
DATABANKS INTERNATIONAL'S Cross-National Time-Series (CNTS) Data Archive
Free Sample of Data
This sample is limited in the number of records. It contains only 6 years of data for a limited number of countries for all of the variables.
For help in manipulating the data, see the instructions below.
Note: While this sample is a Google sheet, the actual CNTS Data Archive is in Excel.
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Sort
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On the menu select "Data/Sort sheet by column". WARNING: ALWAYS SORT BY SHEET otherwise sheet rows will not match up.
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Other options in this menu may depend on your browser.
Download
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On the menu select "File/Download as".
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Select format (xlsx, ods, pdf, csv, tsv, or zip.)
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Select the location on your computer to save it.
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On the menu select "File/Print".
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Select the desired print settings.
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Select the "Print" button.
Search
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On the menu select "Edit/Find and replace". (Only Find is enabled.)
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Enter the search term in the "Find" field.
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Optionally select other criteria by checking the boxes.
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Select the "Find" button.
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(Select the "Done" button to return to the data.)
View
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On the menu select "View/Compact controls" to see fewer menu items; return to see more items by selecting "View/Compact contols" again.
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If you select "View/Full screen", the data will take up most of the screen. Press the "Esc" key to return to viewing all menus.
Go right to Data Sample
Filter
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On the menu select "Data/Filter views.../Create new temporary filter view".
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Now select as many columns to filter by finding the barely visible down arrow in each column and follow the instructions for selecting and clearing and even sorting the data.