About the Social Science Data Analysis Network

The Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) is a university-based organization that creates demographic media, such as user guides, Web sites, hands-on classroom computer materials, that make U.S. census data and surveys accessible to educators, policymakers, and informed citizens. SSDAN is directed by demographer Bill Frey and utilizes facilities at the Population Studies Center, University of Michigan. SSDAN activities have been supported by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE), the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Public Data Queries, Inc., and the U.S. Census Bureau.