The Australian Data Archive
The Australian Data Archive (ADA) provides a national service for the collection and preservation of digital research data. ADA disseminates this data for secondary analysis by academic researchers and other users.
The archive is based in the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods (CSRM) at the Australian National University (ANU).
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Welcome to the homepage for the Australian Data Archive. Here you can access ADA datasets and find out more about accessing ADA data, depositing data with the Archive, and research data management.
The Archive’s archive and catalogue systems are hosted on ADA’s Dataverse platform. This can be accessed in three ways:
- Visiting the ADA Dataverse
- Searching using the search box above
- Viewing a list of all the datasets currently available in our Dataverse system
Please direct enquiries regarding the ADA’s datasets to our email address at ada@ada.edu.au and we will reply in due course.
Our Data Collections…
The Australian Data Archive holds over 6000 datasets from more than 1500 projects and studies from 1838 through until the present day.
Some of our most popular datasets are identifiable by methodology (eg. Longitudinal) and by theme (eg. Social Attitudes Surveys, Health Studies).
Accessing Data…
Would you like to access data from the Australia Data Archive? This section includes details on how to find data in the ADA collection, access conditions, and procedures for requesting and downloading data.
Depositing Data…
Do you want to deposit data with ADA? Look here to find out what is involved, included data formats, licensing, metadata and deposit processes.
Newly Published Datasets…
Werner Senn Letters
Emeritus Professor Werner Senn (born 1942) studied English and German language, literature and civilisation at the Universities of Berne, Vienna and Liverpool. He qualified as a teacher in 1968 and …
Australian Election Study, Longitudinal Panel Data (2016-2022)
This dataset contains the linked panel component of AES voter surveys for 2016, 2019 and 2022. The 2022 Australian Election Study is thirteenth in a series of surveys.
This data file …
2019 ACT Gambling Prevalence Survey
The Australian National University (ANU) Centre for Gambling Research (CGR) was commissioned by the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Gambling and Racing Commission to conduct the 2019 ACT Gambling …
Pharmacy in Australia: Measuring Employment, Labour decisions and Activity (PAMELA) Survey
Pharmacy in Australia: Measuring Employment, Labour Decisions and Activity (PAMELA) survey collects key relevant factors that have a significant influence on the current and future dynamics of the …
Recently Updated Datasets…
Australian Election Study, Longitudinal Panel Data (2016-2022)
This dataset contains the linked panel component of AES voter surveys for 2016, 2019 and 2022. The 2022 Australian Election Study is thirteenth in a series of surveys.
This data file …
Australian Election Study, 2022
The 2022 AES is the thirteenth in a series of surveys beginning in 1987, timed to coincide with Australian Federal elections. The series builds on the 1967, 1969, and 1979 Australian Political …
Teaching materials for ADA Introductory Sessions – 2018-Present
This dataset includes materials used in the Introduction to the Australian Data Archive session at ResBaz Sydney 2018 at Macquarie University, and the 2023 HASS and Indigenous Skills Summer School
ANU Poll 52 (August 2022): COVID-19, mental health, population issues, data privacy and coercive control
This was the 64th wave of data collection undertaken by the Social Research Centre’s probability-based panel, Life in Australia™. This wave was run on behalf of the Australian National University, …
Forthcoming Datasets…
RUMIC – Rural-Urban Migration in China
The Rural-Urban Migration in China project was established to investigate the impacts of internal migration within China and Indonesia. In particular, the investigation is focused on the collection of data through five year longitudinal surveys in China and Indonesia and the use of these data to answer questions with relation to migration’s impact on income mobility, poverty alleviation, education, health and nutrition of migrant children, and the assimilation of migrant workers into the city. You can find out more about this project at the project web page.
