This is a list of data resources that we recommended you should look at in addition to any national or regional sources.
Alongside each resource is a number indicating which domain the resource is useful for.
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| Demographic and Health Surveys
1 2 3 5 7 | The DHS is a well-established, standard survey that is applied across many developing countries. It provides high quality data relating to marriage, fertility, family planning, maternal and child health (including mortality and child immunisation), maternal and child nutrition, malaria and HIV/AIDs. Some countries include additional modules (on domestic violence, women's status, child labour or female genital mutilation, for example). Surveys are housed at a central source (at the link below) and will generally also be published on the websites of national statistical institutes. It is possible to download datasets. However, this may not be necessary unless you want to do statistical analysis with raw data given the comprehensive information provided in Final Reports. Data are often disaggregated by gender, location (urban, rural and by region), income level and education level. |
| European Quality of Life Survey
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | The EQLS is a European wide survey run by Eurofound. It is conducted every five years and has a focus on general living conditions as well as issues of social support, loneliness and exclusion. An online analysis tool is available though it is likely that downloading micro data would be the best approach to analyse fully across indicators and measures. |
| European Social Survey
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | The ESS is a biannual survey conducted across almost all of Europe. It is very comprehensive, covering topics of interest including health, the family, personal wellbeing and participation in many different cultural, business and community spheres. Data are freely available and cover a comprehensive level of disaggregation including aspects of gender, disability, income levels, age and education levels. An online analysis tool is available though it is likely that downloading micro data would be the best approach to estimate the range of inequality measures within the Framework. With this online tool it is possible to look at how privilege and disadvantage overlap across indicators and measures. |
| Eurostat
1 2 4 | Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union. It collates information from many different surveys and sources and covers all EU countries. The database has information on many different themes including employment, health, education, living conditions and quality of life. Information is generally disaggregated by gender and age and sometimes by other characteristics such as income status and education levels. It is difficult to access micro data via this site, as researchers need to submit a request for recognition as a research entity as well as a research proposal to gain permission. However, there is an online analysis tool that can be used to extract information. |
| Global Burden of Disease
1 | The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation maintains the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) database. It gathers global data related to mortality, diseases and injuries, disaggregated by age and gender. There is no micro data available but there are detailed country level statistics accessible via the online analysis tools. |
| Global Health Observatory
1 | The World Health Organisation maintains the Global Health Observatory as a global data source on life and health issues. It has an online analysis tool that enables selection by country and a particular indicator. Available disaggregation is mainly limited to age and gender. |
| OSCE - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (Hate crime reporting)
1 2 | The OSCE-ODHIR is a regional human rights office. It maintains a website to report on hate crime in its participating states. This is not an official survey but it collates information from groups that monitor hate crime in the various countries covered. Information is available on different types of hate crimes, for example disaggregated by religion and other aspects of identity. |
| Sustainable Development Goal Indicators Global Database
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | This global database has been set up to track progress against the SDGs. You can select your country and view all indicators and information available across a wide variety of areas including health, education, water and sanitation, energy, poverty, employment and many more aspects. The level of disaggregation available varies a lot between countries. It may be useful to use this source as a starting point to find out the underlying source of information (a mapping between our inequality measures and SDG indicators is provided within the Framework). You can then consult this source directly and potentially find more disaggregated information available. United Nations, Sustainable Development Goal Indicators Global Database |
| UN Crime Trends Survey, UN Office on Drugs and Crime
1 | The UN-CTS provides freely accessible, statistical information on crime trends in member countries, including homicide, assaults, sexual violence, robbery, kidnapping and theft. It also provides information on criminal justice systems including people arrested, prosecuted, convicted and in prison, as well as criminal justice system resources. Its coverage is nearly global and information is updated annually. Data mainly relate to the incidence of crime, and there is not a lot of disaggregation of data apart from by gender. |
| UN Data, Live Births by Gender
1 | The United Nations Statistics Division maintains global data related to population size and composition. It is mainly unrelated to the indicators and measures chosen here in the multidimensional inequality framework. However, there is an exception with the 'live births by gender' measure. This indicator can be accessed directly at the link below. |
| World Values Survey
1 2 3 5 6 7 | The WVS is a global survey that has been going on for several decades. It covers around one hundred countries and is conducted generally every five years. This survey has information on several areas of interest, particularly in relation to values and attitudes and political participation. It has an interactive online analysis tool that is straightforward to use. Disaggregation of measures is limited but is generally available by income level/social class and by gender. The micro data are free to download. |