The `famous' Industrialization and Political Democracy dataset. This dataset is
used throughout Bollen's 1989 book (see pages 12, 17, 36 in chapter 2, pages
228 and following in chapter 7, pages 321 and following in chapter 8).
The dataset contains various measures of political democracy and
industrialization in developing countries.
Usage
data(PoliticalDemocracy)
Arguments
Format
A data frame of 75 observations of 11 variables.
y1
Expert ratings of the freedom of the press in 1960
y2
The freedom of political opposition in 1960
y3
The fairness of elections in 1960
y4
The effectiveness of the elected legislature in 1960
y5
Expert ratings of the freedom of the press in 1965
y6
The freedom of political opposition in 1965
y7
The fairness of elections in 1965
y8
The effectiveness of the elected legislature in 1965
x1
The gross national product (GNP) per capita in 1960
x2
The inanimate energy consumption per capita in 1960
x3
The percentage of the labor force in industry in 1960
References
Bollen, K. A. (1989). Structural Equations with Latent Variables.
Wiley Series in Probability and Mathematical Statistics. New York: Wiley. Bollen, K. A. (1979). Political democracy and the timing of development.
American Sociological Review, 44, 572-587. Bollen, K. A. (1980). Issues in the comparative measurement of political
democracy. American Sociological Review, 45, 370-390.