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Overview The World Bank Databank contains various databases that have time series data on a multitude of topics for many countries around the world. Skiptomaincontent WorldBankDatabank Overview TheWorldBankDatabankcontainsvariousdatabasesthathavetimeseriesdataonamultitudeoftopicsformanycountriesaroundtheworld.Thistoolallowsanindividualtoextractthespecificinformationtheyrequirebychoosingacertaindatabase,dataseries,countryorcountriesandyear(s)ofinterest.Oncethedatahasbeenchosen,onecaneitherobtaintherawdatainatable,makeachartorcreateamap.With71databasestochoosefromthatareregularlyupdated,itiseasytosortthroughthemalphabetically,bytopicorthemostfrequentlyused.Note:Onecandownloadthedatawithoutanaccount,butmustcreateanaccountinordertosaveandsharetheirchartsandmaps.* *ThisdescriptionisaparaphrasedversionofthedescriptionontheWorldBankDatabankwebsite. Availabledatafileformats Excel,CSV,TabbedTXTandSDMX. Accessibility Thisisanopendatasourcethatisforpublicuse. WorldBankDatabank Howtoretrievedatabyexample Scenario SupposeyouaretryingtoevaluatethedifferenthealthoutcomesinselectSouthAmericancountries.Specifically,youwanttolookatinfantmortalityratesandotherinfantand/oradolescenthealthoutcomesinBrazil,Peru,Chile,Argentina,Uruguay,ColumbiaandVenezuela.YouwouldliketoobtainthedatainaCSVfile(whichcanbereadintoExcel),andperhapsmakeacharttovisualizethedata. Step-by-step GotoWorldBankDatabankandunderthesearchbar,clickonthebuttonTopicnexttoFilterby.ScrollthroughthelistandselectHealthandthenApplyfilter. Lookingattheresultsofthesearch,thereareafewoptionstochoosefrominordertoobtainhealthoutcomesofadolescents.ClickonHealthNutritionandPopulationStatistics. ThedatabaseatthispointhasbeenselectedasHealthNutritionandPopulationStatistics.Therearesevencountriesofinterest,sobyclickingonthedesiredcountriesundertheCountrydrop-downmenuwehavesevenselectedcountries.Note:Thedrop-downmenusshowthenumberofoptionsavailableinthatcategoryandwhichofthoseoptionsarecurrentlyselected.Thisisagoodreferencetoensureyouareselectingthedesiredinformation. ClickontheSeriesdrop-downmenu,andscrollthroughthevariousvariablesofinterestthatyouarelookingforinyouranalysis.YoucanalsoclickontheFilterbutton(thedrop-downmenuwithasymbolresemblingafunnel)toseethedifferentcategoriesthevariablesofinterestfallinto,inordertonarrowdownyourselection. Afterlookingthroughthelist,youhavechosen28variablesthatareofinteresttoyouandrelatetothehealthoutcomesofinfant/adolescentchildreninselectSouthAmericancountries.Youdecideyouwantthedataforthelast10years.Checktheboxesforthelast10yearsandclickonApplychangesinthemiddleofthescreen.Yourscreenshouldnowlookliketothis: Todownloadthedata,clickonDownloadoptionsinthetoprightcornerofthescreen.Youcanselectwhichformatyouwouldliketodownloadthedatainanditwillautomaticallydownload.Alternatively,youcanclickonAdvancedoptionsatthebottomofthatdrop-downmenuandchoosespecificoptionsforyourdataset.SinceyouwantthedatainaCSVfile,clickonCSVandselecttheoptionsyouwouldlikeforyourdataset.ItwouldalsobehelpfulforfuturereferencetohavetheMetadataforthisdataset,soifthatisdesiredthenselectYesforMetadata. Thedataisnowdownloaded.Forthisspecificscenario,fiveseparatefilesweredownloadedintoa.zipfile–onefilewasthedata,onefilecontainedfootnotes,andtheremainingthreefilesareMetadatainformationforthisspecificdataset. Ifyouwantedtoseeachartrepresentingthedata,youcanclickonthevariableofinterestfromthedrop-downmenuunderPreviewandthenclickonChartattheverytop.TheMortalityrate,infant(per1,000livebirths)variableoverthelast10yearschartisdisplayedasfollows: Tosaveorsharethechart,youmustcreateanaccountonthewebsite.However,youcanprintthechartordownloaditasanimagewiththebuttonstothetoprightofthechart. YoushouldnowhaveaccesstotherawdataoninfantmortalityratesinBrazil,Peru,Chile,Argentina,Uruguay,ColumbiaandVenezuelafortheyears2009-18. Besuretoconsultwiththesourcewebsiteonhowtoproperlyciteyourdata.Forthisscenario,thecitationinAPAformatwouldlooksomethinglike: HealthNutritionandPopulationStatistics.Washington,D.C.:TheWorldBank. Facebook Twitter GlobalandInternationalStudiesWesternMichiganUniversityKalamazooMI49008-5492USA(269)387-5653 Advising Getinvolved! CollegeofArtsandSciencesevents HaenickeInstituteforGlobalEducation

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