The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is the world's largest data archive for collecting and maintaining micro-data from past research undertaken in the social sciences. A unit within the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan in the United States, the ICPSR provides web-based access to the archived data for secondary research for academic purposes.
Membership is required to use the data administered by the ICPSR. In Japan, a group of research institutions have jointly established the ICPSR Japanese National Membership, providing access to the rich source of data by joining as one body. Hitotsubashi University is a member of the ICPSR Japanese National Membership as part of its Global COE Program, the "Research Unit for Statistical and Empirical Analysis in Social Sciences" (Program Leader: Professor Kyoji Fukao, Institute of Economic Research).
Use of the data archive is available to faculty members, researchers, postgraduate students, and undergraduate students at Hitotsubashi University. However, the data archive must be accessed from a computer terminal on the university premises.
The following describes how to access the data:
For other detailed information about usage and data formats, please refer to the ICPSR User Support pages.
Please be sure to read the "Responsible Use Statement." In particular, redistributing downloaded materials to third parties, or conducting analyses that may identify the individual or establishment surveyed is prohibited and subject to severe penalties.
For inquiries relating to the use of the data archive, please contact the ICPSR Desk.
