Democracy Time-series Data Release 3.0, January 2009

Data source: Pippa Norris

Description:

This dataset is in a country-year case format, suitable for cross-national time-series analysis. It contains data on the social, economic and political characteristics of 191 nations with over 600 variables from 1971 to 2007. In particular, it merges the indicators of democracy by Freedom House, Vanhanen, Polity IV, and Cheibub and Gandhi, selected institutional classifications and also socioeconomic indicators. Note that you should check the original codebook for the definition and measurement of each of the variables. The period for each series also varies. This is the replication dataset used in the book, Driving Democracy.

Dataset type:	Time-Series
Dataset level:	Country

Citation:

When using this dataset, please cite as:

• Norris, P. (2009). Democracy Timeseries Data Release 3.0. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/pnorris/Data/Data.htm

    @misc{no1,
 author = {Pippa Norris},
 title = {{Democracy Timeseries Data Release 3.0}},
 url = {http://www.hks.harvard.edu/fs/pnorris/Data/Data.htm},
 year = {2009}
}

Variables in this dataset:

Classification of Executives

QoG Code: no_ce

Classification of Executives: 1. Parliamentary Monarchy 2. Presidential Republic 3. Mixed Executive 4. Monarchy 5. Military State

More about this variable

Electoral Family

QoG Code: no_ef

Electoral Family: 1. Majoritarian 2. Combined (mixed) 3. Proportional 4. No competitive elections