Ethnolinguistic Fractionalization (ELF) Indices, 1961 and 1985

Data source: Philip G. Roeder

Description:

The Ethnolinguistic Fractionalization (ELF) Indices, 1961 and 1985 Indices measure the probability of two randomly selected people not belonging to the same ethnolinguistic group using different methods. The estimates are computed from population estimates of different sources. For details, please visit https://pages.ucsd.edu/~proeder/elf.htm

Last updated by source: 2001-02-16

Dataset type:	Cross-section
Dataset level:	Country

Citation:

When using this dataset, please cite as:

• Roeder, P. G. (2001). Ethnolinguistic fractionalization (ELF) indices, 1961 and 1985. http://pages.ucsd.edu/~proeder/elf.htm

    @misc{r1,
 author = {Philip G. Roeder},
 title = {Ethnolinguistic fractionalization ({ELF}) indices, 1961 and 1985},
 url = {http://pages.ucsd.edu/~proeder/elf.htm},
 year = {2001}
}

Variables in this dataset:

Ethnolinguistic Fractionalization-Atlas (1964)

QoG Code: r_atlas

Ethnolinguistic Fractionalization: Measures probability that two randomly selected people from a given country will not belong to the same ethnolinguistic group. Reprint from the index published in Taylor and Hudson (1972: 271-274). Original source: Atlas Narodov Mira (1964).

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Ethnolinguistic fractionalization (1961)

QoG Code: r_elf61

Ethnolinguistic fractionalization 1961: Reflects probability that two randomly selected people from a given country will not belong to the same ethnolinguistic group, where the latter is defined without collapsing any sub-groups in the sources. Original source: Roeder (2001).

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Ethnolinguistic fractionalization (1985)

QoG Code: r_elf85

Ethnolinguistic fractionalization 1985: Reflects probability that two randomly selected people from a given country will not belong to the same ethnolinguistic group, where the latter is defined without collapsing any sub-groups in the sources. Original source: Roeder (2001).