Variable: Whether the state was presidential in the year

QoG Code: (chisols_pres)


Dataset: Change in Source of Leader Support

Description:

Coded 1 if a democratic country-year is characterized by a presidential system, 0 if it is not presidential, and -9 for not applicable if the country-year is not democratic.

Type of variable: Categorical

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-11-05
Last updated by source: 2021-03-15


Categories:

Political System


Find this variable in:

OECD Time-series - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard time-series: 166
OECD time-series: 30


This variable has information for these countries:

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This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2018