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Psychology Statistics
Annie E. Casey Foundation -- Kids Count Data Center
Includes basic census data pertaining to children. Searchable by location, topic, characteristic, or publications.
Cornell University -- National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
Provides microdata from researchers and national data collections about child abuse and
neglect in free datasets for secondary analysis.
Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health -- National Survey of Children's Health
Houses data on many aspects of the lives of children in the United States, such as physical and mental health and access to health care.
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics -- Childstats.gov
Publishes annual report “America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being.”
Provides data on children by age group, ethnicity, economic status, and family structure.
U.S. Department of Census - Children
Census Bureau demographic surveys collect information about children. Some surveys allow a detailed look at the living arrangements of children, while others collect data about child well-being, and child care arrangements.
U.S. Department of Education -- National Center for Education Statistics
Features numerous data tables on elementary education, early childhood education, and
secondary schools. Includes fast facts on standardized testing results, early childhood
programs, and a broad variety of social and economic issues that impact elementary and
secondary education.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Child Welfare Information Gateway Statistics
Links to reports, databases, and other sources of statistics and demographic data
on topics, including child and family well-being in the United States, child abuse and
neglect, children and youth in foster care, and domestic and international adoption.
UNICEF-- UNICEF Data: Monitoring the Situation of Children and Women
Collects data related to children and women, including child mortality, child health, child nutrition, maternal health, water and sanitation, education, child disability, child protection, and HIV/AIDS. Searchable by topic or country.
American Psychological Association -- Links to Data Sets and Repositories
Provides a vast collection of links to data sets and repositories on a wide variety of
psychological topics.
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research -- Find & Analyze Data
Offers over 500,000 digital files of social sciences data, including psychology. Can
browse data sets by topic, geography, series, investigator, etc.
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research -- Mental Health and Substance Abuse Data
Offers access to reports and data related to the collection and dissemination of behavioral health projects. Freely downloadable as SPSS, Stata, SAS, and R files.
National Alliance on Mental Illness -- Mental Health by the Numbers
Holds infographics with statistics on mental health facts for children, teens, and adults in the United States. Focuses statistics on prevalence of mental illness, consequences of lack of treatment, and social statistics.
National Center for Health Statistics -- FastStats: Mental Health
Contains detailed list of statistics on the prevalence, treatment, and costs of mental
disorders within the United States.
Neuroscience Information Framework
Provides a wide variety of data, materials, and tools on neuroscience topics. Categories
include datasets, disease, drugs, and people.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- Data
Features prioritized data on substance abuse and mental health. Searchable by types of data, state & metro reports, quality metrics, behavioral health outcomes, evaluation & services, and data resources.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics -- Occupational Outlook Handbook: Psychologists
Includes statistics on earnings, schooling, and employment data for psychologists and similar occupations.