Variable: Legislative Fractionalization (upper)
QoG Code: (h_lfup)
Description:
Legislative fractionalization is approximately the probability that two random draws from the upper legislative chamber will be from different parties.
Type of variable: Continuous
Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-11-24
Last updated by source: 2022-10-14
Categories:
Political Parties and Elections
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Standard Cross-section - 2023
Standard Time-series - 2024
Original Dataset
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Dataset
No. Countries
Standard time-series:
75
This variable has information for these countries:
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Afghanistan
Algeria
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Burundi
Cambodia
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo, Democratic Republic
Croatia
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Eswatini (former Swaziland)
France (-1962)
France (1963-)
Gabon
Germany, West
Grenada
Haiti
Iceland
India
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Lesotho
Liberia
Mauritania
Mexico
Morocco
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Pakistan (1971-)
Palau
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Senegal
Serbia and Montenegro
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
Zimbabwe
This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2016