SocioPolitical preprocessor
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Sources
- Doing Business
- FreedomHouse
- Fraser International
- Worldwide Governance Indicators
- Transparency International
- UNDP HDR
- Polity Project
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
- CIA_World_Factbook
- Global_nuclear_weapons_inventories
Series read into DataSocioPol.bas
| Table | Definition | Source | Notes | Last IFs Update |
| SeriesEUMembership | Members of the European Union or predecessors (1=yes) | Constructed from assorted | ||
| SeriesCorruption | Level of corruption, 10 to 0, Transparency Intl (10 most transparent) | Transparency International www.transparency.org/documents/index.html. Various years | AS;CN | 02/2012 |
| SeriesPoliticalEmbeddCOWJDM | Measure of Country Embeddedness in International Political Systems | JDM | JDM; data temporarily put in without vetting for JDM dissertation work | 2010/11/16 |
| SeriesGEM | Gender empowerment measure of the UNDP | UNDP HDR | AS | 2011/08/15 |
| SeriesNPOW | Nuclear warheads, strategic (regardless of size) |
Global nuclear weapons inventories, 1945–2013, written by Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris https://doi.org/10.1177/0096340213501363 |
JW; HF; When SIPRI specified a range, the average value was used. Data for North Korea is estimated based on number of nuclear tests. | 2017/04/19 |
| SeriesPolityAutoc | Polity project's measure of autocracy (0=low; 10=high) | Polity Project; courtesy of Monty Marshall | DAB;SMD | 2013/10/14 |
| SeriesPolityDemoc | Polity project's measure of democracy (0=low; 10=high) | Polity Project; courtesy of Monty Marshall | DAB;SMD | 2013/10/14 |
| SeriesEthnic1 | Size of largest ethnic group as percent of population | CIA World Factbook; holes filled (for 2007 column) by Jonathan Moyer various sources | JEM | 2013/12/17 |
| SeriesEthnic2 | Size of second largest ethnic group as percent of population | CIA World Factbook; holes filled by Jonathan Moyer various sources | JEM | 2013/12/17 |
| SeriesGovWBDoingBusinessCostofStarting | Cost of registring a business as a percent of per capita income | WDI BATCH PULL | AD | 2015/07/14 |
| SeriesICTInternet%Pop | Percent of population on-line | WDI BATCH PULL | AD | 2015/07/14 |
| SeriesFreedom | Civil and political freedom level on scale of 2 to 14 (lower is freer) | Freedom House (Annual freedom in the world country scores 1972-2014); web updates | N.S - FreeCiv + FreePol | 2015/07/24 |
| SeriesFreedomEcon | Economic freedom level on scale of 1 to 10 (most free) | Fraser International (http://www.freetheworld.com); replaces Gwartney, Lawson, Samida: 2000 | KN | 2016/02/16 |