Finding Research Data

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The UK’s largest collection of social, economic and population data sources. Contains qualitative data including interview transcripts and questionnaires, as well as major UK government-sponsored surveys, cross-national surveys, longitudinal studies, UK census data, international aggregate and business data. Research institutes include NatCen, Institute for Social and Economics Research (ISER) and the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) among many others.
You can filter search results by data type or search QualiBank for qualitative surveys, interview and open-ended questions: https://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/qualibank

USE THE HASSET HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTRONIC THESAURUS TO FIND DATA BY SUBJECT: https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/hasset/en/

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Mass Observation Project consists of all the directives (questionnaires) sent out by Mass Observation and the responses to them from the hundreds of Mass Observers. It includes topics such as the Falklands War, clothing, attitudes to the USA, reading and television habits, morality and religion, and Britain's relations with Europe.

Directive topics, questions and responses up to 2009 are available on the Mass Observation Project (1981-2009) above.
For 2010 onwards, all list of all project directive topics can be viewed here: https://massobs.org.uk/pastdirectives/
To view and download directive questions, note the directive number and look up here:https://sussex.app.box.com/s/gfd1rx125ljknicvwej7uyspquka7qrf?sortColumn=name&sortDirection=ASC
Responses can be obtained by emailing moa@sussex.ac.uk. Please note the archive has a small team of staff, so do allow between 3-5 working days for a response.

Material collected by Mass Observation during the COVID-19 pandemic, including diaries and writing created during the pandemic by people living in the UK

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Mass Observation Online makes available personal diaries, surveys, and other materials to provide records of public opinion from 1937 to 1967.

A dedicated archive for storing and sharing digital data (and accompanying documentation) generated or collected through qualitative and multi-method research in the social sciences and related disciplines

A resource for scholars, researchers and students interested in qualitative electoral research

Mixed methods and qualitative research studies available for download from an international consortium of more than 750 academic institutions and research organizations. a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioural sciences. It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.

University of Bristol research data repository

Downloadable datasets sourced from government and academic sources with step-by-step guides that walk you through quantitative and qualitative data analysis

Aggregates dataset records from multiple sources and allows searching of general repositories via a single interface.
Filter search results by 'Work Type' to 'dataset' in the left-hand menu

An online open access repository of research outputs, including figures, datasets, images, and videos.
Filter search results by item type to 'dataset' in the left-hand menu

A registry of research data repositories. Browse by data type, country, subject

A comprehensive List of open data portals from around the world

Over 2600 open data portals around the world

Discover data sets hosted in thousands of repositories across the web. Filter results based on type of dataset (e.g., tables, images, text), or whether the dataset is available for free from the provider

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region

Repository for quantitative and qualitative research data at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science in the USA, comprising over 100 terabytes of data, audio, and video

Research data from across research fields, from Harvard University, USA and beyond