Social Science electronic resources: Statistics

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Title	Brief description	Format
Gateways and Portals
Economics Data	Browsable links organised by region and country form part of the NetEc gateway. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Government Documents Archive	This article provides links to a variety of resources for researching public documents and statistical records for various branches of the United States government. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Governments on the WWW	This database includes links to official statistical institutions. This site is freely available on the Internet.
International Data Base	This service, maintained by the United States Bureau of the Census, provides access to a databank of demographic and socio-economic statistical tables for 227 countries and areas. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Intute Social Sciences Statistics and Data	The statistics pages provide links to statistical Web sites collected by Intute This site is freely available on the Internet.
MOxLAD	MOxLAD: Base de Datos de Historia Económica de América Latina Montevideo-Oxford. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Nationmaster	NationMaster is a vast compilation of statistical data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD and offers a user friendly means of graphically comparing nations. This site is freely available on the Internet.
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web	Country lists give links to Web pages provided by statistical offices, central banks and government departments, whereas the regions and topics lists are comprised of links to the statistics pages of inter-governmental organisations. This site is freely available on the Internet.

Title	Brief description	Format
International Organisations
Eurostat	European indicators, press releases and a catalogue of Eurostat publications can be viewed online This site is freely available on the Internet.
Food and Agriculture Organization	The site gives access to statistical databases, an online documents repository, the Library catalogue and a catalogue of its sales oublicatioins. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Food and Agriculture Organization	FAOSTAT - databases of food and agricultures. This site is freely available on the Internet.
International Labour Organization	Free access to a range of databases covering Labour Administration, Labour Legislation, Labour Statistics, Vocational Training and Country Information. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Laborsta - Provides access to the Laborsta searchable database of labour statistics. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Social Security Statistical Databases - Description: Comprises the Social Security Programmes and Mechanisms database which presents systems worldwide and the Social Security Expenditure database. This site is freely available on the Internet.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) e-Library	Provides direct online access to full text periodicals, books, working papers and studies published by the IMF. This is a subscription based service and can only be accessed from the reading room.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) e-Library	IMF Data Explorer provides access to a wide variety of international financial and economic statistical Information including; International Finance Statistics (IFS), Balance of Payments Statistics (BOP), Direction of Trade Statistics (DTS) and Government Finance Statistics (GFS) This is a subscription based service and can only be accessed from the reading room.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development	This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Statistics - This site provides links by subject to bibliographic descriptions of the OECD's statistical publications. Free access to some frequently requested data is available. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	OECD iLibrary - The statistics pages provide access to statistical datasets and the full text of OECD statistical publications from 1998 onwards. This is a subscription based service and can only be accessed from the reading room.
UNESCO	The UNESCO Institute for Statistics site provides access to recent statistics on education, literacy, culture and communication, science and technology, including selected tables from the most recent edition of the UNESCO Statistical Yearbook. The Education Database contains data on education between 1970 and 1997 searchable by subject, region, country and year. This site is freely available on the Internet.
UNESCO	Data Centre This site is freely available on the Internet.
UNICEF	This site provides access to basic indicators for individual countries and to the Childinfo databases, which contain detailed country-specific information on progress since the World Summit for Children in 1990. This site is freely available on the Internet.
UNICEF	Childinfo This site is freely available on the Internet.
United Nations	The UN Statistics Division site provides access to a range of international and comparative statistics and statistical indicators, plus a useful list of links to statistical information sources about particular countries and to other UN statistical programmes. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Infonation - Statistical data for member states of the United Nations. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Millennium Indicators - 48 indicators to measure progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development goals. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Social Indicators - Indicators of population, housing, health, education, income and unemployment. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	United Nations Demographic Yearbook: Historical Supplement - Compilation of international demographic statistics prepared by the Statistics Division of the United Nations and providing information on 229 countries and areas of the world. Includes times series of population size, age, sex and urban/ rural residence, natality, mortality and nuptiality as well as selected derived measures concerning these components of population change. (1948-1997) This is a subscription based service and can only be accessed from the reading room.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees	This site provides access to statistical information on refugees and asylum. This site is freely available on the Internet.
United Nations Population Information Network	This site provides access to demographic data, including population projections. This site is freely available on the Internet.
World Bank	Information on the Bank’s research, policies and programmes in areas ranging from pensions to climate change, including many full text documents. Includes statistical data by country. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Global Economic Monitor - GEM provides daily updates of global economic developments, with coverage of high income- as well as developing countries. Daily data is provided for exchange rates, equity markets, interest rates, stripped bond spreads, commodity prices and emerging market bond indices. Monthly data coverage is provided for consumer prices, high-tech market indicators, industrial production and merchandise trade, etc. Quarterly data is available for GDP, current account balances, and budget balances. All data sets are updated each weekday to capture the latest available observations This site is freely available on the Internet
	Poverty reduction and equity - Poverty data and analysis. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	World Bank Data - A one-stop-shop offering free access to a range of datasets including Global Development Finance, World Development Indicators, African Development Indicators, Education Statistics, Health Nutrition and Population Statistics, Millennium Development Indicators. This site is freely available on the Internet
	World Bank E-library - an online, fully cross-searchable portal of over 4,000 World Bank documents. The collection consists of over 1,600 World Bank publications and over 2,400 Policy Research Working Papers. This is a subscription based service and can only be accessed from the reading room. Access is password protected; please ask enquiry desk staff to log you in
World Health Organization	This site Health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information. This site is freely available on the Internet.

Title	Brief description	Format
UK Government Sites
Audit Commission	This site includes local authority performance indicators and comprehensive performance assessments. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Care Quality Commission	Site offers annual performance assessment data on statutory social services and NHS trusts, and statistics on registered social care providers. This site is freely available on the Internet
Communities and Local Government	The Department covers building regulations, housing, homelessness, planning, sustainable communities, urban and regional policy, fire and resilience, and local government This site is freely available on the Internet.
Communities and Local Government	Statistics Provides links to statistics under each of the policy areas of the site This site is freely available on the Internet.
Data.gov.uk	Data.gov.uk seeks to provide a way in to a wealth of UK government data and to facilitate re-use. Access to nearly 3,000 datasets, and rising. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Defence Analytical Services Agency	DASA is responsible for producing all UK national statistics on defence This site is freely available on the Internet.
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills	The department invests in skills and education to promote trade, boost innovation and help people to start and grow a business. BIS also protects consumers and reduces the impact of regulation. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills	Statistics The BIS statistics home page provides links to sources of statistical information on UK competitiveness, the construction industry, insolvency, regional and national economic performance, trade union membership, and higher and further education and skills. There is a handy link to all BIS national statistical releases This site is freely available on the Internet.
Department for Education	This site is freely available on the Internet.
	School Performance This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Statistics Official statistical publications from the Department. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Environement and Wildlife Statistics This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Food and Farming Statistics This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Rural and Countryside Statistics This site is freely available on the Internet.
Department for International Development	The Department for International Development (DFID) is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Department for International Development	Statistics Publications available in full text on this site include recent editions of the annual Statistics on International Development. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Department for Transport	The Department for Transport's objective is to oversee the delivery of a reliable, safe and secure transport system that responds efficiently to the needs of individuals and business whilst safeguarding our environment This site is freely available on the Internet.
Department for Transport	Statistics This site provides statistical data on all aspects of road, rail, air and sea transport. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Department for Work and Pensions	The Department for Work and Pensions administers the social security system. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Statistics. The Research and Statistics site provides access to: the full text of the annual publication Work and Pension Statistics; the Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study (WPLS); benefit statistics relating to families and children, pensioners and people of working age; appeals tribunals statistics; the Family Resources Survey; data relating to households below average income. A Tabulation Tool allows users to download and manipulate national statistics as required. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Family Resources Survey This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Households Below Average Income This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Work and Pension Statistics This site is freely available on the Internet.
Department of Energy and Climate Change	The Department was created in 2008 to bring together energy policy and climate change mitigation policy. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Department of Energy and Climate Change	Statistics In this section you will find DECC's statistical information on energy, climate change, fuel poverty, coal health and fuel mix disclosure This site is freely available on the Internet.
Department of Health	The central government department responsible for running the NHS. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Statistics This site provides access to statistical releases, reports and datasets. Publication of some statistical series has now been taken over by the Information Centre for Health and Social Care and NHS England. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Hospital Activity Statistics Historical Hospital Activity Data earlier than 2008/09 Q 1 can be viewed on the old site This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Hospital Episode Statistics This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Hospital Waiting Times Older statistics to Q 2, 2008/09 are available at the Hospital Waiting Times/List Statistics site This site is freely available on the Internet.
	NHS Performance Indicators, 2000-2002/2003 This site is freely available on the Internet.
	NHS Performance Ratings, 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 This site is freely available on the Internet.
	NHS performance ratings (State of Care Reports), 2009- This site is freely available on the Internet.
	NHS Workforce Statistics For recent data from October 2005, see the Information Centre for Health and Social Care This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Personal Social Services Star Ratings This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Social Services Performance Assessment Framework Indicators For Social Services Annual Assessments from 2008/2009 see the Care Quality Commission web site This site is freely available on the Internet.
General Register Office for Scotland	This site provides access to the results of Census 2001 online and a range of other demographic statistics. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Census [Scotland] This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Demographic Statistics This site is freely available on the Internet.
Health and Safety Executive	The Executive's mission is to protect people's health and safety by ensuring risks in the changing workplace are properly controlled. The web site includes information leaflets, full text of journal titles and research reports. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Health and Safety Executive	Statistics. This page provides access to statistics on work-related ill-health, injuries, dangerous occurrences, enforcement and gas safety produced by HSE's Statistics Branch This site is freely available on the Internet.
Health Protection Agency	The Agency acts to protect the community against dangers to health from infectious diseases, chemicals and radiation hazards. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Health Protection Agency	Statistics. This page provides links to publications containing statistical data on communicable diseases This site is freely available on the Internet.
Health Protection Scotland	Health Protection Scotland (HPS) was established by the Scottish Executive to strengthen and co-ordinate health protection in Scotland. Provides statistical data on prevalence of communicable diseases, and guidance on combating them This site is freely available on the Internet.
Higher Education Statistics Agency	This site contains a publications list, selected free online tables, details of the Agency's information provision service, and a link to the HESA Higher Education Information Database for Institutions (HEIDI). This site is freely available on the Internet.
Higher Education Statistics Agency	Higher Education Information Database for Institutions (HEIDI) - Heidi is a web-based management information service that provides easy access to a rich source of quantitative data (pdf, 108kb) about higher education.
HISTPOP	This collection provides online access to the complete British population reports for Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1937. These 200,000 pages of census and registration material for the British Isles are supported by numerous ancillary documents from The National Archives, critical essays and transcriptions of important legislation which provide an aid to understanding the context, content and creation of the collection. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Home Office	The Home Office leads on immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime policy and counter-terrorism and works to ensure visible, responsive and accountable policing in the UK. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Research at Home Office Research and analysis covers the following areas: alcohol, crime, counter terrorism, drugs, crime, migration and policing. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Statistics at Home Office Publishes statistics in the form of commentary, tables and data on alcohol licensing, animals in science, crime, counter terrorism, drug use, migration and policing. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Information Centre for Health and Social Care	Disseminates statistics on ambulance services, primary and hospital care, national clinical audits of heart disease, cancer and diabetes, NHS complaints, the Quality and Outcomes Framework for GPs, mental health, public health issues and healthy lifestyles, breast and cervical screening, the NHs workforce, and delivery of adult social care. This site is freely available on the Internet.
ISD Scotland	ISD Scotland provides access to data and the full text of statistical publications on a wide range of health topics. This site is freely available on the Internet.
London Health Observatory	Provides information that policy makers and practitioners need to improve health and health care. The LHO takes the national lead in monitoring health inequalities, ethnicity and health and tobacco. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Ministry of Justice	The Ministry of Justice is responsible for the courts, prisons, probation, criminal law and sentencing. It was created on 9 May 2007. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Ministry of Justice	Statistics Publishes a range of statistics relating to the operation of the criminal and civil justice systems, prisons, re-offending and youth justice. This site is freely available on the Internet.
National Statistics	This is the official UK statistics site. It is organised around twelve themes, each reflecting a major area of national life, e.g. Crime and Justice, or The Economy. It also offers access to the full text of Press Releases, major statistical publications and datasets, information from the Census, latest economic indicators and Neighbourhood Statistics. The home page includes the option to search the site for data relating to particular topics. This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Census This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Latest Economic and Social Indicators This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Neighbourhood Statistics This site is freely available on the Internet.
	Regional Statistics This site is freely available on the Internet.
NHS England	NHS England will play a key role in the Government’s vision to modernise the health service with the key aim of securing the best possible health outcomes for patients by prioritising them in every decision it makes. Formerly established as the NHS Commissioning Board on 1 October 2012, NHS England an independent body, at arm’s length to the Government. Site offers policy and guidance for the new NHS bodies created in April 2013. This site is freely available on the Internet.
NHS England	Statistics NHS England publishes statistics on a range of health and care subjects, including waiting times, ambulance services, bed availability and occupancy, cancelled operations, delayed transfers of care, diagnostic imaging dataset, general practice patient survey, integrated performance measures monitoring, mental health community teams activity, mixed sex accommodation breaches, NHS 111 dataset, Winter pressures and dental commissioning. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency	NISRA is Northern Ireland's official statistics organisation and this site contains a wide range of statistics. The database is searchable by keyword and most of the publications are available in full text. The site also provides links to sites containing Departmental statistics. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency	Northern Ireland Census of Population This site is freely available on the Internet.
Revenue and Customs	HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) was formed on the 18 April 2005, following the merger of Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise Departments. It ensures the correct tax is paid at the right time, whether this relates to payment of taxes received by the department or entitlement to benefits paid. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Revenue and Customs	National Statistics - This site provides access to a wide range of statistics about the taxes administered by the HM Revenue and Customs This site is freely available on the Internet.
Scottish Government Statistics	This site provides access to statistical publications and datasets on a wide range of topics by means of thematic headings or keyword searches. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Statistical Directorate, Welsh Assembly Government	This site provides access to the full text of a wide range of statistical publications by means of a topic index. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Treasury	The Treasury is the United Kingdom's economics and finance ministry. It is responsible for formulating and implementing the Government's financial and economic policy. Its aim is to raise the rate of sustainable growth, and achieve rising prosperity and a better quality of life with economic and employment opportunities for all. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Treasury	Economic Data and Tools The Economic Data and Tools page provides links to latest economic indicators, the public finances databank and public spending statistics. This site is freely available on the Internet.
UK National Statistics Publications Hub	Indexes and links to UK statistics by producer name, theme and region. Also offers a release calendar and search facility. This site is freely available on the Internet.

Title	Brief description	Format
US and Russian Government Sources
Data.gov	Data.gov provides access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the US Federal Government. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Fedstat	This site provides a comprehensive listing of the statistical programmes of over 100 US federal government agencies. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Integrum World Wide	An integrated database that includes CIS and Russian central and regional newspapers, journals and magazines, Russian and foreign Information agencies, Internet media, TV and radio, statistics, directories, legislation, official publications, business information, production catalogues, Who is Who, etc. The database also includes a full text collection of literary texts (Russian and world literature in translation). This is a subscription based resource and can only be accessed from the reading room.
Russia/NIS Statistical Databases	Online Russian and CIS statistical publications (Eastview). This is a subscription based service and can only be accessed from the reading room.
Statistical Abstract of the United States	Current and recent editions of the annual compilation of social and economic statistics are available on this site in full text in pdf format. This site is freely available on the Internet.
United States. Bureau of the Census. International Data Base	This is a databank of demographic and socioeconomic statistical tables for 227 countries and areas. This site is freely available on the Internet.

Title	Brief description	Format
Other Organisation Sites
Charity Trends	Provides free access to charity statistical data using sources supplied monthly by the Charity Commission. Covers all registered charities in England and Wales. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Radical Statistics Group	This site provides information about the Group's activities and publications, a link to the full text of the Group's journal Radical Statistics, and news about recent developments in the field of social statistics. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Straight Statistics	Aims to detect and expose the distortion and misuse of statistical information, and identify those responsible. This site is freely available on the Internet.

Social Science electronic resources: Statistics

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International Organisations

UK Government Sites

US and Russian Government Sources

Other Organisation Sites