Australian Data Archive, Canberra

Australian Data Archive, Canberra

• Social Science Data Archives (SSDA),1981-2003
• Australian Social Science Data Archive (ASSDA), 2003-2011
• Australian Data Archive (ADA), Australian National University, 2011- present

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The Australian Data Archive (ADA) is managed by the Australian National University (ANU). ADA was established at the ANU in 1981 with a brief to provide a national service for the collection and preservation of computer readable data relating to social, political and economic affairs and to make these data available for further analysis. A team of professional data archivists, advised by a panel of leading social scientists, provides both stewardship and outreach services to the Australian community.

The Australian Data Archive provides a national service for the collection and preservation of digital research data and to make these data available for secondary analysis by academic researchers and other users.

• Irving Saulwick and Associates: Age polls, 1972-1997.
• Saulwick Polls, 1987-1991.
• Roy Morgan Research Centre: Australian Gallup polls, 1943-1974.
• McNair Anderson and Associates: Australian Gallup polls, 1975-1987.
• Australian Bureau of Statistics: Census of population and housing, 1966- present.
• Australian National University: National social science survey, 1984-1989; Australian survey of social attitudes, 2003- present; Australian election study, 1987- present.
• Department of Health: National Drug Strategy Household Survey, 1993- present.
• Department of Employment Education and Training: Australian Longitudinal Survey, 1984-1989; Australian Youth Survey, 1989-1994; Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth, 1995- present.
• Department of Social Services: Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, 2001- present.
• Various: ad-hoc Australian surveys, 1960- present; Opinion poll data, 1943- present.

Australian Data Archive Catalogue: http://dataverse.ada.edu.au/

ADA helpdesk operates Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
Closed weekends, public holidays, Christmas-New Year (24 December-1 January).
General reference assistance available via email at ada@anu.edu.au.

Various. Some holdings require that researchers must have an existing affiliation with an appropriate research organisation.

Revised 28 March 2018

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (Thematic area)
• Communication (Thematic area)
• Defence (Thematic area)
• Education (Thematic area)
• Environment (Thematic area)
• Family / Domestic Life (Thematic area)
• Immigration (Thematic area)
• Indigenous (Thematic area)
• Labour (Thematic area)
• Law and Justice (Thematic area)
• Media (Thematic area)
• Medicine and Health (Thematic area)
• Politics and Government (Thematic area)
• Populations (Thematic area)
• Recreation / Leisure / Sports (Thematic area)
• Religion (Thematic area)
• Social Organisations and Activities (Thematic area)
• Transportation (Thematic area)