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= Summary =
The Political Terror Scale (PTS) is a yearly report measuring physical integrity rights violations worldwide. The PTS measures levels of political violence and terror that a country experiences in a particular year based on a 5-level “terror scale.” The data used in compiling this index comes from two different sources: the yearly country reports of Amnesty International and the U.S. State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.

= Table In IFs =
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Variable
!Definition
!Years
!UsedInPreprocessor
!Name in Source
|-
|GovPolTerrorScaleAverage
|Average Amnesty International and the U.S. State Department Country Reports on Human Rights
|1976-2010
|0
|
|-
|GovPolTerrorScaleAmnestInt
|The Political Terror Index informed by Amnesty International data.
|1976-2010
|0
|Political Terror Scale ratings based on Amnesty International reports
|-
|GovPolTerrorScaleUSStateDept
|Government Political Terror ratings based on US State Department reports
|1976-2010
|0
|Government Political Terror ratings based on US State Department reports
|}

= Data Pulling Instructions =

# Navigate to https://politicalterrorscale.org/Data/
# Scroll down to "Download: PTS" and click o nit [[File:Political Terror Scale Download Data.png|none|thumb|600x600px]]
# Select and download the file that you would like to use. [[File:Political Terror Scale Download Data Types.png|none|thumb|600x600px]]

= Data Notes =

Political Terror Scale (PTS) Data - Revision history