Restricting attention to groups that had at least 1 percent of country population in the 1990s, Fearon identifies 822 ethnic and "ethnoreligious'' groups in 160 countries. This variable reflects the probability that two randomly selected people from a given country will belong to different such groups. The variable thus ranges from 0 (perfectly homogeneous) to 1 (highly fragmented). The values are assumed to be constant for all years.
Type of variable: Continuous
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Last updated by source: 2003-06-02
| Dataset | No. Countries |
|---|---|
| Standard cross-section: | 154 |
| Standard time-series: | 157 |
| OECD cross-section: | 36 |
| OECD time-series: | 36 |