This data set includes four measures of democracy at two points in time, 1960 and 1965, and three measures of industrialization in 1960, for 75 developing countries.
BollenA data frame with 75 observations on the following 11 variables.
y1freedom of the press, 1960
y2freedom of political opposition, 1960
y3fairness of elections, 1960
y4effectivness of elected legislature, 1960
y5freedom of the press, 1965
y6freedom of political opposition, 1965
y7fairness of elections, 1965
y8effectivness of elected legislature, 1965
x1GNP per capita, 1960
x2energy consumption per capita, 1960
x3percentage of labor force in industry, 1960
Variables y1 through y4 are intended to be indicators of the latent variable political democracy in 1960;
y5 through y8 indicators of political democracy in 1965; and
x1 through x3 indicators of industrialization in 1960.
Bollen, K. A. (1989) Structural Equations With Latent Variables. Wiley.