Datasets
Datasets Available to Sociology and Criminology Graduate Students and Faculty
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Dataset’s Name |
Faculty |
Period Covered |
Description |
Email Contact |
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500 Cities Data
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Kevin M. Fitzpatrick |
2015 |
Data file contains sociodemographic, socioeconomic, housing, and other census data merged with CDC chronic health data that includes obesity, and other chronic health indicators in the 500 largest U.S. cities. |
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AddHealth |
Shaun A. Thomas |
varied |
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American Community Survey (ACS) |
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varied |
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Black Lives Matter |
Lori C. Holyfield |
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Community Photo Project |
Kevin M. Fitzpatrick |
2014 |
Data file contains detailed information on 96 students who provided sociodemographic background data as well as detailed information about specific photographs that were taken by them to represent their understanding of “community.” The file also contains up to 5 photos taken by each student. |
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General Social Survey (GSS) |
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varied |
http://gss.norc.org/ |
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Homelessness in Northwest Arkansas |
Kevin M. Fitzpatrick |
2007 |
Data file contains detailed sociodemographic, health, residential history, work history, family history, social resources, and religious background information on 103 homeless adults living in Washington and Benton Counties. |
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Homelessness in Northwest Arkansas
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Kevin M. Fitzpatrick |
2015 |
Data file contains detailed information on 168 homeless adults. This data set is a mirror image of the data that was collected in 2007; additional data was collected on social capital, mental health/well-being, and medical histories. |
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InfoGroup |
Grant Drawve |
2017 |
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Intra- and Inter-group Violence Across Communities |
Casey Harris |
2000-2014 |
This data uses National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) extract files for the years 2000-2014 to record all serious violence (homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault). Measures of offending, victimization, and arrests for Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics are provided separately. Advanced imputation techniques are used to account for missingness on race/ethnic variables and then aggregated to the census place level. Additional information from the decennial Censuses (2000, 2010) and the American Community Surveys are merged in. |
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Jones Center Assessment Data
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Kevin M. Fitzpatrick |
2014 |
Data file contains detailed organizational data on 54 non-profits; 200 clients/visitors, and a point-in-time census visitors attending the Jones Center for Families. |
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National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) |
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varied |
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National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) Portraits of American Life Study (PALS) |
Brittany N. Hearne |
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The PALS is a panel study focused on religion in the U.S., with a particular focus on capturing ethnic and racial diversity. |
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Owl Creek Parent Data
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Kevin M. Fitzpatrick |
2012 |
Data file contains detailed mirrored data similar to what was collected in the Owl Creek student dataset. Parents and students are matched samples. |
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Owl Creek Student Data
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Kevin M. Fitzpatrick |
2012 |
Data file contains detailed health/well-being, family background, nutrition and health, social resources, and social risk data for 334 5th-7th grade students attending Owl Creek Intermediate School. |
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Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) |
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varied |
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Project Brave |
Bradley & Lauren Sabon |
2017 |
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Southern Latino/a and Migrant Voices Project |
Juan Jose Bustamante |
2013 to now |
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Springdale School Data
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Kevin M. Fitzpatrick |
2015 |
Data file contains detailed health/well-being, family background, nutrition and health, social resources, and social risk data for 1493 10th-12th grade students attending Springdale High School. |
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Veterans Oral History Project |
Lori C. Holyfield |
2008 |