Archived Datasets
Common Sense offers select datasets for interested researchers to over 750 academic institutions and research organizations through our participation with the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, ICPSR. ICPSR maintains a data archive of research in the social and behavioral sciences.
Please note that use of the following data sets is freely granted, but Common Sense cannot provide additional administrative support to researchers. You MUST be a member of an ICPSR-affiliated institution to access the data.
If you use any of our datasets, please let the research team know by emailing us a summary of your work at [email protected].
AVAILABLE DATASETS
The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Kids Age Zero to Eight, 2017
(published October 19, 2017)
New technologies are changing the way kids interact with media - even in their earliest years. The 2017 Census builds on previous studies from 2011 and 2013 to reveal how media use among babies and young children has evolved over time.
News and America's Kids: How Young People Perceive and Are Impacted by the News
(published March 8, 2017)
Access to reliable, unbiased news is a national imperative, especially when it comes to children. This report from Common Sense Research captures kids' firsthand experiences with news and their views on how the news media portray young people.
The Common Sense Census: Plugged-in Parents of Tweens and Teens, 2016
(published December 6, 2016)
Access to reliable, unbiased news is a national imperative, especially when it comes to children. This report from Common Sense Research captures kids' firsthand experiences with news and their views on how the news media portray young people.
The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens, 2015
(published November 03, 2015)
A large-scale study that explores young people's use of the full range of media.
Zero to Eight: Children's Media Use in America, 2013
(published October 28, 2013)
Second in a series of nationally representative surveys of parents of U.S. kids age 0 to 8 conducted to understand children's patterns of use for TV, reading, music, computers, video games, and mobile digital media.
Social Media, Social Life: How Teens View Their Digital Lives, 2012
(published June 26, 2012)
In this national survey, teens age 13 to 17 report on their use of texting and social media. They also report on how social media use affects the ways they feel about themselves and their relationships with family and friends.