Abrahamson, MarkBollen, KennethGutmann, MyronKing, GaryPienta, Amy2011-09-142009Abrahamson, Mark, Kenneth Bollen, Myron P. Gutmann, Gary King, and Amy Pienta. 2009. Preserving quantitative research-elicited data for longitudinal analysis. New developments in archiving survey data in the U.S. Historical Social Research 34(3): 51-59.0936-6784http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:5131507Social science data collected in the United States, both historically and at present, have often not been placed in any public archive -- even when the data collection was supported by government grants. The availability of the data for future use is, therefore, in jeopardy. Enforcing archiving norms may be the only way to increase data preservation and availability in the future.en-USlongitudinal analysissurvey dataarchivingsecondary analysisdata accessdata preservationJournal Article2011-09-14