type of state (classified by norris based on freedom house)
1 = older democracy
2 = newer democracy
3 = semi-democracy
4 = non-democratic

undp classification of society (undp 2003)
1 = high development
2 = moderate development
3 = low development

region name
1 = africa
2 = asia-pacific
3 = c&e europe
4 = middle east
5 = n.america
6 = s.america
7 = scandinavia
8 = w.europe

region undp classification 2000
1 = industrialized
2 = c&eeurope
3 = latinamerica & caribbean
4 = east asia
5 = se asia & pacific
6 = south asia
7 = arab states
8 = africa

oecd member state (yes/no)
0 = Not member
1 = OECD Member state

eu member state (yes/no)
0 = Not member
1 = EU Member state

cultural zone inglehart classification
1 = proteurope
2 = anglo-american
3 = catheur
4 = east asia
5 = ceneur
6 = exsoviet
7 = latam
8 = seasia
9 = africa
10 = meast

religious culture (classified from predominant religion, cia world factbook)
1 = roman catholic
2 = protestant
3 = orthodox
4 = jewish
5 = muslim
6 = hindu
7 = eastern
8 = other
9 = missing

predominant protestant nation dummy (cia factbook)
0 = not
1 = protestant

predominant catholic nation dummy (cia factbook)
0 = not
1 = catholic

predominate muslim nation dummy (cia factbook)
0 = not
1 = muslim

predominant orthodox nation dummy (cia factbook)
0 = not
1 = orthodox

type of secular or religious society (norris and inglehart wvs)
1 = most secular
2 = moderate
3 = most religious

colony of what country? (from cia world factbook)
0 = none
1 = uk
2 = france
3 = portugal
4 = spain
5 = netherlands
6 = soviet union
7 = ottoman
14 = belgium
20 = other

Previous British colony/not
0 = Not
1 = ex-British colony

freedom house category of democracy 1972
1 = Free
2 = Partly free
3 = Not free

freedom house category of democracy 2001
1 = Free
2 = Not Free
3 = Partly F

Freedom House rating of democracy 1972
1 = Most free
7 = Least free

Freedom house rating of democracy reversed 1975-1976
1 = least free
7 = most free

Freedom House rating of democracy reversed 2000
1 = Least free
7 = Most free

Freedom house rating of democracy reversed 2003-2004
1 = Least democratic
7 = Most democratic

Cheibub type of regime 2000
0 = Democracy
1 = Dictatorship

Ceibiub type of regime with reverse coding 2000
0 = Autocracies
1 = Democracies

Type of institutions Cheibub 2000
0 = Dictatorship
1 = Parliamentary democracy
2 = Mixed executive
3 = Presidential democracy

Six-fold classification of regimes Cheibub 2000
0 = Parliamentary democracy
1 = Mixed democracy
2 = Presidential democracy
3 = Civilian dictatorship
4 = Military dictatorship
5 = Monarchic dictatorship

Polity Combined 20-pt score 2000
-10 = High autocracy
10 = High democracy

Polity Democracy 10-pt score 2000
0 = Low
10 = High

2-cat ethnic fractionalization (Alesina 2002)
1 = Homogeneous
2 = Heterogeneous

4-Cat ethnic factionlization (alesina 2002) (
1 = Most homogeneous (less than .20)
2 = Fairly homogeneous (.21 to .43)
3 = Fairly heterogeneous (.44 to .66)
4 = Most heterogeneous (.67+)

Electoral family (4-major categories) (IDEA 2004)
1 = Majoritarian
2 = Combined
3 = Proportional
4 = No elections

Type of electoral system (9-minor categories) (IDEA 2004)
1 = FPTP
2 = Block vote
3 = AV
4 = Two-round
5 = Combined independent
6 = SNTV
7 = Combined dependent
8 = List PR
9 = STV
99 = Missing

Electoral family (4-major categories) (IDEA 1997)
1 = majoritarian
2 = combined
3 = proportional
4 = no elections

Type of electoral system (9-minor categories)(IDEA 1997)
1 = fptp
2 = block vote
3 = av
4 = two round
5 = combined independent
6 = sntv
7 = combined dependent
8 = list pr
9 = stv
99 = missing

Majoritarian electoral system 2005 (dummy)
1 = Majoritarian system

Combined electoral system 2005 (dummy)
1 = Combined system

PR electoral system 2005 (dummy)
1 = PR system

Open or closed party lists (rose encyclopedia of elections)
0 = closed
1 = open
9 = not applicable

categorized length of women's enfranchisement
1 = pre 1945
2 = 1946-1969
3 = post 1970

Compulsory voting used
0 = no
1 = yes

no competitive elections 1945-1999 (idea)
0 = none
1 = one or more

Type of party system (classified from enpp)
1 = one party
2 = two party
3 = mod multi
4 = frag multi

Type of executive - presidential or parliamentary
0 = parliamentary
1 = presidential

Type of unitary-federal state (Norris)
0 = Non-unitary
1 = Unitary

Type of federalism (Watts)
1 = Unitary states
2 = Decentralized unions
3 = Federacy
4 = Contemporary federations
9 = Missing

Size of country by population (3-categories) (from undp)
1 = Small (under 1m)
2 = Moderate (1-29m)
3 = Large (30m+)

Filter to focus on VS II & III
0 = Not Selected
1 = Selected

five types of society
1 = Postind Democ
2 = Develop Soc
3 = West Excommun Socs
4 = East Excommun Socs
5 = Low-Incom Socs

1 = undp development report oup 2003 www.undp.org
2 = wb world bank development indicators www.worldbank.org2003
3 = fh freedom house, annual to 2003 www.freedomhouse.org
4 = idea voter turnout since 1945 www.idea.int
5 = wvs world values survey (1995-2000 waves) wvs.isr.umich.ed
6 = dpi2000 database of political institutions www.worldbank.org
7 = lijphart comparing democracies yale 1999
8 = kaufmann governance indicators 2002 www.worldbank.org
9 = alesina fractionalization index jnl econ growth 2003
10 = cia world factbook www.cia.gov
11 = ti transparency international www.ti.org
12 = norris - various books and publications
13 = richard rose encyclopedia of elections (cq press)
14 = ipu inter-parliamentary union www.ipu.org
15 = Schneider Decentralization SCID Fall 2003
16 = Inglehart-Welzel 2005 Modernization, cultural change & demo