Statistics and Demographics

This guide will help you find statistical information by topic or geographic region.

Basic Statistical Citation Information

A dataset citation includes all of the same components as any other citation:

  • author,
  • title,
  • year of publication,
  • publisher (for data this is often the archive where it is housed),
  • edition or version, and
  • access information (a URL or other persistent identifier).

Be sure to follow the general citation format for the style manual your professor has asked you to use.  It is always better to provide more information about a resource rather than less!

Examples Using the General Rules 

Basic form:

   Milberger, S. (2002). Evaluation of violence against women with physical disabilities in Michigan, 2000-2001 (ICPSR version) [data  file and codebook]. doi:10.3886/ICPSR03414

With optional elements:

   Milberger, S. (2002). Evaluation of violence against women with physical disabilities in Michigan, 2000-2001 (ICPSR version) [data  file and codebook]. Detroit: Wayne State University [producer]. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and  Social Research [distributor]. doi:10.3886/ICPSR03414

Information from Research Guide: How to Cite Data, Michigan State University