Variable: Legislative Fractionalization (upper)

QoG Code: (h_lfup)


Dataset: Political Constraint Index (POLCON) Dataset

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: 2024-09-18
Last updated by source: 2023-01-30


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


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Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 72
Standard time-series: 90


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This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2016