LAPOP Datasets
LAPOP
Latin American Public Opinion Project
LAPOP is a series of public opinion surveys conducted by Mitchell Seligson of Vanderbilt University. The project consists of over 60 surveys of individuals in Latin American countries about their views on system support, political tolerance, citizen participation, local government, corruption, and authoritarianism. Read more.
Carleton Access
There are two ways to access LAPOP data and statistics.
1. Complete Datasets
Carleton College and St. Olaf College Libraries participate in the LAPOP Repository program and currently hold the following datasets (raw data files).
- Argentina: 2008 and 2010 (documentation, questionnaire and reports)
- Bolivia: 2000 (documentation, questionnaire and reports)
- Brazil: 2007, 2008 and 2010* (documentation, questionnaire and reports)
- Chile: 2006, 2008 and 2010 (documentation, questionnaire and reports)
- Costa Rica: 1987 (elite and mass samples), 1995, 2004, 2008, and 2010 (combined file of '04, '06, '08 and '10) (documentation, questionnaire and reports)
- Guatemala 2004, and 2010 (documentation, questionnaire and reports)
- Haiti 2010 (documentation, questionnaire and reports)
- Mexico: 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010 (documentation, questionnaire and reports)
- Paraguay: 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008 and 2010 (documentation, questionnaire and reports)
- Peru: 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, and 2010 (documentation, questionnaire and reports)
- Uruguay: 2006-2007 (documentation, questionnaire and reports)
- Venezuela: 1995, 2007, 2008, and 2010 (documentation, questionnaire and reports)
*Revised November 2011.
The repository arrangement allows current members of the Carleton and St. Olaf communities to access the data directly from the libraries in lieu of contacting LAPOP. Contact Kristin Partlo for access** and watch this web site for new datasets. If you would like to receive email updates, or if you would like to request purchase of additional datasets, contact Kristin. See the LAPOP web site for a complete listing of their survey data.
2. Summary Statistics
Online data analysis of most of the datasets is available on the LAPOP web site. Run frequencies to find how specific survey questions were answered (i.e., what percentage of Guatemalans attend church every Sunday). Familiarity with social science data structure and fluency in Spanish is recommended. Librarians are happy to help.
** Carleton IRB Policy on Research using the LAPOP Datasets
Research in which the only involvement of human subjects is via the use of these data falls categorically under the exemption 46.101(b)(4) and thus precludes the need for individuals to apply to the IRB on a case by case basis. If the research involves additional interaction with human subjects (beyond the use of the LAPOP data), then the researcher must submit an application to the IRB.