Ethnic Fractionalization in the year 2000. The definition of ethnicity involves a combination of racial and linguistic characteristics. The result is a higher degree of fractionalization than the commonly used ELF-index (see el_elf60) in for example Latin America, where people of many races speak the same language.
Type of variable: Continuous
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Last updated by source: 2002-10-10
| Dataset | No. Countries |
|---|---|
| Standard cross-section: | 186 |
| Standard time-series: | 188 |
| OECD cross-section: | 38 |
| OECD time-series: | 38 |