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Pew Research Center
The Pew Research Center is an independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues.

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research An archive of public opinion and survey research. SSDS has a subscription to Roper and use is restricted to Northwestern University students, faculty and staff.

Key Resources

  • Afrobarometer 
    An independent research project that measures the social, political and economic atmosphere in Africa. During Round 1, from July 1999 through June 2001, Afrobarometer surveys were conducted in 12 countries. Round 2 surveys were conducted from May 2002 through October 2003 in 15 countries. Round 3 surveys in 18 countries are planned for 2005-6. Survey microdata are released to the public two years after the first publication of a survey's results. Available through ICPSR.

  • AmericasBarometer
    Made available by the LAPOP Lab at Vanderbilt University.

  • Asian Barometer
    "... a cross-national survey project. The success of the project required collaboration among the thirteen participating country/territory teams and the funding support from many national and transnational sources. Under the data-sharing agreement among our East Asian collaborators, we have made our merged dataset and all the variables contained in our core questionnaire freely accessible to scholars and experts worldwide upon application."

  • Eurobarometer - Public Opinion in the European Union
    Eurobarometer is the polling instrument used by the European Commission, the European Parliament and other EU institutions and agencies to monitor regularly the state of public opinion in Europe on issues related to the European Union as well as attitudes on subjects of political or social nature.  Browse by category or all surveys.  There is also a Eurobarometer Survey Series available through ICPSR to NU affiliated students, faculty, and staff.

  • Latinobarametro - Opinion Publica Latinoamericana
    An annual public opinion survey that involves some 20,000 interviews in 18 Latin American countries, representing more than 600 million inhabitants.  Available in Spanish and English.

  • Pew Research Center 
    The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press is an independent, non-partisan public opinion research organization that studies attitudes toward politics, the press and public policy issues. In this role it serves as a valuable information resource for political leaders, journalists, scholars and citizens.