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UKBORDERS
http://edina.ac.uk/ukborders/
UKBORDERS is a searchable database of digitised boundary datasets of the UK. It allows users to map Census data or any other dataset that can be aggregated to conventional Census geographies (counties, districts, wards and enumeration districts). The boundary datasets are available in many GIS formats (MapInfo MIF/MID, ArcView Shape, Arc/Info Export and several others) for users to download. Access to the service requires an institutional subscription (such as an Athens account) and individual registration through EDINA. Datasets include: synthetic neighbourhood localities; police basic command units; administrative units of the European Community; forested areas; CORINE land cover ecology sets; census wards; nature reserves; sites of special scientific interest; as well as many other datasets of various administrative boundaries. UKBORDERS receives funding from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). This description is based upon that provided by the JISC Resource Guide for the Arts and Humanities.
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Statistical accounts of Scotland
http://edina.ac.uk/statacc/
The Statistical Accounts of Scotland website, hosted by EDINA, is a fully searchable and browsable facsimile of all 36 bound volumes of the Old Statistical Account (1791-1799) and the New Statistical Account (1845) which were compiled as an early census from information supplied largely by parish church ministers. These accounts provide information on subjects such as wealth and poverty, climate, agriculture, population, and schools. Information on the accounts is available from the site. It is possible to browse the accounts by table of contents, by general index, and by county or parish level. It is necessary to specify which account is to be browsed in each case. Searches can be carried out on the general index, counties, parishes or page text. Online help on searching and browsing the accounts is available. The website also provides information on the project. This is a valuable resource for anyone looking for material on late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Scotland.EDINA projects receive funding from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). This resource is also described by the JISC Resource Guide for the Arts and Humanities. Full access is granted with institutional subscription and an additional username and password, or with a UK Federation account, and non-subscribers can browse selected scanned pages.
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History data service (HDS)
http://hds.essex.ac.uk/
The History Data Service (HDS) covers a wide range of historical topics, and brings together over 600 separate data collections transcribed, scanned or compiled from original sources. The data collections cover a time period from the late tenth century to the twentieth century, and although the primary focus is on the UK, it includes a significant body of cross-national and non-UK data collections. Examples of topics covered include: nineteenth and twentieth century statistics, manuscript census records, state finance data, demographic data, mortality data, community histories, British electoral history from the 18th to the 20th century (such as Parliamentary Poll Books, Psephological Datasets, British electoral data), and economic indicators. Various search and browse options are available for retrieving information about the collections.
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Great Britain historical database online
http://hds.essex.ac.uk/gbh.asp
The Great Britain Historical Database is a large database of British nineteenth and twentieth-century statistics. The online (GBHD Online) version provides registered users with web-based access to a significant part of it. The database includes information such as marriage and mortality statistics from the Registrar General's reports and demographic and employment statistics from the census. The History Data Service receives funding from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). This description is based on the one supplied by the JISC Resource Guide for the Arts and Humanities.
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UK data archive (UKDA)
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/
The UK Data Archive (UKDA) holds over 4,000 datasets, which it makes available for research and teaching. Data are acquired from many different sources including central government, academic researchers, the National Census, opinion poll organisations, and other data archives worldwide. Core data uses are in the economic and social sciences (including history and education). The Archive also hosts the History Data Service. The entire holdings are described in a detailed online catalogue. Users are required to register in order to acquire data from the Archive. Commercial users may be charged for access to certain datasets, although these are generally provided free for academic customers. The UK Data Archive receives funding from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). Since 2003, the UKDA has been encompassed by a broader parent organisation, the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS). This description is based upon that provided by the JISC Resource Guide for the Arts and Humanities.
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Wiener Datenbank zur Europäischen Familiengeschichte
http://www.univie.ac.at/Wirtschaftsgeschichte/famdat/
The Wiener Datenbank zur Europäischen Familiengeschichte, or Viennese Database on European Family History, is an online collection "of census type listings of European villages and towns from the 17th to the 20th century." The site is a product of research conducted since the mid-1970s at the Max Plank-Institute for History in Göttingen, the Department of History of the University of Salzburg, and the Department of Economic and Social History of the University of Vienna. Subpages give an introduction to the research methodology used here, which has rested since the project's inception on innovation in computerised quantitative social scientific techniques. Descriptions of software and categorization used in old and new versions of the database are provided, as are samples from, and downloadable versions of, databases for Austria, Italy and Switzerland. There are scholarly bibliographies for each of these sub-sections, as well as a general bibliography for the entire site. Also of note are accompanying lists of primary source microfilm collections at the University of Salzburg; and there is a link to a related project on social structures in Early Modern Bohemia. But sections on Germany and Croatia were under construction at the time of review. The site remains useful as an aid for academic study of Central Europe in the fields of: history of the family; analyses of socio-economic structures; social-anthropological historical studies; local history; historical regional comparisons; studies on pre-industrial society; studies on industrialization and on industrial society; and historical social development. Site visitors should note the database software requirements for viewing and downloading all information available.
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Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.ca
This is the official website of the Canadian government's statistical office, this is an extensive collection of databases complemented by The Daily, a newsletter updated every day, plus reports, research and technical papers, many of which are freely available online (most in PDF format, requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader software). There is also an analysis of the 2001 national census extracting social, economic, demographic and environmental data. The website provides data tables on a wide range of subjects including agriculture, construction, energy, environment, geography, population and demography, industry, trade, transport and travel and tourism; data from the 1996 and 2001 censuses; community profiles; news; and information on data collection.
A set of short activities for intermediate to advanced students in secondary schools provide learning resources for students in the use and application of statistics, supplemented by lesson plans for teachers. A selection of web pages produced by students show how Canadian official statistics can be applied in the classroom. Data and programmes to support in depth research, teaching and learning are also available. Although much of the data is free, a fee is payable for some data sets. The site is also available in French.
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Tyne and Wear archives : user guides
http://www.tyneandweararchives.org.uk/userguides/
The website of Tyne and Wear Archives provides a series of User Guides to its records, which are free to use and well laid out. Each guide is a separate PDF file, which opens in a new window. There are four categories of guides. Religion includes guides on Parish Registers, Roman Catholic and Methodist registers as well as information for Jewish and other religious denominations. School Records provides guides for Sunderland, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne and Tyneside. Other Local Authority Records includes guides on rate books and voting records. Trades, Crafts and Professions provides guides on maritime trade and navigation, shipbuilding, outfitting and repair. These are particularly important, as the shipping and maritime collections at Tyne and Wear Archives have been recognised as an Outstanding Collection by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. Guides on local trade unions, the coal industry, medicine and guilds are also provided. Under Other Topics there are guides on local census material, migration and the First and Second World Wars.
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Emergency and Transitional Shelter Population: 2000
http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/censr01-2.pdf
This is an online report prepared by Annetta C. Smith and Denise I. Smith of the Population Division, US Census Bureau. It is one of a series of research reports emanating from the US 2000 Census. The report was issued in October 2001 and presents data from the 2000 Census about people living in emergency and transitional shelters (excluding domestic violence shelters). It contains national, state and local (Los Angeles) data drawn from a one-time count, conducted in March 2000. The report is presented online in the PDF file format. Users will require Adobe Acrobat software to view it.
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Statistikos Departamentas prie Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybes 
http://www.stat.gov.lt/lt/?PHPSESSID=207642e4d16c111e064d65d6e0bd85f2
The Lithuanian Department of Statistics is a government body, authorised to publish statistics on the activities of government ministries and other institutions. The Department compiles, processes, analyses and releases statistical data about economic, social, demographic and environmental changes in Lithuania. The website contains information about the role of the Department, links to key sets of statistics, a link to the recent population census (with comparative data from earlier censuses), and to the forthcoming agricultural census. The site is available in English and Lithuanian.
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
http://www.ipums.org/
This website provides information about published research using IPUMS (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series), publications about IPUMS, dissertations using IPUMS, working papers and details of research in progress using IPUMS. In some case abstracts are available. Census data from the US, and around the world, are available. Site also provides access to IPUMS 98, created at the University of Minnesota in October 1997. It consists of 25 high precision samples of the American population drawn from 13 Federal Censuses. Some of the samples have been in existence for some time others were specially created for this database. The samples span the censuses of 1850 to 1990.As the data is microdata it includes information about individual persons and households. The files are coded compatibly to allow analysis of long run social and economic change.IPUMS 98 replaces IPUMS 95 and incorporates new data and features plus improved access to the data.
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Derzhavnii Komitet Statistiki Ukraini
http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/
This is the official site of the State Committee for Statistics of Ukraine. The site contains demographic and census information, with links to downloadable documents in MS Word format, and links to full-text documents concerning current economic activity, national economic and financial data, and legislative norms. Also included are extensive links to other government and overseas statistics sites, a news archive, and a keyword search facility. The site is available in Ukrainian, English or Russian.
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CasWeb
http://census.ac.uk/casweb/
CasWeb is the web interface for census aggregate outputs and digital boundary data from the 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001 United Kingdom Census of Population. Data is downloadable in a variety of formats and with a range of variables. UK academic users will need to complete a free registration process via the Census Registration Service Website at http://census.ac.uk/register_start.aspx.
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Geodemographics Knowledge Base
http://www.geodemographics.org.uk/
The Geodemographics Knowledge Base is a comprehensive directory of websites for people interested in the application of geodemographics and geo-spatial analysis. It is provided by MRS, a company specialising in market research and business intelligence. The sites include government, academic and business sources from Europe and America. They are divided into 5 sections called Geodemographics, Geoanalysis, Data Sources, 2001 Census, and Europe, and arranged alphabetically within each section. It is possible to sign up for an RSS feed to alert you to new websites appearing on the site.
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Center for Policy Studies
http://www.uakron.edu/centers/cps/
The Center for Policy Studies is based within the Institute for Health and Social Policy at the University of Akron. The Center is 'responsible for survey data collection, the dissemination of Census and other demographic data, and administration of the Ohio Board of Regents Urban University Program at the University.' The site includes statistical databases of demographic and census information.
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Focus on Ethnicity and Identity
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/focuson/ethnicity/
Provided by the Office for National Statistics, Focus on Ethnicity and Identity examines ethnic groups in the UK today. It includes information on their characteristics, lifestyles and experiences, placing particular emphasis on comparing and contrasting the main groups. It combines data from the 2001 Census and other sources to illustrate its topic. Summary information is provided on topics including: population size, geographic distribution, identity, education, employment, age/sex distribution, religion, labour, health.
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Enumerators Returns for County Antrim 1851
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=1482
This is a Web page detailing the context, range and availability of the 'Enumerators Returns for County Antrim, 1851' dataset hosted by the History Data Service (HDS), based at the UK Data Archive University of Essex (formerly part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service - AHDS). To transcribe and code the surviving enumerators' returns from the Irish census of 1851, and to analyse this data in order to gain evidence about the demographic and social structure of parts of County Antrim during the mid-nineteenth century. The data is available to order from the HDS as a tab delimited text file. From this Web page you may download a PDF of images of the study documentation. To make use of this dataset you must first register with the HDS, and further information is supplied giving instructions. The data consists of: Details of residence, name, age, marital status, date of marriage, literacy, occupation, birth place; absent family members; those members of the family who died between 1841 and 1851.
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We the People: Women and Men in the United States
http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/censr-20.pdf
Issued in January 2005 by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration and U.S. Census Bureau this 19-page report (available in PDF format) is based on information collected during the most recent U.S. census. Prepared by Reneé E. Spraggins, the report compares this information with data collected from the 1970, 1980, and 1990 censuses. Findings include; the observation that the current trend towards women remaining single for a longer period persisted through the past several censuses, women 18 and older were more likely than their male counterparts to live in poverty and families maintained by a woman with no husband present had lower incomes.
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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2004
http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/p60-229.pdf
Released in August 2005 by the U.S. Census Bureau, this 85-page report examines recent changes within the demographic profile of the real median household income of US residents, along with material on the nation's official poverty rate and those persons without health insurance coverage. The data in the report is based on information from 2003 and 2004, and indicates that the nation's official poverty rate rose from 12.5 percent in 2003 to 12.7 percent in 2004. The report is divided into six chapters, and also includes four appendices which details such crucial research questions as how the Bureau measures income and poverty. The report is available in PDF format and users will require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Federal Office of Statistics
http://www.fzs.ba/Eng/index.htm
This site contains the following statistical information pertaining to Boznia and Herzegovina (B&H): general and geographic data; population census; survey data (including Living Standard Measurement Survey in B&H, and the Living in B&H Survey). In addition there are links to publications, technical information and external links. Statistical content is generally available in HTML format although some is also available in PDF.
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US Gazetteer
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
The US Gazetteer is an interactive service provided by the Census Bureau in the United States to identify places to view with the Tiger Map Server and obtain census data from the 1990 Census Lookup server. You can search for a place by entering the name and state abbreviation (optional), or 5-digit zip code. A search will retrieve data from the 1990 Census tables and provide users with an opportunity to manipulate a map of the area.
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General Register Office for Scotland
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/
The General Register Office for Scotland is an associated department of the Scottish Office and its remit is to be "responsible for the registration of births, marriages, deaths, divorces and adoptions in Scotland and for carrying out periodic censuses of Scotland's population". Information includes comprehensive details about the records that it holds and fees for search room passes; a background to the census, an explanation of census methodology and some basic statistical information; register statistics for adoption, births, marriages, divorces and deaths; electorate data; the population index and details of the National Health Service Central Registrar. There is information for people conducting genealogical research and a short history of record keeping in Scotland. There is also an outline of the timescale for development of the site and adding record groups for web access.
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Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: State and County Estimates
http://www.census.gov//did/www/saipe/
This site presents information that is a part of the U.S. Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates Program (SAIPE), which provides estimates of income and poverty for States and counties between decennial censuses. It has been supported by five Federal Departments, and is organised by the Census Bureau. The site includes the background to the report detailing the reasons why it was necessary. The site also gives details about the statistics, which include data inputs, estimation models, precision and uncertainty of the estimates, tables, graphs and charts, and data files.
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ls-cls mailing list archive
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ls-support.html
Archive of messages generated by the LS-Support JISCmail discussion list (ls-support@jiscmail.ac.uk) established by the Centre for Longitudinal Study Information and User Support (CeLSIUS) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. The ONS Longitudinal Study (LS) is based upon the census and vital event data (births, cancers, deaths) routinely collected for 10f the population of England and Wales - approximately 500,000 individuals at any one census point. The study contains data on LS members present at the 1971, 1981 and 1991 Censuses plus information on other individuals living in the same household at each census. This list serves to facilitate discussions and the exchange of technical information on the ONS Longitudinal Study (LS). In addition, it provides list members with up-to-date details of forthcoming LS seminars and workshops.
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CeLSIUS
http://www.celsius.lshtm.ac.uk/
This is the website of CeLSIUS, the support team for academic users of the ONS Longitudinal Study (LS), which is based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. 'The LS is a complete set of individual-level Census records, linked between successive Censuses, together with data for various events, relating to a sample of the population of England and Wales. The sample is comprised of people born on one of four selected dates of birth and therefore makes up about 10f the total population'. The site contains information about the type of data collated, instructions on how to access the data and some online training modules to help users get the most out of the data available. There is also a list of current research projects using the LS.
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