Abstract

The latent democracy variable extracted from five components of the PoltiyIV (XRCOMP, XROPEN, XCONST, PARCOMP, PARREG) and two components of Vanhanen's Index of Demcoracy (participation and competition)

Author(s)

Foldvari,P

Production date

27.06.2014

Variable(s)

Latent democracy variable

Keywords

democracy, politics, institutions, polityIV, Index of Democracy, Vanhanen,

Time period

1850-2000

Geographical coverage

varying 38 (1850) between 139 (2000) countries

Methodologies used for data collection and processing

Factor Analysis (measurement error model)

Period of collection

n.a.

Data collectors

n.a.


iii. Estimates iv. Conjectures

General references

As specified in Foldvari, P.: A latent democracy measure 1850-2000, Utrecht University, Centre for Global Economic History, Working paper no. 59.

Caribbean

Anguilla[No Data]

Antigua and Barbuda1500 (5)-2013 (21)

Aruba[No Data]

Bahamas1500 (5)-2013 (23)

Barbados1500 (5)-2016 (28)

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba[No Data]

British Virgin Islands[No Data]

Cayman Islands[No Data]

Cuba1500 (8)-2016 (35)

Curaçao[No Data]

Dominica1500 (5)-2016 (21)

Dominican Republic1500 (6)-2018 (39)

Grenada1500 (5)-2013 (21)

Guadeloupe[No Data]

Haiti1500 (6)-2018 (37)

Jamaica1500 (6)-2018 (36)

Martinique[No Data]

Montserrat[No Data]

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