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Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research; U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 2009, "World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers, 1983-1993, 1995", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/ZPOMSB, Abacus Data Network, V1
This data collection, which focuses on military spending and arms transfers, supplies information on 166 developed and developing countries of the world. Data are provided in four tables. Table I (Part 1) consists of military expenditures, armed forces, Gross National Product, ce...
Nov 18, 2009 - UBC Library licensed data
University of Waterloo Arts Computing Centre, 2009, "Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, 1975", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/PHREUJ, Abacus Data Network, V1
These machine readable files were created to facilitate the creation of a concordance
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "Canadian Election Survey, 1997", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/AJZX3N, Abacus Data Network, V1, UNF:6:MxkZxSecQcOtlvhnFAZudw== [fileUNF]
For this survey of Canadians' political attitudes and voting behavior, citizens 18 years of age or older who spoke one of Canada's official languages (English or French) and who resided in private homes in the ten Canadian provinces and two territories were eligible to be surveye...
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "Census of Population and Housing: 1990 [United States]: Public Use Microdata Sample: 1/10,000 Sample, 1990", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/OMAQ0J, Abacus Data Network, V1
This dataset, prepared by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, comprises 1 percent of the cases in the second release of CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING, 1990 [UNITED STATES]: PUBLIC USE MICRODATA SAMPLE: 1-PERCENT SAMPLE (ICPSR 9951). As 1 percent...
Nov 18, 2009 - Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, 2009, "NORC-GSS cumulative data file 1972-2004, 2005", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/JN2RJN, Abacus Data Network, V1, UNF:6:ch58KP70LOVbUzSI4sUG1Q== [fileUNF]
Note Pre-release data replaced with final data 21 February 2006.
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "National Survey of the Aged [United States], 1957", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/AMWFVY, Abacus Data Network, V1
This survey, sponsored by the Health Information Foundation at the University of Chicago and conducted at the National Opinion Research Center, consists of three component parts. Part 1, the Health Needs of Older Persons, covers health, the use of medical facilities, the cost of...
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "Mortality in the South, 1850, 1991", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/EZ8U5Y, Abacus Data Network, V1
This study recorded information on deaths that occurred in 1850 in seven states of the southern United States: Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. The data were obtained from the manuscript mortality schedules of the 1850 United Sta...
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "Slave Sales and Appraisals, 1775-1865, 1992", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/A8LYYX, Abacus Data Network, V1
This study presents data pertaining to slave sales and appraisals that took place from 1775 to 1865 in eight states of the southern United States: Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi. The data were obtained from proba...
Nov 18, 2009 - UBC Library licensed data
United Nations: Department of International Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division, 2009, "World population prospects 1950-2025, 1992", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/AHRQLK, Abacus Data Network, V1
Contains United Nations global estimates and projections of national populations by age and sex and major demographic indicators, including urban, rural and city populations. Contains 28 selected indicators for regions, countries, and areas, for five-year periods from 1950 to 202...
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "Wages of War, 1816-1965", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/LSWVDW, Abacus Data Network, V1
This survey is superseded by ICPSR 9044. These data were supplied by the Correlates of War research project at the University of Michigan, the object of which was to identify the variables that have been most frequently associated with war since the Congress of Vienna. 144 nation...
Nov 18, 2009 - UBC Library licensed data
York University Institute for Social Research, 2009, "Canadian Election Study, 2000", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/GJPN7W, Abacus Data Network, V1, UNF:6:jiMt0gGh0HJX8k87k3Ghgg== [fileUNF]
There is no democracy without free and fair elections. Elections provide a crucial opportunity to assess the actual workings of a democracy. Canadian elections are the primary focus of the Canadian Election Study (CES). The main objective is to explain what makes people decide to...
Nov 18, 2009 - UBC Library licensed data
York University Institute for Social Research, 2009, "Canadian National Election Study, 1988", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/UYSBVQ, Abacus Data Network, V1, UNF:6:dyhhpa8sLX2OxO9GPXOQxQ== [fileUNF]
This collection, containing information on the voting behavior and political attitudes of Canadians, consists of three waves of data gathered before and after the 1988 Canadian national election. The first wave, conducted by telephone in October and November 1988 before the Novem...
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "European and World Values Survey Integrated Data File, 1999-2002", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/7HMO97, Abacus Data Network, V1, UNF:6:cujsgeIwhUCHwLov3r12yA== [fileUNF]
Note These data are superseded by ICPSR 4531 The series is designed to enable a crossnational, crosscultural comparison of values and norms on a wide variety of topics and to monitor changes in values and attitudes across the globe. This data collection, representing the fourth w...
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of the Lifestyles and Values of Youth, 1982", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/0AQZNT, Abacus Data Network, V1
This is the eighth annual survey in this series that explores changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of contemporary American youth. The students are randomly assigned one of five questionnaires, each with a different subset of topical questions but al...
Nov 18, 2009 - UBC Library licensed data
Social Science Data Archive, 2009, "Rights in Australia, 1991-1992: National Household Sample (Dataset # D618), 1991 - 1992", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/OGH9UW, Abacus Data Network, V1
Aims of the Australian Rights Project The Australian Rights Project was designed to measure Australians' attitudes towards a broad range of civil liberties issues. It aimed to establish the level and solidity of Australians' support for civil liberties and civil rights, to explor...
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "National Survey of Lawyers' Career Satisfaction, Wave I, 1984, and Wave II, 1990, 1984, 1990", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/7GDNTM, Abacus Data Network, V1
The purpose of this data collection was to assess career satisfaction among young lawyers throughout the United States. The questionnaire was designed to include as many factors as possible that might reasonably affect job satisfaction. The 1984 survey solicited information on la...
Nov 18, 2009 - Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, 2009, "NORC-GSS cumulative data file 1972-2002, 2003", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/4PFJZR, Abacus Data Network, V1, UNF:6:3byH19EJPHre5KdKzLH4iA== [fileUNF]
This cumulative data file merges all 24 General Social Surveys (1972-1978, 1980, 1982-91, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002) into a single file with each year or survey acting as a subfile. This arrangement of the data facilitates trend analysis on repeated questions over the 30...
Nov 18, 2009 - Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, 2009, "Taylor Nelson Sofres/GMF Poll # 2004-GMF: 2004 TransAtlantic Trends Survey, 2004", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/L8SDP3, Abacus Data Network, V1, UNF:6:ddHDGgTmgB+wtiZ3ZqB5PQ== [fileUNF]
Sample Adults residents of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Turkey, Slovakia, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Think it will be best for future of own country to take an active part in/stay out of world affairs (1); strong leadership in...
Nov 18, 2009 - Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research; Voter News Service, 2009, "VNS 2000 Election: National Election Day Exit Poll, 2000", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/CROKYX, Abacus Data Network, V1, UNF:6:jF6Sacm2nhauEQjcaya8UA== [fileUNF]
Issue in deciding presidential vote (2); Government doing too much or too little (1); Bill Clinton a factor in voting decision (1); First time voting (1); Quality in deciding presidential vote (1); Voted Republican/Democrat/other (3); Religious Right (1); Abortion (1); Financial...
Nov 18, 2009 - Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
MORI Research Inc.; Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, 2009, "MORI/GMF Poll: 2002 European World Views Survey, 2002", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/XPL0FX, Abacus Data Network, V1, UNF:6:O/O9R7kWcFDFDVX/al3hkg== [fileUNF]
Most important issues facing country today (2); government programs expanded/cut back/kept the same (2); U.S. government programs expanded/cut back/kept the same (2); know the name of the U.S. President (1); how much influence certain countries have in the world (1); desirable fo...
Nov 18, 2009 - Oxford Text Archive
Oxford Text Archive, 2009, "Poetical Works. John Keats, 1987", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/PKL8GH, Abacus Data Network, V1
Full text of selected poetry by John Keats. Upper case characters. COCOA format. Full punctuation and some special coding symbols.
Nov 18, 2009 - UBC Library licensed data
R.J. Gregg, 2009, "Survey of Vancouver English, 1985", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/PCH6FC, Abacus Data Network, V1
Urban dialect survey of the English spoken in Vancouver.
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "CBS News/New York Times National and Local Surveys, 1985", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/KWBHHC, Abacus Data Network, V1
The substantive common denominator in the surveys is a continuing evaluation of the Reagan presidency. Each survey also contains questions of topical relevance or questions about broader social issues. Respondents were queried about their attitudes towards the arms race and ''Sta...
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "Expenditure and Employment Data for the Criminal Justice System, CJEE Extracts File, 1990", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/5PDDY4, Abacus Data Network, V1
These criminal justice expenditure and employment (CJEE) data are taken from a special compilation of sources available from the Census Bureau's Annual Surveys of Governments, Finance Statistics and Employment Statistics. Levels of government covered are federal, state, county, m...
Nov 18, 2009 - Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, 2009, "NORC-GSS cumulative data file 1972-2006 (Version 1, April 2007), 2006", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/VMZ33P, Abacus Data Network, V1, UNF:6:dtJ8GqgVQ/hMw7Q2DBPIFg== [fileUNF]
The National Data Program for the Social Sciences is designed as a data diffusion project and a program of social indicator research. The data come from the General Social Surveys, interviews administered to NORC national samples using a standard questionnaire. Toward the major g...
Nov 18, 2009 - Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, 2009, "NORC-GSS cumulative data file 1972-2008 (Version 3, July 2009), 2008", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/DE5I1L, Abacus Data Network, V1, UNF:6:LDtjJHh03datG9gQGsdbIA== [fileUNF]
The National Data Program for the Social Sciences is designed as a data diffusion project and a program of social indicator research. The data come from the General Social Surveys, interviews administered to NORC national samples using a standard questionnaire. Toward the major g...
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "Political Support in Canada, 1983-1988", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/TCUKJH, Abacus Data Network, V1, UNF:6:7anmb4akAvLYnsSrDG2ndg== [fileUNF]
The purpose of this data collection was to study the distribution, causes, and consequences of public support for Canada's national political authorities, regime, and community. Major areas of investigation include political attitudes, electoral behavior, conventional and unconve...
Nov 18, 2009 - Oxford Text Archive
Oxford Text Archive, 2009, "Selected Works. Christopher Marlowe, 1983", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/HJYGUE, Abacus Data Network, V1
Edward II -- The tragical history of Doctor Faustus (1604 edition) -- The tragical history of the life and death of Doctor Faustus (1616 edition) -- The massacre at Paris with the death of the Duke of Guise -- The passionate shepherd to his love -- Tamburlaine the great -- The se...
Nov 18, 2009 - UBC Library licensed data
Decima Research (R), 2009, "The Canadian Public and Foreign Policy Issues, 1986", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/EFKIGV, Abacus Data Network, V1, UNF:6:YyExK0OuLHI+/ai0+RGAJQ== [fileUNF]
There are 2 separate versions of the data, a "clean" version and a "final" version. Consult the codebook for explanations. The clean and final versions both came to us in 80 column card-image format, and were subsequently recoded into "clean.data" and "final.data", which have rec...
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "American Housing Survey. Core Questions File, 1988", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/6SHJ0H, Abacus Data Network, V1
This data collection provides information on characteristics of housing units in 11 selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) of the United States. Although the unit of analysis is the housing unit rather than its occupants, the survey also is a comprehensive source of infor...
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "American Housing Survey. MSA File, 1985", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/FBPXE9, Abacus Data Network, V1
This data collection contains information from samples of housing units in 11 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Data include year the structure was built, type and number of living quarters, occupancy status, presence of commercial or medical establishments on the property,...
Nov 18, 2009 - UBC Library licensed data
York University Institute for Social Research, 2009, "Canadian Election Study, 1997", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/U6YWRE, Abacus Data Network, V1, UNF:6:MxkZxSecQcOtlvhnFAZudw== [fileUNF]
Since the 1997 general election, Elections Canada has participated in the Canadian Election Study (CES), a university research project initiated in 1965 to examine various aspects of federal elections, such as Canadians' attitudes to elections, the issues and dynamics of election...
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "American Housing Survey. MSA Files, 1987", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/WL9VEA, Abacus Data Network, V1
This data collection provides information on characteristics of housing units in 11 selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) of the United States. Although the unit of analysis is the housing unit rather than its occupants, the survey also is a comprehensive source of infor...
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "American Housing Survey. MSA File, 1986", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/4FZQNG, Abacus Data Network, V1
This data collection provides information on characteristics of housing units in 11 selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Although the unit of analysis is the housing unit rather than its occupants, the survey also is a comprehensive source of information on the demogra...
Nov 18, 2009 - Oxford Text Archive
Oxford Text Archive, 2009, "Poems, 1909-1935. Thomas Stearns Eliot, 1987", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/ACFH6A, Abacus Data Network, V1
Full text of T.S. Eliot's poems. COCOA format; all upper case characters. No special coding symbols.
Nov 18, 2009 - Abacus licensed data
Canada West Foundation; University of Calgary Research Unit for the Study of Civil Society, 2009, "Looking West Survey, 2001-", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/IZ6LOJ, Abacus Data Network, V1, UNF:6:91ap3rMgOzZZFiu9zhS7og== [fileUNF]
Canadian public opinion polls conducted by the Canada West Foundation.
Nov 18, 2009 - Oxford Text Archive
Oxford Text Archive, 2009, "Paradise Lost. John Milton, 1986", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/OM6VFH, Abacus Data Network, V1
Full text of Paradise lost. Upper and lower case.
Nov 18, 2009 - UBC Library licensed data
M. Meissner, 2009, "Work and Leisure Study, Port Alberni, 1981", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/2STMZU, Abacus Data Network, V1
The study was designed to provide detailed data on the conditions of work of employees, and the nature of their leisure activities, so as to allow analyses of hypothesised relationships between work and leisure, which in the main suggest that employees choose leisure activities w...
Nov 18, 2009 - ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2009, "CBS News/New York Times National Surveys, 1983", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/OVU0XP, Abacus Data Network, V1
These seven datasets are part of an ongoing data collection effort in which The New York Times and CBS News are equal partners. Each survey includes questions about President Ronald Reagan's performance in office, especially with respect to economic and foreign affairs. In additi...
Nov 18, 2009 - UBC Library licensed data
P. van Rutten, 2009, "French Poetry Collection, 1976", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/ZNZSBO, Abacus Data Network, V1
Contains fragmentary texts of poetic works of the following French authors: Baudelaire, Claudel, Eluard, Gauthier, Grandbois, Mallarme, Michaux, Nelligan, Rimbaud, Perse. Also the following selected works: by Claudel, L'esprit et l'eau; by de Guerin, Le centaure and La bacchante;...
Nov 18, 2009 - UBC Library licensed data
British Columbia Post-Secondary Education Enrollment Forecasting Committee, 2009, "Grade 12 Student Survey, 1976", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/OIQH8A, Abacus Data Network, V1
The survey was conducted by principal investigator, Hiroko N. Wennevold for the British Columbia Post-Secondary Education Enrolment Forecasting Committe. The data was collected through self-administered questionnaires from a stratified cluster sample of grade 12 students in Briti...
Nov 18, 2009 - UBC Library licensed data
British Columbia Post-Secondary Education Enrollment Forecasting Committee, 2009, "Grade 12 Student Survey, 1975", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/8CXAIK, Abacus Data Network, V1
The survey was conducted by principal investigator, Hiroko N. Wennevold for the British Columbia Post-Secondary Education Enrolment Forecasting Committee. The data was collected through self-administered questionnaires from a stratified cluster sample of grade 12 students in Brit...
Nov 18, 2009 - UBC Library licensed data
Canada. Commission of Inquiry into the Non-medical Use of Drugs.; York University Institute for Behavioural Research, 2009, "LeDain Drug Study, 1970", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/I8GVVH, Abacus Data Network, V1
The survey was conducted for the Ledain commission on the non-medical use of drugs, and covered the entire Canadian civilian, non-institutional population. Adults (over 19) and high school students (enrolled in grades 7 through 13) were surveyed by a stratified random sample of h...
Nov 18, 2009 - UBC Library licensed data
Canadian Association of College and University Libraries, 2009, "CACUL Survey, 1974", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/TYQUMM, Abacus Data Network, V1
The survey was conducted by Colleen Tobman and Walter Harrington for the Canadian Association of College and University Libraries. The data was collected from persons employed as librarians in university or college libraries in Canada through mail questionnaires. The questionnair...
Nov 18, 2009 - UBC Library licensed data
Canada Fitness Survey, 2009, "Canada Fitness Survey, 1981", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/DKIZSS, Abacus Data Network, V1
The Canada fitness survey was established to obtain: fitness norms for persons aged 7 to 69, baseline information and trends on activity patterns, baseline information and trends on other factors influencing fitness, trends in the fitness norms through repetition every five years...
Nov 18, 2009 - Canadian Institute for Public Opinion
Canadian Institute for Public Opinion, 2009, "Gallup Polls, 1968", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/L3GQRG, Abacus Data Network, V1
This dataset covers ballots 327-32, spanning February, May, August, and October 1968. The dataset contains the data resulting from these polls in ASCII. The ballots are as follows: 327 - February This Gallup poll seeks to collect the opinions of Canadians. The majority of the que...
Nov 18, 2009 - Canadian Institute for Public Opinion
Canadian Institute for Public Opinion, 2009, "Gallup Polls, 1978", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/WURFUX, Abacus Data Network, V1
This dataset covers ballots 408-19 spanning January-December 1978. The dataset contains the data resulting from these polls in ASCII. The ballots are as follows: 408 - January This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians, on predominantly political issues. The questions ask o...
Nov 18, 2009 - Canadian Institute for Public Opinion
Canadian Institute for Public Opinion, 2009, "Gallup Polls, 1979", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/AHLPQX, Abacus Data Network, V1
This dataset covers ballots 420-432 spanning January-December 1979. The dataset contains the data resulting from these polls in ASCII. The ballots are as follows: 420 - January This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians, on predominantly political issues. The questions ask...
Nov 18, 2009 - Canadian Institute for Public Opinion
Canadian Institute for Public Opinion, 2009, "Gallup Polls, 1977", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/BLTD74, Abacus Data Network, V1
This dataset covers ballots 396-407 spanning January-December 1977. The dataset contains the data resulting from these polls in ASCII. The ballots are as follows: 396 - January This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians, on both political and social issues. The questions as...
Nov 18, 2009 - Canadian Institute for Public Opinion
Canadian Institute for Public Opinion, 2009, "Gallup Polls, 1976", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/ETKR2D, Abacus Data Network, V1
This dataset covers ballots 384-95 spanning January-December 1976. The dataset contains the data resulting from these polls in ASCII. The ballots are as follows: 384 - January This Gallup poll seeks the opinions of Canadians, on both political and social issues. The questions ask...
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