Variable: Cultural Diversity

QoG Code: (fe_cultdiv)


Dataset: Ethnic and Cultural Diversity by Country

Description:

This measure modifies fractionalization (fe_etfra) so as to take some account of cultural distances between groups, measured as the structural distance between languages spoken by different groups in a country. If the groups in a country speak structurally unrelated languages, their cultural diversity index will be the same as their level of ethnic fractionalization (fe_etfra). The more similar are the languages spoken by different ethnic groups, however, the more will this measure be reduced below the level of ethnic fractionalization for that country. The values are assumed to be constant for all years.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-10-20
Last updated by source: 2003-06-02


Categories:

Civil Society/Population/Culture


Find this variable in:

OECD Cross-section - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 153
Standard time-series: 156
OECD cross-section: 36
OECD time-series: 36


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