Boix-Miller-Rosato Dichotomous Coding of Democracy, 1800-2020

Data source: Carles Boix, Michael K. Miller and Sebastian Rosato

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This data set provides a dichotomous coding of democracy from 1800 until 2020 for 222 countries; however, QoG data contains information from 1946 onwards.

The authors define a country as democratic if it satisfies conditions for both contestation and participation. Specifically, democracies feature political leaders chosen through free and fair elections and satisfy a threshold value of suffrage.

Dataset type
Time-Series
Dataset level
Country
Last updated by source
2022-01-03

Citation

When using this dataset, please cite as:

• Boix, C., Miller, M. K., & Rosato, S. (2013). A complete data set of political regimes, 1800-2007. Comparative Political Studies, 46(12), 1523–1554.
• Boix, C., Miller, M. K., & Rosato, S. (2022). Boix-miller-rosato dichotomous coding of democracy, 1800-2020. Harvard Dataverse, V1. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/FENWWR

Variables in this dataset

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Dichotomous democracy measure
QoG code: bmr_dem

Dichotomous democracy measure.

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Number of previous democratic breakdowns
QoG code: bmr_dembr

Previous number of democratic breakdowns.

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Consecutive years of current regime type
QoG code: bmr_demdur

Consecutive years of current regime type.

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Democracy measure, requiring min. 50% of adult women have the right to vote
QoG code: bmr_demfsuf

This variable adjusts the democracy index by also requiring that at least half of the adult women have the right to vote.

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Dichotomous democracy measure (incl. missing for some countries)
QoG code: bmr_demmis

This is the same measure as democracy (bmr_dem), except it records an NA for countries occupied during an international war (e.g., the Netherlands 1940-44) or experiencing state collapse during a civi ...

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Democratic transition
QoG code: bmr_demtran

(-1) Democratic breakdown (0) No change (1) Democratic transition

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