Data Archives

The following studies were undertaken by the Center for Migration and Development or its members during the last ten years; or by its director, Alejandro Portes, in prior years. Click on the name of the study to access a detailed study description and all associated data files, codebooks, questionnaires, and publication lists.

The Adaptation Process of Cuban and Haitian Refugees (CHR)

The Comparative Immigrant Entrepreneurship Project (CIEP)

The Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS)

The Comparative Immigrant Organizations Project (CIOP)

Cuban and Mexican Immigrants in the US (CMI)

Caribbean Urbanization in the years of the Crisis (CUIC)

Children of Immigrants in Spain (ILSEG)

Values, Institutional Quality, and Development in Portugal (VIQD)

Data sets are available as ascii data files, Stata, and/or SPSS system files.

The codebooks, which present values, value labels, and frequencies, are available in the following formats:

  • .pdf (accessible with Adobe Reader)

  • .rtf or .cdx (both accessible with Microsoft Word)