The Danish Data Archive

is a free national service for social science, health science and history
has a holding of data and documentation from more than 2500 studies dating from the 1960s and onwards
preserves and disseminates data machine-readable data, created systematicaly by using questionnaires or interviews, which can be documented for secondary analysis
is a part of the Danish State Archives. All archiving and dissemination of data materials are free of charge
has contributed to the EU - projects Nesstar, Faster, Metadater and Madiera
has researchers and students from primarily Danish research institutes and universities as its target group

Our objectives are:

to identify and archive research data from the social science and health science communities
to document research data in accordance with archival rules and international standards
to disseminate research data for secondary analysis
to preserve data for future generations
to publish documentation through the archive's databases
to inform of the possibilities for re-analysis of the data materials
to give advice on data documentation

the archiving of data from institutes from fields of the social science, health science and history
the use of our networks where researchers from the social science and health science communities are participating
the publication of identified data collections
the use of our question database
analyses of the questionnaire method
the archiving of qualitative data materials
the development of teaching resources and examples for students
the analyses of historical censuses