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Update of the CNTS Data Archive

The new edition (July 2012) of the CNTS Data Archive from Databanks International contains 196 years of global data, from 1815 through 2011. A new option this year is the Domestic Conflict Event Variable LINKS, which provides links to news reports of each event, starting with the 2011 data. Additionally, the World Bank country codes and country names have been matched to the data.

Global Health Observatory (GHO)

The Global Health Observatory database is the World Health Organization's main health statistics repository. It provides data and analyses for key health themes, as well as direct access to the full database. The WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) has been upgraded and incorporated into the latest version (February 2011) of the GHO, to provide more data, more tools, more analysis and more reports.

World Bank Frees up Data

In April 2010 the World Bank Group opened up the World Development Indicators database (and several other databases) and offered free access to more than 2,000 financial, business, health, economic and human development statistics that had mostly been available only to paying subscribers. The decision was part of a larger effort to increase access to information at the World Bank. And, for the first time, data was made available in languages other than English, with an initial 330 indicators translated into French, Spanish and Arabic.

European Social Survey: Contextual data

This 2008 report formed the origins of this website. It examines the availability and comparability of extant sources of contextual statistics of particular interest to users of ESS data. This website seeks to broaden the scope and be a valuable resource for social science data users worldwide (PDF).

 

 

Democracy Time-series Data

Research project

Democracy Time-series Data contains data on the social, economic and political characteristics of 190 countries with over 700 variables from 1971 to 2007. It merges the indicators of democracy by Freedom House, Vanhanen, Polity IV, and Cheibub and Gandhi, plus selected institutional classifications and also socio-economic indicators from the World Bank. This dataset is in a country-year case format, suitable for time-series analysis.

New variables in the January 2009 3.0 Release include the KOF Globalization Index and the new Norris-Inglehart Cosmopolitan Index. This is the dataset used in Pippa Norris' book Driving Democracy: Do Power-Sharing Institutions Work?

Dataset

Democracy Time-series Data

Democracy Time-series Data

Data types and sources

The dataset merges indicators from various sources. Amongst others Alesina, Cheibub and Gandhi, Freedom House, International IDEA, KOF, Polity IV, Transparency Internationa, Vanhanen, World Bank and World Values Survey.

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Democracy Time-series Data

Topics

The dataset contains variables on demographic and social indicators, political institutions, electoral systems, decentralization, women in parliament, executives, regime type, democratization, civil liberties, political rights, ethnicity, human rights, conflict, values, globalization, trade, media access, cosmopolitanism and regions.

Geographical coverage

The Democracy Time-series dataset covers 190 contemporary countries.

Time coverage and updates

1971-2007. The dataset was last updated in January 2009.

Documentation

The variable labels and the variable sources are given in the dataset’s online codebook. Note however that it is useful to check the sources’ original codebooks for further description and definition of the variables coming from other sources. The period for each series also varies.

Access conditions and cost

Available free of charge.

Access procedures

Predefined table.

Data formats

Excel 2007, Stata 8.0 SE, SPSS 17.0

Comparability and data quality

Not examined.

Electronic resource

Codebook for Pippa Norris. 2009. Democracy Time-series Dataset: Variable Labels. Release January 2009

Literature

Norris, Pippa. 2008. Driving Democracy: Do Power-Sharing Institutions Work?. Cambridge University Press, New York/Cambridge.

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