Colony of what country? (CIA World Factbook)
0 = none
1 = UK
2 = France
3 = Portugal
4 = Spain
5 = Netherlands
6 = Soviet Union
7 = Ottoman
14 = Belgium
20 = Other

Level of decentralization
1 = Less decentralized
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = More decentralized

Percentage of other democracies in region: 5 cats
1 = 10%
2 = Approx 40%
3 = Approx 60%
4 = Approx 90%
5 = 100%

Is regime a democracy?
0 = No
1 = Yes

Average # of members per district
1 = single member
2 = >1 to 5 members
3 = 6 or more members

Effective number of parliamentary parties: 3 cats
1 = 1-3 parties
2 = 4-5 parties
3 = 6-11 parties

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

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

Level of ethnic fractionalization: 3 cats
1 = Low
2 = Medium
3 = High

GDP per capita (US$): 2 cats
1 = Low
2 = High

GDP per capita (US$): 3 cats
1 = Low
2 = Middle
3 = High

High gdp dummy
0 = Low GDP
1 = High GDP

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

Post-materialism
1 = Low post-mat
2 = Moderate post-mat
3 = High post-mat

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

Protest activity
1 = Low
2 = Moderate
3 = High

Regime types
0 = Dictatorship
1 = Parliamentary democ
2 = Presidential democ

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

Sources of data used in this shared database
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

Predominant religion
1 = Roman Catholic
2 = Protestant
3 = Orthodox
4 = Jewish
5 = Muslim
6 = Hindu
7 = eastern
8 = other
9 = Missing

Percent saying religion "very" important
1 = <20%
2 = 20-50%
3 = >50%

Women's suffrage
0 = 1944 or before
1 = After 1944