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Public Opinion

AmericasBarometer
Survey of democratic public opinion and behavior in the Americas; micro-level data. Geographic coverage: Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Time period: 2004+ 2004 - present.

Gallup Poll; Public Opinion
Annual index of gallup polls since 1935. Contains a keyword index and demographic breakdown.
Dewey Library - Reference Collection | HN90.P8.G175. Note: Gallup data is also available via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data, including numerous public opinion polls. Search for studies with "public opinion" as a subject term.

Index to International Public Opinion
This annual publication provides statistics, polls, and opinion survey data conducted in 68 countries from 1978 to the present.
Dewey Library - Reference Collection | HM261.I552

Kaiser Network Health Poll Search
Searchable archive of public opinion questions on health issues.

Latinobarómetro
Annual public opinion survey in 18 Latin American countries; micro-level data. Data for all but the most recent year are available for free on their site back to 1995.

Polling The Nations (MIT only)
Collection of public opinion information from the United States and more than 90 countries around the world. The database includes the full text of the questions and responses covering a broad range of issues since 1986.

Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Provides access to data files from polls covering a range of social, business, and policy issues, as well as to iPOLL, its question-level online database of survey results since 1935. Includes most Gallup polls. Note: Roper studies and databases may be used only by current MIT students, faculty, and staff; registration at the Roper site is required.