Love Data Week with ICPSR
Thank you for joining us at the 2025 Love Data Week!
Join ICPSR for Love Data Week, February 10-14, 2025! This year’s theme, “Whose Data Is It, Anyway?” explores data ownership versus usage. Data collected by groups such as researchers, governments, companies, or organizations may be owned, shared, published online, or combined. This year’s theme helps us remember to consider where the data came from before using it. Use this theme to have fun with data games, teach about data literacy, or talk about being responsible when dealing with important data issues.
Registration is open for ICPSR-specific Love Data Week activities! Sign up for ICPSR Announcements to receive up-to-date information on events and more. Webinar recordings will be available on the 2025 Love Data Week playlist. Watch last year’s sessions on the 2024 Love Data Week playlist.
Schedule of ICPSR events for Love Data Week
February 10 | February 11 | February 12 | February 13 | February 14 |
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Looking for a listing of all Love Data Week events around the world?
ICPSR hosts the international schedule for Love Data Week events. Visit Love Data Week 2025 – International Events.
Want to join the fun but not sure how to do so?
We’ve created ready-to-use activities and resources, such as data scavenger hunts (good for all levels), a prewritten blog post, and “Caption the Chart,” to name a few. Access these resources at the Shareable Resources & Toolkit.
Activity: Adopt a Dataset
Looking for a simple, quick, fun way to participate in Love Data Week? Adopt a dataset! In this virtual activity you’ll be asked to visit ICPSR, search for data on a subject you’re interested in, and download the data to your computer. It’s that simple!
ICPSR’s Adopt a Dataset program is free and open to the public until 5 p.m. EST on the last day of Love Data Week. Researchers, nonprofit staff members, undergraduate students, and anyone else who wants to learn about data is encouraged to adopt a dataset from the list below.
What does it mean to adopt a dataset?
Adopting a dataset is kind of like adopting a pet, except less messy. Get started by reviewing the list of datasets below to find something of interest to you. Fill out the Dataset Adoption Form, and then download, analyze online, or just review the summary information for your adopted data. Your role is to bring your dataset to life by learning about the information it contains and to share the information you’re learning through email, social media, virtual meetings, and more. Use the images and templates below to get started.
When you fill out your Dataset Adoption Form, you can expect to feel warm fuzzies and a deep sense of pride. You’ll receive a digital Certificate of Adoption and, if you choose, your name will appear on the Adopt a Dataset Wall of Honor, along with others who have adopted their own datasets.
- Review the list of datasets below that are available for adoption (or choose from any dataset in the ICPSR holdings)
- Fill out the Dataset Adoption Form
- You’ll be directed to your adoption certificate and other resources
Browse the list of available datasets below.
To adopt a dataset, choose from the datasets below and fill out the Adopt A Dataset form.
- Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE), United States, 1999-2019 (ICPSR 38821)
- Advancing Human Trafficking Prevalence Estimation in Hennepin County, Minnesota, 2018 (ICPSR 37398)
- Americans’ Changing Lives: Waves I, II, III, IV, V, and VI, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2002, 2011, and 2021 (ICPSR 4690)
- American Family Health Study (AFHS), [United States], 2020-2022 (ICPSR 38838)
- Annotated Clinical MRIs and Linked Metadata of Patients with Acute Stroke, Baltimore, Maryland, 2009-2019 (ICPSR 38464)
- Assessing the Impact of Pre-Adjudication Assessment Approaches on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Oregon, 2014-2018 (ICPSR 37595)
- Baby’s First Years (BFY), New York City, New Orleans, Omaha, and Twin Cities, 2018-2021 (ICPSR 37871)
- Census of Publicly Funded Forensic Crime Laboratories, 2020 (ICPSR 38901)
- Combined Generations Wave 1 and TransPop surveys, United States, 2016-2018 (ICPSR 38421)
- Community Engagement in Northeast Houston, Texas: Geospatial Results from a Household Survey on the Disaster Experiences of Northeast Houston, 2021-2022 (ICPSR 39119)
- COVID-19 US State Policy Database
- Dunham’s Data: Katherine Dunham and Digital Methods for Dance Historical Inquiry
- General Social Survey with Arts Module, United States, 2022 (ICPSR 38859)
- Generations: A Study of the Life and Health of LGB People in a Changing Society, United States, 2016-2019 (ICPSR 37166)
- Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa [HAALSI]: Agincourt, South Africa, 2015-2022 (ICPSR 36633)
- HERO Registry: Creating and Using a Community Registry to Understand the Experiences of Healthcare Workers and Their Communities during COVID-19, United States, 2020-2022 (ICPSR 39153)
- Higher Education Opening Fall Enrollment, 1976 (ICPSR 7650)
- Impact of Forensic Evidence on the Criminal Justice Process in Five Sites in the United States, 2003-2006 (ICPSR 29203)
- India Human Development Survey Panel (IHDS, IHDS-II), 2005, 2011-2012 (ICPSR 37382)
- Inequality, Social Capital, and Health in Bolivia, 2008-2009 (ICPSR 38898)
- Korean General Social Survey (KGSS), 2003-2021 (ICPSR 38577)
- Lay Conceptions of Sexual Orientation Groups: United States Convenience Samples, 2012 (ICPSR 38131)
- Mapping Congress: Roll Call Votes of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1862-1865 (ICPSR 36109)
- Mapping LGBTQ Equality: 2010 to 2020, United States (ICPSR 37877)
- National Couples’ Health and Time Study (NCHAT), United States, 2020-2021 (ICPSR 38417)
- National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), [United States] (ICPSR 37107)
- National Neighborhood Crime Study, Wave 2 (NNCS2), [United States], 1999-2013 (ICPSR 38483)
- National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA): Essential Workers by Census Tract and ZIP Code Tabulation Area, United States, 2016-2020 (ICPSR 38974)
- National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA): Neighborhood-School Gap by Census Tract and ZIP Code Tabulation Area, United States, 2009-2010 and 2015-2016 (ICPSR 38579)
- National Poll on Healthy Aging (NPHA), [United States], January 2023
- National Profile of Local Health Departments, [United States], 2019 (ICPSR 38046)
- National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP): Round 3 and COVID-19 Study, [United States], 2015-2016, 2020-2021 (ICPSR 36873)
- National Survey of American Life: Multi-Generational and Caribbean Cross-Section Studies, Guyana, Jamaica, [United States], 2004-2005 (ICPSR 36406)
- National Survey of Health Attitudes, [United States], 2023 (ICPSR 39205)
- National Wellbeing Survey, United States, 2021 (ICPSR 38879
- Puerto Rican Elder: Health Conditions (PREHCO) Project, 2021-2022 (ICPSR 39091)
- Risk and Protective Trajectories, Community Context, and Juvenile Recidivism, Florida, 2015-2018 (ICPSR 38599)
- Stress in America, United States, 2007-2018 (ICPSR 37288)
- Supplementary Empirical Teaching Units in Political Science (SETUPS) Series
- Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior Series
- Survey of Consumer Finances Series
- Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA), United States, 2017 (ICPSR 37138)
- Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA), United States, 2022 (ICPSR 38936)
- The WALLET Study: Wealth Accumulations & Later-life Losses in Early Cognitive Transitions 2020-2023
- Veterans’ Pain Care Organizational Improvement Comparative Effectiveness (VOICE) Study, United States, 2017-2022 (ICPSR 38893)
- Any dataset from your home institution
- Any dataset from ICPSR
* Note: Some files in these collections may have special restrictions; click on the Restricted Data button to learn more. Documentation and/or data-related publications are available to explore.
Share the good news with ready-to-use social media content, images, and the Wall of Honor.
Already adopted a dataset? Look for your name on the Adopt a Dataset Wall of Honor!
Share the good news on social media: Copy/paste any of the messages below, fill in the blanks, and send.
- Email template: I just adopted a dataset for Love Data Week! My dataset is called _______. Some things that stood out to me in the data were ________. You can adopt a dataset, too! Visit https://myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek to learn more.
- X template: I just adopted an @ICPSR dataset for Love Data Week! My dataset is called ____. One fact I was surprised to learn from these data was ______. You can adopt a dataset, too! Visit https://myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek to learn more. #LoveData25 #ICPSR
- Instagram/Facebook template: I just adopted an @TheICPSR dataset for Love Data Week! My dataset is called ____. One fact I was surprised to learn from these data was ______. You can adopt a dataset, too! Visit https://myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDataWeek to learn more. #LoveData25 #ICPSR
Add an image to your social media posts or email: Drag and drop these images to your desktop, or use them directly on Instagram Stories and other social media. Don’t forget to tag #ICPSR #LoveData25!
Add a customizable image to your email signature, too! Access editable, downloadable images that you can add to your email signature. (Images below are two examples of the many options.)
When do dataset adoptions close?
- Dataset adoptions close at 5 p.m. EST on the last day of Love Data Week.
I adopted a dataset, now what?
- Download your dataset, including any accompanying documentation
- Get to know your data. Is it numeric? Is it a category? Is it messy?
- Find something interesting, like an unexpected variable. Share your new fact with ICPSR by sending us an email or using #ICPSR on social media (don’t forget to use #LoveData25 too!)
- Explore publications connected to your adopted dataset in the ICPSR Bibliography (try searching for your study title in the data-related publication search)
- Share your dataset! Send an email like the one below to friends, family, coworkers, and students. Encourage them to adopt their own datasets!
- Join us at one of the virtual Love Data Week events.
- Look for your name on the Adopt a Dataset Wall of Honor
ICPSR Data Communication Scholarship
Students from ICPSR member institutions who love data, it’s your time to shine with the new ICPSR Data Communication Scholarship! Deadline: Apply by Feb. 23, 2025.
Past Information (for reference only)
Love Data Week 2024
February 12-16, 2024
#LoveData24
The 2024 theme is “My Kind of Data.” Data is personal. Join ICPSR February 12-16, 2024, to learn about data equity and inclusion, disciplinary communities, and creating a kinder world through data.
ICPSR-specific Love Data Week activities are posted below. Sign up for ICPSR Announcements to receive up-to-date information on events and more. View last year’s webinar recordings: Navigating the New NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy with ICPSR’s NIH-funded Projects, Curating and Visualizing Inspiration through Data: The Places and People that Connect Katherine Dunham’s Repertory. Visit the 2024 Love Data Week playlist where the recordings from 2024 will be available after each presentation.
- Mon., Feb. 12 – Adopt a Dataset: Webinar 1-1:45 PM ET:DSDR, A Population Health Data Archive: 20 Years of Sharing Research Data and Resources. Register at https://myumi.ch/8eWbP
- Tues., Feb. 13 – Adopt a Dataset: Webinar 1-2 PM ET:Early Care and Education Data Resources for Students and Librarians from the Child and Family Data Archive (CFData). Register at https://myumi.ch/VMRbX
- Wed., Feb. 14 – Adopt a Dataset: Webinar 1-2 PM ET:Balancing Data Sharing and Protection: The COVID Measures Archive at ICPSR. Register at https://myumi.ch/QqW3Z
- Thurs., Feb. 15 – Adopt a Dataset:
Webinar 10:-10:45 AM ET: Open Love of Data Sharing with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Data Repository (PCODR). Register at https://myumi.ch/Dwdk1Webinar 1-2 PM ET: SOMAR: Exploring the Innovations of the Social Media Archive at ICPSR, featuring Meta Content Library API. Register at https://myumi.ch/p7nM5 - Fri., Feb. 16 – Adopt a Dataset: Webinar 1-2 PM ET:Introducing the Metadata Documentation Portal. Register at https://myumi.ch/kxXEV
Looking for a listing of all Love Data Week events around the world? ICPSR is hosting the international schedule for Love Data Week events. Visit Love Data Week 2024 – International Events.
Want to join the fun but not sure how to do so?
We’ve created ready-to-use activities and resources, such as data scavenger hunts (good for all levels), a prewritten blog post, and “Caption the Chart,” to name a few. Access these resources at the Shareable Resources & Toolkit.
Add an email signature
Add a fun image to your email signature! Right-click the image below to save to your computer and then insert it into your email signature!
Activity: Adopt a Dataset
ICPSR’s Adopt a Dataset program is free and open to the public until 5 p.m. EST on the last day of Love Data Week. Researchers, nonprofit staff members, undergraduate students, and anyone else who wants to learn about data is encouraged to adopt a dataset from the list below.
What does it mean to adopt a dataset?
Adopting a dataset is kind of like adopting a pet, except less messy. Get started by reviewing the list of datasets below to find something of interest to you. Fill out the Dataset Adoption Form, and then download, analyze online, or just review the summary information for your adopted data. Your role is to bring your dataset to life by learning about the information it contains and to share the information you’re learning through email, social media, virtual meetings, and more. Use the images and templates below to get started.
When you fill out your Dataset Adoption Form, you can expect to feel warm fuzzies and a deep sense of pride. You’ll receive a digital Certificate of Adoption and, if you choose, your name will appear on the Adopt a Dataset Wall of Honor, along with others who have adopted their own datasets.
New for 2024: ICPSR Data Communication Scholarship
Students from ICPSR member institutions who love data, it’s your time to shine with the new ICPSR Data Communication Scholarship! Deadline: Apply by Feb. 23, 2024.