Social Work
Data and Research Sources

          Aging:

• Administration on Aging -- government source of data, click here for a list of Fact Sheets (which are in .pdf format), including one on Elder Abuse Prevention.
• Age Source Worldwide -- "describes clearinghouses, databases, libraries, directories, statistical resources, bibliographies and reading lists, texts, and Web “metasites” focusing on aging or closely allied subjects." Searchable.
• Caregiving Across the States: A State by State Resource -- great detailed statistics for information on publicly-funded caregiver support programs.
• Resources in Social Gerontology-- documents, statistics, bibliographies, full texts of research on many aspects of aging.
• Statistics on the Aging Population -- includes the Profile of Older Americans and much more

          Children:

• America's Children--official site of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. 
• Child Care Bureau: Research, Data and Systems--from the Dept. of Health and Human Services.
• Child Care: Understanding the Issue -- The Understanding the Issue section lays out the facts and policy alternatives, while the Public Opinion section offers a detailed profile of public thinking about the issue.
• Children, Youth and Family Consortium Electronic Clearinghouse--articles and studies on health, education, parenting, child welfare.
• Children's Well-Being in Rich Countries -- International rankings from UNICEF
• Do Public Expenditures Improve Child Outcomes in the US?: A Comparison Across Fifty States [.pdf] -- a working paper with bibliography.
• National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect-- a source for statistics, state legislation, other research data.
• National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
• Risk and Protective Factors of Child Delinquency -- in .pdf format, from the U.S. Dept. of Justice.
• State of the World's Children--a report from UNICEF
• Teen Sex, Contraception, and Pregnancy Data--from the Alan Guttmacher Institute.
• Administration for Children and Families -- data and Fact Sheets and more

          General:

• Bill Trochim's Center for Social Research Methods--an excellent starting point for people new to the business of research. 
• Centre for Applied Social Surveys Question Bank--an immense file of social science survey questions.
• Congressional Research Service Reports--there's a lot of research here on welfare, child protection, health care, AIDS, etc.
• Data Sets: HUD--includes the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population..
• Domestic Violence Information--from the Nashville Police Dept, info on warning signs and progression of violence
• The Family: Understanding the Issue -- The Understanding the Issue section lays out the facts and policy alternatives, while the Public Opinion section offers a detailed profile of public thinking about the issue.
• Homelessness: Programs and the People They Serve
• National Center for Health Statistics --subject index to the many series of tables on subjects like causes of death, tobacco use, low birth-weight, unmarried childbearing, Hispanic-Americans' health, etc.
• National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse--contains surveys, research results on impact and cost of substance abuse, impact legalization would have, info on prevention and treatment.
• Princeton Survey Research Center--a guide to sites that present survey data or deal with survey methodology.
• Research Institute on Addictions
• Social Psychology Research--a set of links and files to accompany the author's textbook.
• Social Science Data Analysis Network--maintained by the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan, the site includes datasets, census surveys and demographic trends.
• Social Statistics Briefing Room-- government demographic, health, education, and crime statistics in brief, arranged for ease of use by non-statisticians
• Statistics of Deadly Quarrels, 1809-1949 -- "This study contains data on 779 dyadic fatal quarrels for the period 1809-1949. The study represents one of the earlier attempts at quantification of historical conflict behavior. A dyadic deadly quarrel is a situation involving a pair of opponents or belligerents which causes death to humans. For each quarrel, the nominal variables include the type of quarrel, as well as political, cultural, and economic similarities and dissimilarities between the pair of combatants."
• Survivors of Trauma and Victimization--articles regarding PTSD.
• Web Sites for Policy Research and Online Government Reports
• National Survey of Public Knowledge of Welfare Reform and the Federal Budget -- from the Kaiser Foundation