LibGuides: Finding Data & Statistics on the Web: Public Opinion & Social Attitudes

Public Opinion & Social Attitudes Data Sources

General Social Survey (GSS)
"The GSS gathers data on contemporary American society in order to monitor and explain trends and constants in attitudes, behaviors, and attributes."

Roper Center i-Poll This link opens in a new window
Provided by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University, Roper iPoll is the largest collection of public opinion poll data with results from 1935 to the present. Roper iPoll contains nearly 800,000 questions and over 23,000 datasets from both U.S. and international polling firms. Surveys cover any number of topics including, social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, science, the environment, and much more. When available, results charts, demographic crosstabs and full datasets are provided for immediate download.

American National Election Studies (ANES)
Data from its own surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation
American Public Opinion & United States Foreign Policy Series @ ICPSR
Odum Institute Dataverse
The Odum Institute Archive Dataverse contains social science data curated and archived by the Odum Institute Data Archive at UNC at Chapel Hill. Includes the primary holdings of the Louis Harris Data Center.
Pew Research Center

ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research This link opens in a new window
ICPSR collects, preserves, and disseminates digital social science data. See the ICPSR Libguide for information on how to find, use and deposit ICPSR datasets.