels, content analysis of media coverage, electoral research
• since 2009, update to the federal elections (2009, 2013, 2017, 2021, ...)
• access: registration required
• https://www.gesis.org/en/gles/about-gles

German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)

• 30.000 respondents in 15.000 households
• keywords: residential situations, education, income, life satisfaction, health
• since 1984, updated annually
• access: data user agreement
  
• www.diw.de/en/soep
  

German Survey on Volunteering (FWS)

German Centre of Gerontology (DZA)

• approximately 15.000 telephone surveys on volunteering as well as surveys about questions of aging
  
• keywords: content, scope, context and motives of voluntary commitment, donation, willingness to volunteer as well as work and retirement, family, health and quality of life
  
• 1999-2019, updated every 5 years, further 2020/21
  
• survey about age discrimination during the corona pandemic 2020
  
• access: data user agreement
• https://www.dza.de/en/research/fdz
  

Institute for Employment Research (IAB)

• labor market statistics
• keywords:  employment, unemployment, employment promotion, minimum wage, professional statistics, labor market barometer, migration and integration, temporary work
• since 1967
• access: IAB data via homepage, FDZ data only with data user contract
  
• https://iab.de/en/facts-and-figures-2/data-access-for-replication-purposes/
  

Opinion polls on various topics

Kantar (EMNID)

• numerous empirical studies with different topics
• keywords: politics, economics, daily life, fashion, children, youth, health, nutrition, environment, science, religion, energy, digital media
• since 1947
• access: via homepage
• https://www.kantar.com/
  

Politbarometer

GESIS, Leibniz Institute of Social Sciences

• 495.558 respondents
• opinions and attitudes of the germans to current events, parties and politicians
• since 1977, updated monthly
• access: download access class A free, access class B and C are subject to charges
• https://www.gesis.org/en/elections/politbarometer
  

Psychdata
Leibniz center for psychological information and documentation (ZPID)

• data sharing platform for research data in psychology
• keywords: clinical, educational, developmental, social, personality and cognitive psychology
• since 1984
• access: research data only with data user agreement
• https://rdc-psychology.org/
  

Research Data Center of the Federal Statistical Office

• microdata from over 100 official statistics
• statistics from the fields of sociology, economics, agriculture, finance, tax, law,  energy, environment
• access: micro data only with data user agreement
• www.forschungsdatenzentrum.de/en/index.asp
  

Studies on Federal State Elections

GESIS, Leibniz Institute of Social Sciences

• representative population surveys in the run-up to elections of the Landtage and the Bundestag
• since 1962
• access: download access class A free, access class B and C are subject to charges
• https://www.gesis.org/en/elections/german-state-elections
  

Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA)

• unites social science data archives across europe
• keywords: surveys, election studies, long-term studies, census data
• www.cessda.eu/About/Consortium/CESSDA-Countries/CESSDA-Members
  

European Election Studies (EES)
GESIS, Leibniz Institute of Social Sciences

• per EU member state about 1000 EU citizens
• keywords: electoral participation, electoral behavior with respect to elections of the european parliament, development of the EU political community, assessment of political achievements
• since 1979, updated every 5 years
• download after registration, B and C Data are subject to charges
• www.gesis.org/en/services/finding-and-accessing-data/international-survey-programs/european-election-studies
  

European Values Study (EVS)
GESIS, Leibniz Institute of Social Sciences

• transnational, empirical long-term study with participants from 49 european countries
• keywords: attitudes towards work, family, religion, politics, society
• since 1981, updated every 9 years
• access: download after registration
• https://www.gesis.org/en/european-values-study
  

Generations and Gender Programme (GGP)

• longitudinal study of 18-79 year olds in 19 countries
• keywords: fertility, partnership, transition to adulthood, economic activity, need of care, intergenerational relations
• access: registration required
• www.ggp-i.org/data
  

International Affective Picture System (IAPS)
Center for the Study of Emotion and Attention (CSEA)

• standardized database with 1800 photographs
• keywords: emotional research, standardization by psychologists, assessment of valence, excitement and dominance
• 2005
• access: registration and statement of use
  
• https://csea.phhp.ufl.edu/media/iapsmessage.html
  

International Social Survey Programme (ISSP)
GESIS, Leibniz Institute of Social Sciences

• data from 50 countries
• keywords: work orientation, environment, religion, social inequality, state and government
• since 1984, updated annually
• access: registration required
• www.gesis.org/en/issp/home
  

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)

• various studies and data sets
• keywords: engineering, aging, criminal justice, drug abuse, terrorism, health, censuses, urban research, education, politics, legal systems, geography, organizational behavior
• since 1962
• access: registration required
• www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/ICPSR/
  

Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
GESIS, Leibniz Institute of Social Sciences

• study with about 5.000 respondents in 24 countries
• keywords: literacy competence, technology-solved problem solving, centralized individual data
• 2011-2012
• access: PIAAC data records: registration and data user contract required, download variable reports and questionnaires without login
• www.gesis.org/en/piaac/rdc/
  

The European Commision`s Eurobarometer Surveys
GESIS, Leibniz Institute of Social Sciences

• about 1.000 respondents per EU member state
• keywords: social situation, integration of minorities, health, culture, information technology, environmental protection, military operations, euro, European integration, politics, EU institutions
• since 1973, updated every 6 months
• access: via homepage
• www.gesis.org/eurobarometer-data-service/home/
  

UK Data Archive

• various data sets
• keywords: aging, crime, education, environment and energy, ethnicity, eating, health, communication, labor, politics, poverty
• since 1971
• access: online, download after registration
• www.data-archive.ac.uk/find
  

World Values Survey (WVS)

• about 92.000 surveys in 62 countries
• keywords: values, happiness, family, work, religion, politics, society
• since 1981, updated every 9 years
• access: download after registration
• www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSContents.jsp
  

Database GENESIS
Federal Office of Statistics

• keywords: labor market, elections, education, social services, health, justice, housing, environment, economic areas, foreign trade, enterprise, crafts, prices, income and consumption, public finances, taxes, staff, national accounts, national and international indicator systems
• access: via homepage, registration for personalized service (charged)
  
• www-genesis.destatis.de/genesis/online?operation=sprachwechsel&language=en
  

Municipal Education Database
Federal Office of Statistics

• statistical education data
• keywords: child and youth welfare, school, vocational training, college
• since 2000
• access: via homepage, registration only for personalized service
• www.bildungsmonitoring.de/bildung/online/logon
  

Statistics of the Federal Agency for Labor

• labor market statistics
• keywords: job market, unemployment, underemployment, basic statistics, migration
• access: via homepage
• statistik.arbeitsagentur.de/DE/Navigation/Service/English-Site/English-Site-Nav.html
  

Bribe Payers Index

Transparency International

• survey of executives in 30 countries
• keywords: corruption of foreign transactions
• since 1999 to 2011, updated every 2 to 3 years
• access: via homepage
• https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/bribe-payers-index-2011
  

CIA World Fact Book

• worldwide statistical data
• keywords: demography, economy, infrastructure, politics, military, maps, flags
• since 1971, weekly updated
  
• access: via homepage
• https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/
  

Comparative Political Data Set (CPDS)

• data from 36 democratic countries
• keywords: changes, duration, reason for termination and type of government for 36 OECD countries, party composition
• 1960-2023, updated annually
• access: via homepage
  
• https://www.cpds-data.org/
  

Corruption Perception Index (CPI)

• survey of business people and experts, investigations in 180 countries
• keywords: corruption by country comparison, corruption level
• since: 1995, updated annually
• access: via homepage
• www.transparency.org/research/cpi/overview
  

Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)

• consolidates data to make it comparable between countries and regions
• keywords: general and regional statistics, economy, finance, population, social conditions, industry, commerce, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, international trade, transport, environment, energy, science, technology, digital society
• since 1958
• access: via homepage, micro data only with access authorization
• https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/main/data/database
  

Global Corruption Barometer, Transparency International

• survey of 114.000 people in 107 countries
• keywords: corruption in daily routine
• since 2003, updated annually
• access: via homepage
• www.transparency.org/research/gcb/overview
  

Global Terrorism Database

• worldwide database of about 200.000 terrorist attacks
• keywords: bomb attacks, assassinations, abductions
• since 1970, updated annually
• access: registration required
  
• www.start.umd.edu/gtd/
  

Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research (INSCR)

• conflict data from 167 countries (2021)
• keywords: armed conflicts and interventions, bombings, fragility index and matrix, conflicts in India, regime change
• since 1946
• access: via homepage
• www.systemicpeace.org/inscrdata.html
  

National Science Foundation (NSF)

• data on various topics
• keywords: business, education, government, social indicators, country data, labour
  
• since 1952, updated annually
• access: via homepage
• www.nsf.gov/publications/
  

OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

• data sets from 40 countries
• keywords: agriculture, development, economy, GDP, education, energy, nature, finance, government, health, innovation, technologies, occupations, society
• since 1960
• access: via homepage
• data.oecd.org/
  

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

• time series data on economic and financial indicators
• keywords: IMF loans, exchange rates, GDP growth, inflation, unemployment, balance of payments, exports, imports, foreign debt, capital flows, commodity prices
• since 1998, updated annually
• access: via homepage
• www.imf.org/en/data
  

Pippa Norris Data (Harvard University)

• political science records
• keywords: election results, british constituency database, democracy, ethnic minorities, british electoral surveys
• since 1945
• access: via homepage
• www.pippanorris.com/data
  

United Nations Conference On Trade And Development (UNCTAD)

• statistical time series
• keywords: international trade, economic development, population and labor, foreign direct investment, raw materials, maritime transport, external financial resources, information economy
• partly since 1948, updated annually
• access: via homepage
• unctad.org/statistics
  

The World Bank

• global development data
• keywords: agriculture, poverty, climate change, economy and growth, education, energy, environment, foreign debt, financial sector, health, gender, infrastructure, science, technology, social security and labor, urban development, trade
• since 1967
• access: via homepage
• www.data.worldbank.org/