Research Guides: Child and Youth Studies: Data, Stats & Gov Docs

Data, Statistics & Government Docs Intro

Using data as a source can help you learn more about your topic, provide evidence for an argument, persuade your readers, and provide context to on the current state of affairs related to your topic.

Statista This link opens in a new window
- Contains more than 1 million statistics on over 80,000 topics.
- Contains Statista dossiers and industry reports for 170 industries and 150 countries.
- Includes market forecasts, as well as market, industry and country outlooks and insights.
ICPSR: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research This link opens in a new window
- Find US and international (some Canadian) quantitative research data files, in a wide variety of disciplines.
- New users must create an account to use this resource. For assistance contact ICPSR at icpsr-help@umich.edu, or Brock University's ICPSR representative Nicole Stradiotto nstradiotto@brocku.ca .
- Permitted Uses

Statistics Canada - Children & Youth
Information on Canada’s infants, children, teens, adolescents, students, and young adults. Topics include child care arrangements, crime, education, health, immigration, labour, low income, risk behaviours and violence.
ChildStats - Forum on Child and Family Statistics
A collection of 23 Federal government agencies involved in research and activities related to children and families. Find information on Demographic Backgrounds, Family and Social Environment, Economic Circumstances, Health Care, Physical Environment and Safety, Behavior, Education
and Health in the US.
World Health Organization
Find factsheets, Data sources and related information on the topic Children's health across the globe.