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).
Search our Dataverse catalogue:
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@anu.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…
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 …
ANU Poll 53 (Oct 2022): COVID-19, mental health, employment, data privacy and support for randomised controlled trials.
This was the 66th 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, …
Australian Election Study, 2022
The 2022 Australian Election Study is thirteenth in a series of surveys. It covers the respondent’s interest in the election campaign and politics, their past and present political affiliation, …
ANU Poll 49 (January 2022): Experiences with COVID 19
This is the 49 th wave of data collection undertaken by the Social Research Centre’s probability-based panel, Life in Australia™. The survey was conducted between 17 January to 30 January …
Recently Updated Datasets…
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, …
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health, Respondent Dataset (Release 2)
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health (Ten to Men) was established in 2011 to build the evidence base on male health to inform policy and program development. It is a national longitudinal …
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health, Wave 2 (Release 2)
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health (Ten to Men) was established in 2011 to build the evidence base on male health to inform policy and program development. It is a national longitudinal …
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health, Wave 1 (Release 2)
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health (Ten to Men) was established in 2011 to build the evidence base on male health to inform policy and program development. It is a national longitudinal …
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.
