Variable: Ethnolinguistic Fractionalization-Roberts (1962)

QoG Code: (r_roberts)


Dataset: Ethnolinguistic Fractionalization (ELF) Indices, 1961 and 1985

Description:

Ethnolinguistic Fractionalization: Measures probability that two randomly selected people from a given country will not belong to the same ethnolinguistic group. Reprint from the index published in Taylor and Hudson (1972: 271-274). Original source: Roberts (1962).

Type of variable: Continuous


Last updated by source: 2001-02-16


Categories:

Civil Society/Population/Culture History


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Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 40
Standard time-series: 45