| Variable | Description | Type | N (%) Missing |
N (range) Levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Country | character | 0 (0.0%) | 60 (Albania⋯Venezuela) |
| Social_trust | % people who agree that “most people can be trusted” | numeric | 0 (0.0%) | 60 (2.8 : 65.3) |
| Region | World region | character | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (Africa⋯Western Europe) |
| Ethnic_fractionalisation | Ethnic fractionalisation (Alesina et al. 2003) | numeric | 0 (0.0%) | 39 (0 : 0.8) |
| Income_inequality | Gini coefficient, 0% (perfect equality) to 100% (perfect inequality) | numeric | 0 (0.0%) | 50 (23 : 59.8) |
| National_wealth | GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | numeric | 0 (0.0%) | 59 (1206 : 30821) |
| Political_stability | Index of political stability and lack of violence (Human Development Report 2002) | numeric | 0 (0.0%) | 52 (-1.4 : 1.6) |
| Law_Order | Index of law and order (Human Development Report 2002) | numeric | 2 (3.3%) | 7 (1 : 6) |
| Rule_law | Index of the rule of law (Human Development Report 2002) | numeric | 0 (0.0%) | 53 (-1.1 : 1.9) |
| Gov_effectiveness | Index of government effectiveness (Human Development Report 2002) | numeric | 0 (0.0%) | 55 (-1.1 : 1.9) |
| Political_freedom | Freedom House scores for civil liberties and political rights, 1976-1996 cumulated average | numeric | 0 (0.0%) | 44 (1.6 : 7) |
| Protestantism | Significant protestant population (>=25% Protestant and >=50% Protestand and Catholic combined) | numeric | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0 | 1) |
| Quality_of_government | Quality of government (Factor) | numeric | 0 (0.0%) | 54 (0.3 : 3.6) |