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Thesaurus

The ICPSR Thesaurus is a controlled vocabulary system composed of three separate lists: Subject Thesaurus, Personal Names Authority List, and Geographic Names Thesaurus.

Subject Thesaurus is an alphabetical listing of social science subject terms. The scope of this thesaurus is multidisciplinary and is intended to reflect the subject range of the ICPSR archive. (more)

Personal Names Authority List provides controlled name forms and spellings. Unlike the Subject and the Geographic lists, it is non-hierarchical (there are no broader/narrower, or related term designations). (more)

Geographic Names Thesaurus provides guidance on the preferred and/or current names of geographic and geopolitical entities. (more)

Browse by Topic

Users have two options for identifying studies related to a particular topic.

  • Topic Classifications address topics broadly, and are meant to be a good starting point for exploring the collection.

  • The Thesaurus contains both broad and narrow terms that are more specific to the subject matter of individual studies.

Topic Classifications

  1. Census Enumerations
  2. Community and Urban Studies
  3. Conflict, Aggression, Violence, Wars
  4. Economic Behavior and Attitudes
  5. Education
  6. Elites and Leadership
  7. Geography and Environment
  8. Government Structures, Policies, and Capabilities
  9. Health Care and Facilities
  10. Instructional Packages
  11. International Systems
  12. Legal Systems
  13. Legislative and Deliberative Bodies
  14. Mass Political Behavior and Attitudes
  15. Organizational Behavior
  16. Social Indicators
  17. Social Institutions and Behavior
  18. Publication-Related Archive
  19. External Data Resources

I. Census Enumerations: Historical and Contemporary Population Characteristics

  1. United States
    1. Decennial Censuses
      1. 1790-1960 Censuses
      2. 1970 Census
      3. 1980 Census
      4. 1990 Census
      5. 2000 Census
    2. American Housing Survey Series
    3. Current Population Survey Series
    4. Other Census, Including County and City Data Books
  2. Nations Other Than the United States

II. Community and Urban Studies

  1. Studies of Local Politics
    1. United States
    2. Nations Other Than the United States
  2. Detroit Area Studies
  3. Historical Urban and Community Structure Studies

III. Conflict, Aggression, Violence, Wars

  1. Conflict and Stability Within Nations
  2. Conflict Between and Among Nations

IV. Economic Behavior and Attitudes

  1. Continuing Series of Consumer Surveys
  2. Surveys of Economic Attitudes and Behavior
  3. Historical and Contemporary Economic Processes and Indicators

V. Education

  1. United States
  2. Nations Other Than the United States

VI. Elites and Leadership

  1. United States
  2. Nations Other Than the United States

VII. Geography and Environment

VIII. Government Structures, Policies, and Capabilities

  1. Behavior and Attitudes of Bureaucrats
  2. Historical and Contemporary Public Policy Indicators and Outputs
    1. United States
    2. Nations Other Than the United States
  3. Statistics on Government Operations

IX. Health Care and Facilities

X. Instructional Packages

  1. Instructional Packages
    1. SETUPS
    2. ICPSR Instructional Subsets
    3. Other Instructional Packages
  2. Computer Programs

XI. International Systems: Linkages, Relationships, and Events

  1. Dyadic and Small-Group Interaction (Events Data)
  2. International Organizations
    1. Characteristics of Organizations
    2. Member Activities
  3. Structural Characteristics of the International System
  4. Alliances and Military Affairs

XII. Legal Systems

XIII. Legislative and Deliberative Bodies

  1. Historical and Contemporary Roll Call Voting Records
    1. United States
    2. National Legislatures Outside the United States
    3. United Nations
  2. Studies of Decision-Making in Deliberative Bodies

XIV. Mass Political Behavior and Attitudes

  1. Historical and Contemporary Electoral Processes
    1. Primaries, Conventions, and Campaigns
    2. Election Studies Series
      1. United States
      2. Nations Other Than the United States
    3. Election Returns
      1. United States
      2. Nations Other Than the United States
    4. Merged Electoral and Ecological Data
      1. United States
      2. Nations Other Than the United States
  2. Political Participation
    1. United States
    2. Nations Other Than the United States
  3. Public Opinion on Political Matters
    1. United States
    2. Nations Other Than the United States
    3. Attitudes Toward Regional Integration
      1. Europe
      2. Latin America
      3. North America
  4. Political Parties

XV. Organizational Behavior

  1. United States
  2. Nations Other Than the United States

XVI. Social Indicators

  1. United States
  2. Nations Other Than the United States

XVII. Social Institutions and Behavior

  1. Minorities and Race Relations
  2. Religion
  3. Socialization, Students, and Youth
    1. United States
    2. Nations Other Than the United States
  4. Age and the Life Cycle
  5. Crime and the Criminal Justice System
  6. Leisure and Recreation
  7. Vital Statistics
  8. Family and Gender
  9. Military Service

XVIII. Publication-Related Archive

XIX. External Data Resources

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