russett: Russett Dataset

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Description

Data set from Russett (1964) about agricultural inequality, industrial development and political instability.

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Format

A data frame with 47 rows and 11 variables. The variables may be used to construct three latent concepts: 1) AGRIN=Agricultural Inequality, 2) INDEV=Industrial Development, 3) POLINS=Political Instability.

gini

Inequality of land distribution (AGRIN)

farm

Percentage of farmers that own half of the land (AGRIN)

rent

Percentage of farmers that rent all their land

gnpr

Gross national product per capita (INDEV)

labo

Percentage of labor force employed in agriculture (INDEV)

inst

Instability of executive (1945-1961) (POLINS)

ecks

Number of violent internal war incidents (1941-1961) (POLINS)

death

Number of people killed as a result of civic group violence (1950-1962) (POLINS)

demostab

Political regime: stable democracy (POLINS)

demoinst

Political regime: unstable democracy (POLINS)

dictator

Political regime: dictatorship (POLINS)

References

Russett B.M. (1964) Inequality and Instability: The Relation of Land Tenure to Politics. World Politics 16:3, 442-454.

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