Data Catalogue

To enhance data discovery, ASSDA has discontinued its previous catalogue and replaced it with a NESSTAR-driven catalogue. The new catalogue provides greater detail and conforms with the DDI - the international data documentation standard. The new catalogue will also benefit the user in that the data and any related documents are attached to the catalogue entry simplifying the data location process.

Australian and Overseas Studies

All Australian and overseas studies and opinion polls held by ASSDA are available for searching and browsing through NESSTAR. If you wish to browse the catalogue, view study and variable documentation and download related material (questionnaires, codebooks, etc) you can do this without logging on. If you wish to do anything more than this (analyse data online or download data) you will need to log in with your user name and password. Go to Accessing Data for more information on obtaining access to ASSDA data.

Historical Census Data 1966- 1991

The Historical Census Archive is not yet converted to NESSTAR. The previous pages will be maintained until the conversion is complete. To view the holdings click on Historical Census Data.

Historical Census Data, 1966-1991

To gain access to Historical Census data, please send an email to assda@anu.edu.au for assistance.

ABS/AVCC CURF Agreement

A large amount of Australian Bureau of Statistics micro data are now available to staff and students of participating Australian Universities, through an agreement made with the Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee. These files are available as Confidentialised Unit Record Files (CURFs) and available files are listed on the ABS website (www.abs.gov.au). Overseas users may also apply if they have a close and ongoing relationship with a participating Australian university.

ASSDA manages ANU’s access to these files and can be contacted on assda@anu.edu.au to provide assistance and advice. People from other universities should visit the ABS website at www.abs.gov.au to find out more about their local arrangements.

ICPSR Data Archive

ICPSR is the largest data archive in the world and holds much American and international data. The Australian subscription to ICPSR is held by ACSPRI. All ACSPRI members can access all ICPSR data without charge. To request ICPSR data, please email ASSDA on assda@anu.edu.au, or phone (02) 6125 4400.

Other Data Archives

ASSDA has built relationships with data services around the world, and is happy to help Australian users to locate and access international data. The catalogues of international archives are available on their websites which we have listed here for your convenience.