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- Connect from Off-Campus (VPN or Proxy Server)Many databases work best with VPN when connecting from off-campus.
- PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
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Online data and mapping application with access to more than 10,000 indicators for U.S. demographics, housing and real estate, income, mortgages, health, and more. Create custom maps, tables, and reports and upload your own data without expensive software and training. Online access restricted to UCLA.
- Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
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Current and historical demographic and social data, plus online tools to create custom maps and reports. Optional personal login account required to save and share projects online. - SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new window
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A web-based mapping, analytics, and data visualization application with 100,000+ data variables, including: demographic data from the US Census dating back to 1980, the American Community Survey (ACS), consumer spending data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX), and D&B's Premium business directory providing access to over 20 million US business profiles. Additionally, users have access to the MRI-SimmonsLOCAL consumer behavior dataset, which includes data on over 8,000 brands and 450 categories as well as crosstab functionality with the Simmons NCS data. Premium market segment data is available from the PRIZM, ConneXions, and P$YCLE datasets enabling researchers to identify target market segments based on lifestyle, tech usage, and income. Localized survey data is available from the Nielsen Scarborough dataset, along with detailed financial data from the Financial CLOUT dataset. Data is available down to the Census Block Group level.
COVID-19 Data is Now Available in SimplyAnalytics
As COVID-19 spreads across the United States researchers need access to the latest data visualization and analytics tools. As a result, the SimplyAnalytics team just added COVID-19 data at the national, state, and county levels to SimplyAnalytics. The data is from USAFacts.org and we update it daily with the latest numbers.
The following data variables are now available in SimplyAnalytics:
- Confirmed COVID-19 Cases by date
- Prevalence of confirmed COVID-19 cases (per 100,000 individuals) by date
- Deaths from COVID-19 by date
- Prevalence of deaths from COVID-19 (per 100,000 individuals) by date
You can find the COVID-19 data in SimplyAnalytics in two places:
- [recommended] Go to the Data tab, click on the "Data Folder" view (located just below the data search box), then scroll to the bottom of the list of data folders, or
- Go to the Data tab, click on the Health category icon, then check the box next to COVID-19 in the list of health sub-categories
This data can be combined with our demographic and health data variables to identify areas with vulnerable residents, such as the elderly, people with respiratory illnesses, and smokers.
Here are the best ways to view this data in SimplyAnalytics:
- Map View: map the COVID-19 data by County or State
- Ranking View: rank all counties in the United States to identify areas with the highest counts or rates of COVID-19
- Comparison Table View: add your counties and states and any COVID-19 variables to this report to compare rates over time
- Related Data Table View: add one variable from a folder to this view and the rest will be added automatically
Housing
- NPR Planet Money PodcastEpisode 989: What If No One Pays Rent?
- ProQuest Congressional This link opens in a new window
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Good place to start for regulations and Congressional reports. See Legal Responses to Coronavirus tab (left) for more detailed law information.
- United States Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentCOVID-19 resources
- Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard UniversityCOVID-19 housing resources list.
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisHow the Federal Reserve is tracking and responding to COVID-19. Suggested search: COVID housing
- National Association of Home Builders, Housing EconomicsHow COVID-19 is affecting builders/construction
- National Association of Home Builders, Eye on HousingIncludes data visualizations
- National Low Income and Housing CoalitionOffers weekly webinars and data/reports regarding homelessness and other low income issues
- Urban Land Institute, Public Health and Real EstateULI weekly publications