Sociology: Data & Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy.

Statistical information is collected on all aspects of health in the U.S. including particular health conditions (heart disease, diabetes, asthma), health care and insurance, injuries and accidents, life-stages (birth, children's health, older americans, mortality, etc.), and lifestyle (marriage/divorce, smoking, exercise, etc.)

The NSFH was designed to provide a broad range of information on family life to serve as a resource for research across disciplinary perspectives. A considerable amount of life-history information was collected, including: the respondent's family living arrangements in childhood, departures and returns to the parental home, and histories of marriage, cohabitation, education, fertility, and employment.

The Pew Research Center is a non-partisan, public opinion research organization that studies attitudes toward politics, the press and public policy issues. Surveys are conducted monthly, and easy-to-read survey reports are provided for public viewing and use on the Website.