Variable: Information Capacity

QoG Code: (icd_infcapirt)


Dataset: Information Capacity Dataset

Description:

The aggregate index of information capacity. It is based on a hybrid two-parameter and graded Item Response Model (IRT) that is based on five component indicators - when the country first established a statistical agency, whether the country had in place a civil register and a population register, and the graded indexes of census ability and yearbook ability.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-11-24


Categories:

Quality of Government


Find this variable in:

Basic Time-series - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic time-series: 72
Standard time-series: 72
OECD time-series: 30

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1946-2012
Basic time-series: 1946-2012
OECD time-series: 1946-2012

This variable has information for these countries:

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This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2012