2.  Empirical, evidence-based research  Statistical analysis of survey and microdata, eg:  Official data  Health surveys  Election studies  Secondary analysis  Use of existing data to test new ideas  Verification of existing research  sysuse nlsw88

3.  Attitudes to migration  Run your own detailed survey (primary research)  European Social Survey  c. 1,200 respondents  c. €300,000  Use pre-existing survey (secondary analysis)  ESS Round 1 (http://ess.nsd.uib.no/)http://ess.nsd.uib.no/  Data (available in Stata format)  Bibliography of research using the data

4.  Efficient use of resources  Ready availability of high-quality data, adhering to professional standards  Data collected for one purpose can, within reason, be reanalysed across a range of other subject areas  Ability to study trends over time

5.  Data not always available  Danger of mismatch between primary and secondary uses of data  Availability of documentation  Danger of errors slipping in unnoticed during data collection and processing

6.  Data archives  ISSDA: http://www.ucd.ie/issdahttp://www.ucd.ie/issda  ICPSR: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/  CESSDA: http://www.cessda.orghttp://www.cessda.org  Data producers  CSO (2011 Census): http://www.cso.iehttp://www.cso.ie  WHO: http://www.who.int/en/http://www.who.int/en/  Data project websites  ESS: http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org  SHARE: http://www.share-project.org/http://www.share-project.org/

7.  Irish Social Science Data Archive  Founded in 2000 as a joint initiative of UCD and the ESRI, with the support of the CSO  Based at Geary Institute until July 2012  Now part of the UCD Library  Makes quantitative data available to academic and non-profit research sectors  Aim: To facilitate secondary analysis of key quantitative datasets

8. DATA SUPPLIERS (CSO, ESRI, etc) DATA USERS (Students, Researchers, Policymakers … ) ISSDA

9. Initial target:  Academic researchers and third level students in social sciences in Ireland Actually:  Researchers working on academic, non-profit, and consultancy projects  Students:  Some secondary school requests  At all undergraduate and postgraduate levels  Government departments/agencies Across a wide range of subject disciplines  Social sciences, business/commerce, psychology, public health, engineering, agriculture, etc. International demand for Irish data – UK, USA, other EU countries

10.  Official statistics data:  Census  Quarterly National Household Survey/Labour Force Survey  EU-SILC  Household Budget Survey  Data from major government funded research projects:  Growing Up in Ireland (GUI)  Survey on Lifestyle And Nutrition (SLAN)  The Irish Longitudinal Study on Aging (TILDA)  Adapting to Diversity  Living In Ireland  Irish social science and public health research projects:  Irish Social and Political Attitudes Survey  Irish Survey of Contraception and Crisis Pregnancy  All Ireland Traveller Health Study  HRB National Psychological Wellbeing and Distress Survey, 2006  Commission for Energy regulation Smart Metering Project data  http://www.issda.ie http://www.issda.ie  issda@ucd.ie issda@ucd.ie  Twitter: @issda

11.  Eurobarometer  http://www.gesis.org/en/eurobarometer/ http://www.gesis.org/en/eurobarometer/  http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/ http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/  ISSP  http://www.issp.org http://www.issp.org  http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/ http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/  European Values Survey  http://www.europeanvaluesstudy.eu/ http://www.europeanvaluesstudy.eu/  http://zacat.gesis.org/ http://zacat.gesis.org/  European Social Survey  http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org  http://nesstar.ess.nsd.uib.no/webview/ http://nesstar.ess.nsd.uib.no/webview/  CESSDA member catalogues  http://www.cessda.org http://www.cessda.org

14.  ISSDA  Large scale datasets currently shipped on CD-ROM  Some data available online via Nesstar http://nesstar.ucd.ie/webview– requires passwordhttp://nesstar.ucd.ie/webview  Documentation available in Acrobat format via the web  http://www.issda.ie http://www.issda.ie  ICPSR  go to http://www.icpsr.umich.edu from a campus PC to set up an account and download datahttp://www.icpsr.umich.edu  ESS  Go to http://nesstar.ess.nsd.uib.no/webview/ - requires registrationhttp://nesstar.ess.nsd.uib.no/webview/  EB/EVS/ISSP  Go to http://zacat.gesis.org/webview/ - requires registrationhttp://zacat.gesis.org/webview/

15.  Charitable giving/ volunteering in Ireland  Child poverty in Ireland  Social structures vs. individual attitudes and how they affect labour market outcomes of Irish women  Analysis of the status and situation of the Irish Language  Dietary Habits, Physical Activity Participation levels and body mass index measurements among leaving cert students.

16.  Carbon tax policies as a method of reducing energy usage for Transport  Analysing differentials of immigrants in Ireland and across other EU countries  Effects of declining enrolment on secondary schools  Ethnicity and early school leaving

17.  Profile of mental health and well being in young people  ‘Middling’ migration in a globalising city: a study of Polish migrants in Dublin  Analysis on the well-being of children and the factors affecting well-being at school  Language change in Co. Donegal

18.  An analysis of the evolution of the black economy in Ireland over the last 20 years, using consumer demands approaches  Examination of income equalities in the utilisation of preventive screening services under the broad umbrella of preventive health behaviour  Higher education participation in the Republic of Ireland  Analysis of low-income households

19. Irish Qualitative Data Archive, NUIM http://www.iqda.ie