Primary Sources
For any researcher, her work is only as good as the resources she uses. In the social sciences, primary sources are numerical data sets that are used to analyze relationships between people, events, and their environment. To that end, the majority of works cited by demographers comes from U.S. and other federal and international sources.
Below is a list of the most frequently cited sources.
U.S. Department of Commerce
Census Bureau
Economy
Education
Population
American Community Survey
Current Population Survey
U.S. Department of Education
Institute of Education Sciences
National Center for Education Statistics
The Nation's Report Card (NAEP)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease and Control Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Demographic data
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research and Science
Economic Research Service
World Fact Book (CIA)
Data.gov
Pew Research Center
Social and Demographic Trends
Kids Count, Annual Report (2014)
Center for American Progress
Education
Labor and Work
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Education
World of Statistics
World Future Society
Below is a list of the most frequently cited sources.
U.S. Department of Commerce
Census Bureau
Economy
Education
Population
American Community Survey
Current Population Survey
U.S. Department of Education
Institute of Education Sciences
National Center for Education Statistics
The Nation's Report Card (NAEP)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Centers for Disease and Control Prevention
National Center for Health Statistics
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Demographic data
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research and Science
Economic Research Service
World Fact Book (CIA)
Data.gov
Pew Research Center
Social and Demographic Trends
Kids Count, Annual Report (2014)
Center for American Progress
Education
Labor and Work
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Education
World of Statistics
World Future Society