Highlights

Microdata Management Toolkit

Document your surveys and censuses in compliance with international standards using this specialized metadata editor. 

National Data Archive (NADA)

Publish your survey and census metadata in a searchable on-line catalog, and disseminate datasets using this free software compliant with the DDI and the OAI international standards.

Planned surveys and censuses

Information on on-going and planned surveys and censuses in developing countries.

Question Bank

A central repository of survey guidelines, with questionnaire modules, interviewer's instructions, key indicators definitions, and more.

Microdata anonymization

Tools and guidelines for measuring and reducing disclosure risk in microdata.

Technical Support

The Accelerated Data Program (ADP) provides technical and financial support to survey data documentation and dissemination, and improvement of survey methods.

Looking for Data?

The IHSN does not have ownership and is not mandated to disseminate country microdata. But we maintain a central survey catalog, and provide links to national or international databanks.

News & Updates

Introductory training in data archiving at the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and Jordanian Department of Statistics (DOS)

Thu, 11/26/2009

The Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) based in Amman hosted a 5-day Microdata Management Toolkit training. Five (5) representatives from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and 3 representatives from the Department of Statistics (DOS), Jordan... read more »

Sri Lanka survey catalog available on-line

Mon, 11/23/2009

Lao PDR starts archiving its surveys in Toolkit Training (Vientiane, 16 to 20 November 2009)

Fri, 11/20/2009

At least 20 surveys of Lao PDR will be archived by April next year in accordance with IHSN standards after 15 participants were trained on the IHSN Microdata Management Toolkit in Vientiane on 16-20 November 2009. The training-workshop was opened by Deputy Director General Yavang Vachoima,... read more »

SIAP Training includes IHSN Toolkit (Chiba, Japan, 10-11 November 2009)

Wed, 11/11/2009

The IHSN Toolkit was introduced to the participants of the 5th Group Training Course in Modules on Fundamental Official Statistics conducted by the UN Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) in Chiba, Japan. The course has 19 participants coming from 14 countries, namely: Bangladesh,... read more »

Philippines National Statistics Office Data Archive launched (Manila, 30 October 2009)

Fri, 10/30/2009

The National Statistics Office (NSO) of the Philippines introduced to the public its Online Data Archive in a simple ceremony on 30 October 2009 (http://www.census.gov.ph/nsoda/) . Represented during the... read more »

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Focus

Principles and Good Practice for Preserving Data

IHSN working paper No 003

This document produced by the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social research (ICPSR) provides basic guidance for managers in statistical agencies who are responsible for preserving data using the principles and good practice defined by the digital preservation community.

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The IHSN is a partnership of international organizations seeking to improve the availability, quality and use of survey data in developing countries. This informal network was established as a recommendation of the Marrakech Action Plan for Statistics.

The IHSN is served by a light Secretariat managed by the World Bank Development Data Group and the Paris21 Secretariat at OECD.