Philadelphia Federal Statistical Research Data Center

Federal Statistical Research Data Centers (RDCs) are partnerships between federal statistical agencies and leading research institutions. They are secure facilities providing authorized access to restricted-use microdata for statistical purposes only.

2016年7月，德雷塞尔大学、JDB电子立大学、宾夕法尼亚大学和费城联邦储备银行成立了一个联盟，与美国人口普查局合作，在费城建立了一个联邦统计JDB电子研究数据中心（FSRDC）。 The 费城FSRDC opened its doors in October 2017 and is located at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Since its conception, University of Delaware, the University of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University have also joined the consortium.

FSRDCs are partnerships between federal statistical agencies and leading research institutions that allow qualified researchers to conduct research on a wide-range of non-public micro-data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There are currently 29 FSRDCs around the country. The datasets available through FSRDCs are among the largest and most important sources of statistical information in the U.S. for researchers in economics, business, demography, sociology, medicine, statistics, criminology, and many other disciplines.

Andre Kurmann, LeBow College of Business, is Drexel’s representative in the consortium. Researchers interested in obtaining access to the Philadelphia RDC should contact FSRDC@drexel.edu