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Restricted-Use Data Management
Restricted Use Data
The vast majority of ICPSR data holdings are public-use files with no access restrictions. ICPSR ensures respondent confidentiality within these datasets.
Sometimes the protective measures taken to reduce disclosure risk would significantly degrade the research potential of the data. In these cases, ICPSR provides access to restricted use versions that retain confidential data by imposing stringent requirements for accessing them.
- ICPSR 101: What is Restricted-use Data? (YouTube) This video tell you everthing you need to know about accessing restricted data at ICPSR. Restricted-use data are distributed in cases when removing potentially identifying information would significantly impair the analytic potential of the data, or in cases where data contain highly sensitive personal information and cannot be shared as a public-use file.
- Accessing Restricted-Use Data at ICPSR Restricted-use data are distributed in cases when removing potentially identifying information would significantly impair the analytic potential of the data, or in cases where data contain highly sensitive personal information and cannot be shared as a public-use file. In these circumstances, ICPSR provides access to a restricted-use version that retains the confidential data but requires controlled conditions for accessing them.
- Navigating around Restricted Data: Tips and Tools for Finding Available Data Related to Sensitive Topics in ICPSR (YouTube) This electronic resource will help researchers identify openly available datasets that closely cover topics of restricted-use datasets but do not require IRB approval or restricted data use agreements.
- Navigating around restricted data: Tips and tools for finding available data related to sensitive topics in ICPSR (Guide) Are you looking for data but running into restricted data? Do you not qualify for restricted data access but have research topics that deal with restricted topics? Do you lack enough time to go through the IRB or data use agreement process?
