#  Major Longitudinal Surveys 

 



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- [United States Census Bureau](http://www.census.gov)
- [Bureau of Labor Statistics](http://www.bls.gov/) -- *The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.*
- [Eurobarometer](http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/index_en.htm) -- *A series of surveys conducted among European countries. Semi-annual surveys have been conducted since 1974, including some tracking questions on a variety of issues. This link is to the Public Opinion Analysis office of the European Union. Eurobarometer data are available through the ICPSR and other archives.*
- [General Social Survey](http://www.norc.uchicago.edu/projects/gensoc.asp) -- *One of NORC's oldest landmark surveys, the General Social Survey has been administered 25 times since its initial fielding in 1972, with core funding from the National Science Foundation.*
- [The Health and Retirement Study](http://hrsonline.isr.umich.edu/) -- *A longitudinal study of health, retirement, and aging, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging.*
- [National Center for Education Statistics](http://nces.ed.gov/) -- *The National Center for Education Statistics ( NCES ) collects, analyzes and makes available data related to education in the US and other nations.*
- [National Center for Health Statistics](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/) -- *Comprehensive information on births, deaths, aging, disease classification and other health statistics.*
- [National Election Survey](http://www.umich.edu/~nes/) -- *NES conducts national surveys of the American electorate in presidential and midterm election years and carries out research and development work through pilot studies in odd-numbered years. Measures can be pooled over time, and both long-term trends and the political impact of historical events can be identified.*
- [Panel Study of Income Dynamics](http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/) -- *The PSID is a longitudinal survey of a representative sample of US individuals and families, which has been ongoing since 1968.*