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World dataset for R Companion to Political Analysis, Third Edition

Description

A dataset with variables about countries in the world. This dataset is used to demonstrate application of R to political analysis. See book Appendix for variable names and descriptions.

Usage

world

Format

A data frame with 169 rows and 206 variables.

arda.code

Country numerical code

bribe.judge

Prevalence of bribing judges

bribe.police

Prevalence of bribing police

broadband

Broadband subscription per 100 people

business.starts

Number of new corporations registered annually

cabrv

Three-letter abbreviation of country name

carbon.footprint

National carbon footprint

ccode

Numeric country code based on the ISO-3166-1 standard

ciaedex

Percent of GDP spent on education

ciagdpag

Composition of GDP: Agricultural sector

ciagdpin

Composition of GDP: Industrial sector

ciagdpsv

Composition of GDP: Service sector

civil.war

Civil war intensity

co2.percap

Carbon dioxide emissions per capita

colony

Colony of what country?

compulsory.voting

Does country require citizens to vote?

confidence

Confidence in institutions scale

conflict.index

Level of violent conflict in country

conflict.internal

Number of internal conflict without foreign invention

conflict.internat

Number of internal conflict with foreign invention

corp.tax.rate

Corporate tax rate

corrupt.perception

Corruption perception index

country

Country/territory name

coup.attempts

Number of attempted coups d'etat since 1950

coups

Number of successful coups d'etat since 1950

covid.cases.permil

Total COVID cases per million

covid.deaths.per.million

Total COVID deaths per million

covid.response.max

Maximum of COVID response stringency index

covid.response.mean

Mean of COVID response stringency index

covid.vaccinated

Percentage of population fully vaccinated against COVID

death.penalty.status

Legal status of death penalty

debt.percent.gdp

Public debt as a percentage of GDP

dem.other

Percentage of other democracies in region

dem.other5

Percentage of other democracies in region

district.size3

Average number of members per district

dnpp.3

Effective number of parliamentary parties

dpi.cemo

Is chief executive a military officer?

dpi.system

National political system

durable

Number of years since the last regime transition

eco.footprint

Total ecological footprint

econ.compete

Global economic competitiveness

econ.freedom

Rating of overall economic freedom

econ.freedom.5cat

Rating of overall economic freedom, 5 ordinal categories

educ.f.avgyrs

Average Schooling Years, Female

educ.f.none

Percentage of Females with No Schooling

educ.m.avgyrs

Average Schooling Years, Male

educ.m.none

Percentage of Males with No Schooling

educ.quality

Average rating of quality of educational system

effectiveness

Government effectiveness scale

eiu.democ.4cat

Level of democracy, 4 ordinal categories

eiu.democ.bin

Is country a democracy?

eiu.democ.score

Rating of democracy

election.integrity

Integrity of country's electoral system

election.violence.post

Were there riots and protest after election?

election.violence.pre

Were there riots and protest before election?

energy.renew.percent

Percentage of country's energy that is non-fossil fuel

enpp3.democ

Effective number of parliamentary parties

enpp3.democ08

Effective number of parliamentary parties

enpp.3

Effective number of parliamentary parties

envir.treaty

Number of environmental treaties agreed to

eu

EU member state

fdi.inflow

Inflow of foreign direct investment (in millions of US dollars)

fertility

Number children born per woman

fh.democ.3cat

Rating of democracy, 3 ordinal categories

fh.democ.score

Freedom House rating of democracy

fh.internet.3cat

Level of Internet freedom in country, 3 ordinal categories

fh.internet.score

Measure of Internet freedom

frac.eth

Ethnic factionalization

frac.eth2

Ethnic factionalization

frac.eth3

Ethnic factionalization

frac.lang

Language factionalization

frac.relig

Religious factionalization

gas.production

Gas production (in millions of barrels of oil equivalent)

gdp.growth

Annual economic growth rate

gdp.percap

Gross domestic product per capita (in U.S. dollars)

gdp.percap.5cat

Gross domestic product per person, 5 ordinal categories

gender.equal3

Gender empowerment

gender.inequality

Index of gender inequality

gini.index

GINI index (of income inequality)

global.social

Social globalization

govt.help.cap

Capacity of state to provide for needy citizens

govt.integrity

Rating of government integrity

govt.per.gdp

Government spending (all types) as a percentage of GDP

govt.quality

The quality of government

gri

Index of government restrictions on religion

grp.name

Name of government preferred religion

grp.score

Index of government religious preference

happiness

Average happiness in country

hdi

Human development index

hiv.percent

Percentage of population aged 15-49 with HIV

homicide.rate

Intentional homicides per 100,000 persons

hospital.beds

Number of hospital beds per thousand people

human.flight

Human flight and brain drain from country

icc.treaty.ratified

Has country ratified treaty for International Criminal Court?

immigrants.percent

Percentage of population born in another county

imprisonment.rate

Number incarcerated per 100,000 persons

income.tax.rate

Income tax rate

indep.judiciary

Does country have an independent judiciary?

indy

Year of independence

infant.mortality

Number infants dying before age one per 1,000 live births

inflation

Annual inflation rate

internet.users

Percentage of population that uses the Internet

judicial.effectiveness

Rating of effectiveness of country's judiciary

judicial.indep.wef

Average rating of judicial independence

laws.protect.prop

Legal protections for private property rights

legal.origin

Legal origin of commercial code of country

legal.quality

Measure of quality of country's legal institutions

life.expectancy

Life expectancy at birth

lifeex.f

Life expectancy at birth among females

lifeex.m

Life expectancy at birth among males

literacy

Literacy rate

media.access.cand

Does country provide free or subsidized media access for political candidates?

media.access.parties

Does country provide free or subsidized media access for political parties?

median.age

Median age in years

migration.net

Net migration

muslim

Are Muslims predominate religious group?

ocean.health

Measure of health of oceans adjacent to country

oecd

OECD member state?

oil

Oil production, in barrels per day

oil.production

Oil production, in metric tons

organized.crime

Impact of organized crime on the economy

peace.5cat

Peacefulness of country, 5 ordinal categories

peace.index

Peacefulness of country

pmat12.3

Post-materialism

pol.terror.scale.ai

Political terror scale

pol.terror.scale.hrw

Political terror scale

polity.score

Rating of democracy

pop.0.14

Percentage of population age 0-14

pop.15.64

Percentage of population age 15-64

pop.65.older

Percent of population age 65 and older

pop.growth

Percentage population growth/decline annually

pop.urban

Percentage of the population living in urban areas

population

Size of national population

population.3cat

Size of national population, 3 ordinal categories

population.density

Number of people per square kilometer

poverty

Percentage of the population below the poverty line

pr.sys

Proportional representation system?

press.freedom.fh

Freedom of the country's press

press.freedom.rsf

Freedom of the country's press

protact3

Protest activity

refugees.from

Refugees from the country who live in other countries

refugees.impact

Impact of population displacement on country

refugees.in

Refugees from other countries in the country

regime.type3

Regime type

region

Region name

regionun

United Nations region

religion

Largest religion by proportion

reserved.seats

Does country reserve seats in national legislature for any group?

rights.assn

Freedom of assembly and association

rights.dommov

Freedom of domestic movement

rights.formov

Freedom of foreign movement

rights.injud

Independence of the judiciary

rights.law.index

Measure of violations of human right and rule of law

rights.relfree

Freedom of Religion

rights.speech

Freedom of speech

rights.treaties

Number of international human rights treaties ratified

rights.wecon

Women's economic rights

rights.wopol

Women's political rights

rights.worker

Worker's rights

schools.internet

Average rating of internet availability in schools

self.employed

Percentage of labor force that is self-employed

sexratio

Sex ratio at birth

shi

Social hostility toward religion

soldiers.percent

Percentage of labor force in the military

soldiers.total

Total number of people in the military

spendeduc

Public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP

spendhealth

Public expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP

spendmil.wdi

Public expenditure on the military as a percentage of GDP

tariff.rate

Tariff rate on imports

taxes.percent.gdp

Taxes (all forms) as a percentage of GDP

terror.index.voh

Impact of terrorism on the county

trade.percent.gdp

International trade as percentage of GDP

typerel

Predominant religion

unemployment

Percentage of labor force that is unemployed

unexp.rd

Public expenditure on research and development as a percentage of GDP

unfempf

Ratio of female to male formal employment rates

unin.inc

Inequality-adjusted income index

unineduc

Inequality-adjusted education index

unions

Union density

unjourn

Number of verified cases of journalists imprisoned

unlit

Adult literacy rate

unmobcov

Percentage covered by a mobile phone network

unmort.f

Number of adult female deaths per 1,000 females

unmort.m

Number of adult male deaths per 1,000 males

unnewsp

Daily newspapers per thousand people

unnoncom

Death rates from non-communicable diseases

unpop30

Projected 2030 population in millions

unremitp

Per capita remittance inflows in US dollars

unremitt

Remittance inflows as a percentage of GDP

unsathlt

Percentage satisfied with their personal health

unsati

Overall life satisfaction

unsatif

Overall life satisfaction among females

unsatjob

Percentage satisfied with their job

unsatliv

Percentage satisfied with their standard of living

unseced

Percentage with at least secondary education

vdem.2cat

Is country a democracy or autocracy?

vdem.4cat

Ordinal ranking of democracy, 4 categories

vdem.edi.score

Electoral democracy index

vdem.ldi.score

Liberall democracy index

vi.rel3

Percent saying religion very important

violence.cost

Economic cost of violence on national economy

votevap10s

Turnout of voting age population in 2010s

womenleg

Percent women in lower house of legislature

womyear

Year women first enfranchised

womyear2

Year women first enfranchised

youngleg

Percentage of lower house of legislature aged 40 years or younger

Source

Sources vary. See Appendix of printed textbook for further information.


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