Survey Research Data Archive: Current Status and Challenges

Ly-Yun ChangExecutive Director, Center for Survey Research, RCHSSResearch Fellow, Institute of SociologyAcademia SinicaTaiwan

OutlineOutline

1. Introduction

2. Major Activities

3. Challenges

High Quality

High Quality

Data Utility

Data Utility

SRDASRDA

Multi-levels Data

Panel Data

Panel Data

1. SRDA Introduction1. SRDA Introduction

Large-scale Data

Organization Chart for Center for Survey Research

Executive DirectorExecutive Director

Executive SecretaryExecutive Secretary

Survey DivisionSurvey Division

Administrative DivisionAdministrative Division

IT Division.IT Division.

Data DivisionData Division

Face InterviewFace Interview

Telephone SurveyTelephone Survey

Other SurveysOther Surveys

Data ArchivingData Archiving

Data ManagementData Management

Digital ApplicationDigital Application

IT StaffIT Staff

ProgrammersProgrammers

Administrative Sec.Administrative Sec.

AccountantsAccountants

Clerical StaffClerical Staff

The Survey Research Data Archive at Academia Sinica, Taiwan

The Survey Research Data Archive at Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Current Status of Data ArchiveCurrent Status of Data Archive

Thematic categories

Social change, nutrition and health, education, election and democratizationLabor force, family income, earnings and productivity

Types of data

Cross-sectional, panel, quasi-longitudinal

Public use data, restricted data, on-site data

Record unit

Individual, firm, school, town or village (tsun, li)

Access

Government (Survey)966 datasets34.13 GB145 applicants

Government (Census) 25 datasets 13.82 GB

Commercial Databanks

9 datasets

3.37 GB

Academic (Public) 876 datasets 7.82 GB 2,039 download

2008 Academic (Restricted) 64 datasets 0.88 GB 55 uses

Academic (on-site) 3 datasets 0.79 GB 66 uses

Membership 1,571 members, including 23 foreign scholars

Materials Available for MembersMaterials Available for Members

Raw data (SPSS,STATA,SAS), codebooks, statistical software programs, User’s Guide

Server Structure

entrance

On-site PC 1On-site PC 2

On-site PC 4 /Server /Printer

On-site PC 3

locker

entrance

On-site Data LaboratoryOn-site Data Laboratory

2. Major Activities2. Major Activities

To append or merge panel data

To create quasi-longitudinal data from cross-sectional surveys

To provide different kinds of search tool on the SRDA website

Search tools on the SRDA website

Nesstar (Interactive data exploration online) - A powerful search tool

2 datasets

find

Nesstar - Provide on-line analysis

More Major Activities(Response the User’s Voice)

More Major Activities(Response the User’s Voice)

Transpose data structure

Calculate weights for population estimation

Develop variable naming systems

Promotion Activities Promotion Activities

Workshops

Data processing and archiving

Confidential data access

Panel data

Categorical data analysis

Sampling techniques

Event history data analysis

Questionnaire design

Publications

Journal of Survey Research

SRDA Newsletter (Quarterly )

SRDA E-digest (Biweekly)

3. Challenges3. Challenges

Government

SRDAUsers

Academic

Stricter regulation

Computer-Processed Personal Data Protection Law

Data linkage

Lack of policy or guidelines on how to manage privacy issues when linking data.

Unequal accessRemote access / execution

International Collaboration

Translation into other languages

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