| Table
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Definition
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Source
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Notes
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Last IFs Update
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| SeriesEUMembership
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Members of the European Union or predecessors (1=yes)
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Constructed from assorted
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| SeriesCorruption
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Level of corruption, 10 to 0, Transparency Intl (10 most transparent)
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Transparency International www.transparency.org/documents/index.html. Various years
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AS;CN
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02/2012
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| SeriesPoliticalEmbeddCOWJDM
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Measure of Country Embeddedness in International Political Systems
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JDM
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JDM; data temporarily put in without vetting for JDM dissertation work
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2010/11/16
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| SeriesGEM
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Gender empowerment measure of the UNDP
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UNDP HDR
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AS
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2011/08/15
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| SeriesNPOW
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Nuclear warheads, strategic (regardless of size)
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Federation of American Scientists website (www.fas.org) as compiled by Timothy Smith
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TL; CO; When SIPRI specified a range, the average value was used.
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2011/09/30
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| SeriesPolityAutoc
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Polity project's measure of autocracy (0=low; 10=high)
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Polity Project; courtesy of Monty Marshall
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DAB;SMD
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2013/10/14
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| SeriesPolityDemoc
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Polity project's measure of democracy (0=low; 10=high)
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Polity Project; courtesy of Monty Marshall
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DAB;SMD
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2013/10/14
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| SeriesEthnic1
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Size of largest ethnic group as percent of population
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CIA World Factbook; holes filled (for 2007 column) by Jonathan Moyer various sources
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JEM
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2013/12/17
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| SeriesEthnic2
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Size of second largest ethnic group as percent of population
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CIA World Factbook; holes filled by Jonathan Moyer various sources
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JEM
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2013/12/17
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| SeriesGovWBDoingBusinessCostofStarting
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Cost of registring a business as a percent of per capita income
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WDI BATCH PULL
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AD
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2015/07/14
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| SeriesICTInternet%Pop
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Percent of population on-line
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WDI BATCH PULL
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AD
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2015/07/14
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| SeriesFreedom
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Civil and political freedom level on scale of 2 to 14 (lower is freer)
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Freedom House (Annual freedom in the world country scores 1972-2014); web updates
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N.S - FreeCiv + FreePol
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2015/07/24
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| SeriesFreedomEcon
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Economic freedom level on scale of 1 to 10 (most free)
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Fraser International (http://www.freetheworld.com); replaces Gwartney, Lawson, Samida: 2000
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KN
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2016/02/16
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