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Overview

The AmericasBarometer database includes open access datasets, as well as subscription-based "merged datasets", from public opinion surveys conducted periodically in Latin America and the Caribbean beginning in the 1970s, focusing on matters of governance, politics, and democracy in the region.

Provider: 
Latin American Public Opinion Project [1]
Posted: 
Mar 19, 2016 8:24pm
Updated: 
Oct 14, 2016 4:21pm
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Collection Content

Subject Areas: 
Social Sciences
Resource Types: 
Big data
Dataset
Public opinion data
Direct from Publisher - Denotes data sourced directly from publisher

Terms and Provider Details

Provider: 
Latin American Public Opinion Project [1]
Website: 
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/index.php [2]
Main Address: 
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37203-5723
United States
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Collection Content: 

The database includes data from AmericasBarometer surveys from the years 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014. The surveys are based on information from national censuses conducted in prior years.  

Terms: 

Subscribers have access to all of the AmericasBarometer survey data in both SPSS and STATA formats, and access to three types of merged databases:  

  • single files with data for all countries for a given survey wave.
  • single-country cross-time merged data bases.
  • Cross-time and cross national merged data including the core items from 2004 through 2014.

Non-subscribers may download only the SPSS and Stata country-based survey files "without restriction, limitation or charge, so long as each user agrees to the terms of the current "click license." Those terms ask users to adhere to all relevant human subjects protections, and not to pass along the data to third parties."

Sources

Sources for this review include information publicly posted or obtained directly from the publisher; data collected by CRL staff and specialists at CRL libraries; and examination of the digital collection when possible. Other sources are noted where cited. CRL continues to gather additional information on this resource and to solicit critical assessment.
CRL Offers & Status
StatusCurrentDescription
CRL FlaggednoPotential interest to CRL community
Offer PendingnoCurrently a candidate for CRL offer
Active OffernoCurrently offered for purchase or new subscription
Trial AccessnoAvailable for trial
Renewal OffernoCurrently offered for renewal
Expired OffernoPast offers
Inactive / DeclinednoNo longer under consideration by CRL
Reviewed by CRLyesEvaluation available by CRL and community
Special AccessnoMember-only access available for a limited time

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Source URL: https://edesiderata.crl.edu/resources/americasbarometer

Links
[1] https://edesiderata.crl.edu/providers/latin-american-public-opinion-project
[2] http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/index.php