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• 10 Million International Dyadic Events
  News report events related to political retaliation, world news, economic change, and catastrophes.

  Citation:
  10 Million International Dyadic Events (Electronic File)
  Principal investigator: Gary King and Will Lowe.
  

• African Census Analysis Project (ACAP)
  Collaborative initiative between the University of Pennsylvania and African institutions specializing in demographic research and training. ACAP has obtained and archived 55 censuses from 26 African nations thus preventing some of them from further destruction. Data exploration is through the African Census Navigator. Microdata is not available for download. Currently the following is available: (Botswana 1981, 1991; Burkina Faso 1985; Cameroon 1987, Gambia 1973, 1983, 1993; Kenya 1969, 1979, 1989; Lesotho 1986, 1996; Liberia 1843, 1974; Malawi 1977, 1987; Nigeria 1991; Senegal 1976, 1988; South Africa 1970, 1980, 1985, 1991, 1996; Sudan 1973; Swaziland 1986; Zambia 1980, 1990) Registration is required.

• African Foreign Relations and Internal Conflict Analysis (AFRICA) Project, 1964-1966
  Data on 14,669 foreign policy acts of 32 sub-Saharan African nations in the period 1964-1966. Acts are defined as official verbal or physical behavior from an African nation toward any other (including non-African) nation, leader, international organization, or group of states. These are further categorized into conflictual or cooperative acts. For each act, information provided includes actor, date, target, setting, WEIS action category, and type of foreign policy instrument used.

• Afrobarometer
  Independent, nonpartisan research project that measures the social, political and economic atmosphere in Africa. During Round 1, from July 1999 through June 2001, Afrobarometer surveys were conducted in 12 countries. Round 2 surveys were conducted from May 2002 through October 2003 in 15 countries. Round 3 surveys were conducted in 18 countries from March 2005 through February 2006. Round 4 surveys took place in 19 countries between March and December 2008. A Round 4 survey may be conducted in Zimbabwe in early 2009. Survey microdata is released to the public 2 years after the first publication of a survey's results.

  Sample Size: Generally, 1,200 or 2,400 adult citizens in each participating country.

• Annuaire statistique de la Tunisie (2003, 2005)
  Statistical yearbook of Tunisia. The 2005 electronic version is damaged. PDF is complete but few of the tables are available in Excel format. For additional years, see the Main Catalog under the title.

• Arab Barometer
  Multi-country social survey designed to assess citizen attitudes about public affairs, governance, and social policy in the Arab world, and to identify factors that shape these attitudes and values. Seeks public opinion on such topics as: support for democratic institutions, political interest and participation, attitudes toward terrorism and political violence, conceptions and interpretations of Islam, the relationship between religion and politics, and attitudes toward Middle East international relations.

• Archive Nationale des donnees du Cameroon (ANADOC)
  National data archive for Cameroon.

• Arms Transfers to Developing Countries, 1945-1968
  Data on the transfer of arms to 52 developing nations. The Arms Transfers data (Part 1) provide information on donor and recipient, date and site of transfer, quantity, system classification (e.g., aircraft, helicopters, missiles, artilleries, small arms, or naval systems), and date production began and ended. The Weapons Systems data (Part 2) contain detailed coded information about each weapons system.

• Bank's Crossnational Time Series
  Covers economic, social, and political indicators of nations and empires of the world including, countries and empires that no longer exist. Select data goes back to 1815, and the most recent data is for 2002. Not all indicators are available for all countries or in all years (even years in which the country existed).

• Black Africa Handbook
  Data on the political, social, economic, religious, ecological, and demographic characteristics of 32 Black African nations in the late 1950s and 1960s.

• Comparative Survey of Freedom, 1972-1976
  Contains information gathered in 5 annual surveys that assessed the degree of freedom in 218 nations and dependencies. Was carried out under the auspices of Freedom House, New York City. The number of cases with data varies from year to year, due to annexation, amalgamation, or the addition of further territories to the roster. Data includes assessments of the political and civil rights of the general population (using a seven-point scale, i.e., 1, most freedom, to 7, least freedom), an overall freedom rating for the country (using a three-point scale, i.e, free, partly free, and not free), and the direction in which this rating appeared to be moving. Surveys after 1972 have added variables that indicate whether a change in the evaluation since the previous survey was due to internal events in the country or to new information about existing conditions. Before 1973, only the presence or absence of change is noted. Thereafter, an increase in the number of coding categories enables the direction of the change to be recorded. The 1976 data include 4 additional variables applicable to 142 cases and provide information about the system of government and the economy of most of the nations studied.

• Correlates of War (1816+)
  Quantitative data useful for studying international relations. Also includes war within political entities.

• Cross-National Statistics on the Causes of Death (1966-1974)
  Demographic statistics for the populations of 125 countries or areas throughout the world. Units of analysis are both country and data year. Includes statistics on approximately 50 types of causes of death for males, females, and total populations.

• Demographic and Health Surveys
  Used to evaluate population, health, and nutrition programs. Provides national and sub-national data on family planning, maternal and child health, child survival, HIV/AIDS/sexually transmitted infections (STIs), infectious diseases, reproductive health and nutrition. Microdata is available free of charge by request. Data is available for:
  • Angola (2006)
    
  • Armenia (2000,2005)
  • Azerbaijan (2006)
  • Bangladesh (1993/94, 1996/97, 1999-2001, 2004, 2007)
  • Benin (1996, 2001, 2006)
  • Bolivia (1989, 1994, 1998, 2003)
  • Botswana (1988)
  • Brazil (1986, 1991, 1996)
  • Burkina Faso (1992/93, 1998/99. 2003)
  • Burundi (1987)
  • Cambodia (1998, 2000, 2005)
  • Cameroon (1998, 2001, 2004)
  • Central African Republic (1994/95)
  • Chad (1996/97, 2004)
  • Colombia (1986, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005)
  • Comoros (1996)
  • Congo (Brazzaville) (2005)
  • Cote d'Ivoire (1994, 1998/99, 2005)
  • Dominican Republic (1986, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2007)
  • Ecuador (1987)
  • Egypt (1988, 1992, 1995-1998, 2000, 2002-2005, 2008)
  • El Salvador (1985)
  • Eritrea (1995, 2002)
  • Ethiopia (2000, 2005)
  • Gabon (2000)
  • Ghana (1988, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006-2008)
  • Guatemala (1987, 1995, 1997-99)
  • Guinea (1992, 1999, 2005)
  • Guyana (2004, 2005)
  • Haiti (1994/95, 2000, 2005/06)
  • Honduras (2005)
  • India (19992/93, 1998/99, 2005/06)
  • Indonesia (1987, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2002-2003, 2007)
  • Jordan (1990, 1997, 2002, 2007)
  • Kazakhstan (1995, 1999)
  • Kenya (1989, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004)
  • Kyrgyz Republic (1997)
  • Lesotho (2004)
  • Liberia (1986, 2007)
  • Madagascar (1992, 1997, 2003/04)
  • Malawi (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
  • Mali (1987, 1995/96, 2001, 2006)
  • Mauritania (2000/01, 2003)
  • Mexico (1987)
  • Moldova (2005)
  • Morocco (1987, 1992, 1995, 2003/04)
  • Mozambique (1997, 2003)
  • Namibia (1992, 2000, 2006/07)
  • Nepal (1987, 1996, 2001, 2006)
  • Nicaragua (1997/98, 2001)
  • Niger (1992, 1998, 2006)
  • Nigeria (1990, 1999, 2003)
  • Nigeria (Ondo State) (1986)
  • Pakistan (1990/91, 2006/07)
  • Paraguay (1990)
  • Peru (1986, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004-2008)
  • Philippines (1993, 1998, 2003)
  • Rwanda (1992, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007)
  • Senegal (1986, 1992/93, 1997, 2005, 2006)
  • South Africa (1998, 2003)
  • Sri Lanka (1987)
  • Sudan (1990)
  • Swaziland (2006)
  • Tanzania (1992, 1994-96, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)
  • Thailand (1987)
  • Togo (1988, 1998)
  • Trinidad and Tobago (1987)
  • Tunisia (1988)
  • Turkey (1993, 1998, 2003)
  • Turkmenistan (2000)
  • Uganda (1988, 1995/96, 2000/01, 2004, 2006, 2007)
  • Ukraine (2007)
  • Uzbekistan (1996, 2002)
  • Vietnam (1997, 2002, 2005)
  • Yemen (1991/92, 1997)
  • Zambia (1992, 1996, 2001/02, 2005)
  • Zimbabwe (1988, 1994, 1999, 2005/06)

• Determinants of Aid in the Post-Cold War Era
  Estimates the responsiveness of aid to recipient countries' economic and physical needs, civil/political rights, and government effectiveness. Looks exclusively at the post-Cold War era and use fixed effects to control for the political, strategic, and other considerations of donors. Finds that aid and per capita income have been negatively related, while aid has been positively related to infant mortality, rights, and government effectiveness.

• Dolphin: Data online for Population, Health & Nutrition
  Statistical resource containing selected current and historical country-level demographic and health indicator data.

• Education Statistics (World Bank)
  Worldwide data on education from national statistical reports, statistical annexes of new publications, and other data sources. Includes public expenditure data.

• EM-DAT : the International Disaster Database
  Essential core data on the occurrence and effects of over 12,800 mass disasters in the world from 1900 to present.

• Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Police Local Partnership Boards in Sierra Leone, 2006
  Aim was to understand how the Police Local Partnership Boards in Sierra Leone function, including what they achieve, and how they relate to the local community and the Sierra Leone Police. (Free registration is required through the UK Data Archive)

• Foreign Conflict Behavior, 1950-1968
  Contains data on over 13,000 foreign conflict acts of 113 nations in the period 1950-1968. Data are provided for actor and object, either of which may refer to nations, colonies, international organizations, or groups in rebellion against national authority and involved in international relations. Data are also provided for official and unofficial acts, which are categorized into violent and nonviolent acts. Violent acts are further categorized into planned and unplanned acts, as well as unclassified acts. These include warning or defensive acts related to a developing conflict situation, threat, war, clash, or negative behavior such as blockade, embargo, or diplomatic rebuff of one nation by another. Nonviolent acts include boycott and anti-foreign demonstrations.

• Gambia National Data Archive (GNADA)
  

• Global Terrorism Database II, 1998-2004
  Undertaken to address the fact that there is little robust empirical analysis of terrorism. The two primary reasons for this problem included insufficient temporal and spatial coverage of available data, and a lack of public availability of terrorism data. Due to this lack of available empirical data regarding terrorism, the researchers sought to code and verify a previously unavailable dataset composed of terrorist events recorded for the entire world from 1998 through 2004. The goal was to create a comprehensive and sound data set on global terrorism that can be used to derive methodologically robust insights into the phenomenon of terrorism and how to counter it. Not intended to be merged with the Global Terrorism Database, 1970-1997. The data being distributed in this data collection were collected using different methods and often different data definitions. Accordingly, the databases should not be used for direct comparison. Does not examine state terrorism.

• Hidden Young Carers: the Experiences, Needs and Resilience of Children Caring for Parents and Relatives with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania and the United Kingdom, 2006
  To obtain a free account please register with the UKDA.

• ICT Diffusion and Distribution Dataset, 1990-2007
  Contains 2 types of indicators for the global distribution of information, communication and technology (ICT) resources. Includes gini coefficients for the distribution of Internet access within countries, and a technology diffusion index that weights the distribution of broadband subscribers, personal computers, mobile phones, Internet users, and international Internet bandwidth by economic output.

• Index of Electoral Malpractice, 1995-2006
  Aim was to investigate electoral malpractice in new and semi-democracies. Studied the mechanics of electoral malpractice and the frequency of different forms of abuse with reference to the strategic constraints under which political actors operate in different contexts. Also explored the causes and consequences of electoral malpractice. Employed a variety of data, including existing datasets and a new dataset created specifically for this research: the Index of Electoral Malpractice, 1995-2006, constructed on the basis of 136 election observation reports produced between 1995 and 2006 by international election observation missions in 57 states in 3 regions of the world, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and Sub-Saharan Africa. (Free registration is required through the UK Data Archive]

• International Crime Victimization Survey (ICVS) Series
  Most far-reaching program of standardized sample surveys to look at a householders' experience with crime, policing, crime prevention, and feelings of insecurity in a large number of nations. It also allows for analysis of how risks of crime vary among different groups of populations across social and demographic lines.
  • Wave 1 - 1989 - 17 cities or countries
  • Wave 2 - 1992 - 28 cities or countries
  • Wave 3 - 1996/1997 - 45 cities or countries
  • Wave 4 - 2000/2001 - 39 cities or countries
  • Wave 5 - 2004/2005 - over 35 cities or countries

  Sample Size: Generally, 1,000 - 2,000 households from each participating country.

• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Datasets
  In collaboration with institutions throughout the world, IFPRI is often involved in the collection of primary data and the compilation and processing of secondary data. The resulting datasets provide a wealth of information at the local (household and community), national, and global levels. Includes geospatial data, household and community-level surveys, institution-level surveys, regional data, and social accounting matrices. Datasets must be requested from IFPRI.

• International Military Intervention (1946-2005)
  Updates International Military Intervention (IMI), 1946-1988. This newer study documents 447 intervention events from 1989 to 2005. To ensure consistency across the full 1946-2005 time span, the original coding procedures were followed. The data collection thus "documents all cases of military intervention across international boundaries by regular armed forces of independent states" in the international system). "Military interventions are defined operationally in this collection as the movement of regular troops or forces of one country inside another, in the context of some political issue or dispute". As with the original IMI (OIMI) collection, the 1989-2005 dataset includes information on actor and target states, as well as starting and ending dates. It also includes a categorical variable describing the direction of the intervention, i.e., whether it was launched in support of the target government, in opposition to the target government, or against some third party actor within the target state's borders. The intensity of the military intervention is captured in ordinal variables that document the scale of the actor's involvement, "ranging from minor engagement such as evacuation, to patrols, act of intimidation, and actual firing, shelling or bombing". Casualties that are a direct result of the military intervention are coded as well. A novel aspect of IMI is the inclusion of a series of variables designed to ascertain the motivations or issues that prompted the actor to intervene, including to take sides in a domestic dispute in the target state, to affect target state policy, to protect a socio-ethnic or minority group, to attack rebels in sanctuaries in the target state, to protect economic or resource interests, to intervene for strategic purposes, to lend humanitarian aid, to acquire territory or to dispute its ownership, and to protect its own military/diplomatic interests. The variable, civilian casualties, which complements IMI's information on the casualties suffered by actor and target military personnel has been added. OIMI variables on colonial history, previous intervention, alliance partners, alignment of the target, power size of the intervener, and power size of the target have been deleted.

• International Religious Freedom Data, Aggregate File (2001, 2003, 2005)
  Contains aggregate measures from the 2001, 2003, and 2005 U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Reports. This coding produced data on 196 different countries and territories but excluded the United States. Also includes 3 indexes calculated from these data: Government Regulation of Religion index, Social Regulation of Religion index, Government Favoritism of Religion index. Part of the Association of Religion Data Archives.

• IPUMS-International Census Data
  Project dedicated to collecting and distributing census data from around the world. Samples are currently available for Argentina (1970, 1980, 1991, 2001), Armenia (2001), Austria (1971, 1981, 1991, 2001), Belarus (1999), Bolivia (1976, 1992, 2001), Brazil (1960, 1970, 1980, 1991, 2000), Cambodia (1998), Canada (1971, 1981, 1991, 2001), Chile (1960, 1970, 1982, 1992, 2002), China (1982, 1990), Colombia (1964, 1973, 1985, 1993, 2005)), Costa Rica (1963, 1973, 1984, 2000), Ecuador (1962, 1974, 1982, 1990, 2001), Egypt (1996), France (1962, 1968, 1975, 1982, 1990, 1999), Ghana (2000), Greece (1971, 1981, 1991, 2001), Guinea (1983, 1996), Hungary (1970, 1980, 1990, 2001, India (1983, 1987, 1993, 1999 all employment surveys), Iraq (1997), Israel (1972, 1983, 1995), Italy (2001), Jordan (2004), Kenya (1989, 1999), Kyrgyz Republic (1999), Malaysia (1970, 1980, 1991, 2000), Mexico (1960, 1970, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005), (Mongolia 1989, 2000), Netherlands (1960, 1971, 2001), Palestine (1997), Panama (1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000), Philippines (1990, 1995, 2000), Portugal (1981, 1991, 2001), Romania (1977, 1992, 2002), Rwanda (1991, 2002), Slovenia (2002), South Africa (1996, 2001, 2007), Spain (1981, 1991, 2001), Uganda (1991, 2001), United Kingdom (1991, 2001), United States (1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000), Venezuela (1971, 1981, 1990, 2001), Vietnam (1989, 1999). Registration is required.

• LAPOP - Latin American Public Opinion Project
  Surveys analyzing citizen views on system support, political tolerance, citizen participation, local government, corruption, and views on authoritarianism for Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela as well as for Canada, Israel, Madagascar, and the United States. Includes America's Barometer.

• Lesotho - National Data Catalogue
  National data archive for Lesotho.

• Liberia National Data Archive
  

• Liberian Census Data, 1843
  Variables include age, number of members in family, date of arrival in the colony, connections in the colony, occupation, education, health, family status and place of settlement. Requires free registration. Courtesy of University of Wisconsin.

• Lijphart Elections Archive
  Static research collection of district level election results for approximately 350 national legislative elections in 26 countries that was maintained through 2003.

• Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) household surveys
  Established by the World Bank in 1980 to explore ways of improving the type and quality of household data collected by government statistical offices in developing countries. Objectives were to develop new methods for monitoring progress in raising levels of living, to identify the consequences for households of current and proposed government policies, and to improve communications between survey statisticians, analysts, and policymakers. Surveys have been conducted in more than two dozen countries.

  Data is available for download from the web site for:

  • Albania 1996 (requires permission), 2002-2005
  • Azerbaijan 1995
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001-2004
  • Brazil 1996-1997
  • Bulgaria 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003
  • China 1995, 1997
  • Cote d'Ivoire 1985-1988
  • Guatemala 2000
  • India 1997-1998
  • Yugoslavia- Kosovo 2000
  • Kyrgyz Republic 1993, 1996-1998
  • Nicaragua 1993, 1998-1999, 2001, 2005
  • Panama 1997, 2003
  • Papua New Guinea 1996
  • Peru 1985, 1990-1991, 1994
  • Serbia 2002, 2003, 2007
  • South Africa 1993
  • Tajikistan 1999,2003
  • Tanzania 1991-1994,2004
  • Timor Leste 2001

  Surveys have been done in other countries but procedures for obtaining the data vary.

  • Armenia 1996
  • Ecuador 1994,1995,1998
  • Ghana 1987-1989, 1991-1992, 1998-1999
  • Guyana 1992-1993
  • Jamaica 1988-2000
  • Kazakhstan 1996
  • Malawi 2004-2005
  • Morocco 1991
  • Nepal 1996, 2003-2004
  • Pakistan 1991
  • Romania 1994-1995
  • Viet Nam 1992-1993, 1997-1998, 2002-2004

• Minorities at Risk (MAR) Project (1945+)
  Tracks 284 politically-active ethnic groups throughout the world -- identifying where they are, what they do, and what happens to them. Focuses specifically on ethnopolitical groups, non-state communal groups that have "political significance" in the contemporary world because of their status and political actions. Political significance is determined by: (1) The group collectively suffers, or benefits from, systematic discriminatory treatment vis-a-vis other groups in a society and (2) The group is the basis for political mobilization and collective action in defense or promotion of its self-defined interests.

• Multi-Choice Policing Resources for Post-Conflict Situations: Rwanda and Liberia, 2006-2007
  Examines all forms of policing in post-conflict Rwanda and Liberia, to establish the scale and nature of the various forms of policing and the manner in which they were adapting to the post-conflict environment. (Free registration is required through the UK Data Archive)

• Multi-Choice Policing Resources for Post-Conflict Situations: Rwanda and Liberia, 2006-2007
  Examines all forms of policing in post-conflict Rwanda and Liberia, to establish the scale and nature of the various forms of policing and the manner in which they were adapting to the post-conflict environment. (Free registration is required through the UK Data Archive)

• Multilateral Policing in Africa: its Nature and Socio-Political Impact in Uganda and Sierra Leone, 2003-2005
  Documented attitudes to policing in Uganda and Sierra Leone and the degree of multilateral policing in the 2 countries. Examined who was delivering policing, who was responsible for policing, how many non-state providers of policing existed, what these providers did, and whom they served. Also examined was change in the nature and scope of public policing, whether public police defined their responsibilities differently than in the past, how state and non-state policing agents interact in the field, and whether they plan together, co-ordinate operations, or exchange information. With respect to the commercial security industry, information on how many companies existed was gathered, and how many people they employed. (Free registration is required through the UK Data Archive)

• Niger - Archive Nationale de Donnaes (ANADO), Institut National de la Statistique
  National data archive for Niger.

• Occupational Wages around the World (OWW) Database
  Contains occupational wage data for 161 occupations in over 150 countries from 1983 to 2003.

• Pew Global Attitudes Project
  Worldwide public opinion surveys that encompasses a broad array of subjects ranging from people's assessments of their own lives to their views about the current state of the world and important issues of the day. Topics have included views of Asian nations of each other, Muslims in Europe, images of the United States, the Iraq War, and foreign policy. Surveys include different nations and topics:
  • August 2001 (France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, United States)
  • April 2002 (France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, United States)
  • Summer 2002 (Angola, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Senegal, Slovak Republic, South Africa, South Korea, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam)
  • November 2002 (France, Germany, Great Britain, Russia, Turkey, United States)
  • January 2003 (United States)
  • March 2003 (France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Poland, Russia, United States)
  • May 2003 (Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Nigeria, Palestine, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Turkey, United States)
  • March 2004 (France, Germany, Great Britain, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, United States)
  • Spring 2005 (Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Spain, Turkey, USA)
  • Spring 2006 (China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Turkey, USA)
  • 2007 (Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Russia, Senegal, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Venezuela)
  • 2008 (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Tanzania, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States)

• Political Regimes and Regime Transitions in Africa, 1910-1994
  Focuses on political regimes and regime transitions in 47 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The first part contains information on the characteristics of post-colonial political regimes from independence to December 31, 1989. Economic variables include GNP per capita, inflation, structural adjustment programs, overseas development assistance, and external debt, while social indicators concern ethnic & religious fragmentation. Political variables provide a listing of every national election in Africa from independence to 1989, for totals of presidential and parliamentary contests, the number of political parties, association groups, and media outlets in each country in 1975 and 1989, and type of political regime, including the duration of each regime in years and the total number and mode of previous regime transitions up to 1989. The second part covers the political dynamics of regime transitions from 1990-1994. Includes political protests, liberalization reforms, elections, and changes of government in each country. In addition, there is a complete set of standard election results for every multiparty contest in Africa from 1990-1994, along with information on whether observers ruled the vote as free and fair, whether incumbents were ousted, and whether losers accepted the results.

• Polling the Nations
  Compilation of public opinion surveys conducted in the United States and more than 80 other countries. Each record includes the question asked and the responses given, the polling organization responsible for the work, the date the information was released, the sample size, and the groups or areas included in the interview.

• Roll of Emigrants to Liberia, 1820-1843
  Variables include place of origin, place of arrival, status of individual, level of literacy, occupation, date of death, cause of death, and name of the ship which carried the emigrant to Liberia. Requires free registration. Courtesy of University of Wisconsin.

• United Nations Surveys of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems
  Collects data on the incidence of reported crime and the operations of criminal justice systems with a view to improving the analysis and dissemination of that information globally. Results provide an overview of trends and interrelationships between various parts of the criminal justice system to promote informed decision-making in administration, nationally and internationally. The surveys were started in 1977, covering 5-year intervals from 1970-1994. Starting in 1995 surveys cover 2 or 3 year intervals. Data may also be accessed through ICPSR.

• Voice of the People Series (2005+)
  Annual survey to solicit public opinion on social and political issues. Every year the survey will be conducted in approximately 50 countries, with a minimal sample size of 500 per country. Wherever possible, within each country a nationally representative sample n=500 adults, male and female, aged 18 and older will be used. In some emergent countries, where such research conditions are not possible, there may be stated variations to this (e.g. urban areas only). Similarly, in the developed world interviews will be conducted by telephone, while in emergent and under-developed countries face to face interviews will be conducted. Demographic variables include sex, age, household income, education level, employment status, and religious preference.

• Women in Development Series (1979-1980, 1983)
  Series of studies on women in development in 1970 with data drawn primarily from national censuses, surveys, statistical abstracts, and international statistical compendia. References are also made in some cases to evaluative studies conducted by individual researchers, research teams, and the staff of the International Demographic Data Center of the Bureau. These data constitute the most recently available information at the time of collection. The aim of this data series was to provide a reliable, up-to-date, accessible database on women in development which can illuminate the discrepancies in the roles and status of women against those of men throughout the world in order to serve as a basis for the promotion of both intranational and international parity between the sexes. The studies that comprise the Women in Development series consist of national-level data concerning female/male differentials over a range of demographic and socio-economic variables. Wherever possible, the data are broken down by age and urban/rural residence to facilitate further analysis. The series is cumulative and the data are presented in basic tabular format. Initially, the data tables were compiled for 69 developing nations from Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Near East that were recipients of the United States Agency for International Development aid. The first collection, Women in Development, 1979-1980 (ICPSR 8053), included all the aid-recipient nations regardless of population size. Subsequently, data were compiled for all remaining nations of the world with a population of five million or more, and statistics for the original nations were updated to reflect more recent information. The second collection in the series, Women in Development IV, 1983 (ICPSR 8155), covered approximately 120 nations from Asia, the Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Near East, North America, Europe, and the Soviet Union.

• Women in Parliament, 1945-2003: Cross-National Dataset
  Information on women's inclusion in parliamentary bodies in over 150 countries from 1945 to 2003. Allows for extensive, large-scale, cross-national investigation of the factors that explain women's attainment of political power over time and provides educators with comprehensive international and historical information on women in a variety of political positions. Information is provided on female suffrage, the first female member of parliament, yearly percentages of women in parliaments, when women reached important representational milestones, such as 10 %, 20 %, and 30 % of a legislature, and when women achieved highly-visible political positions, such as prime minister, president, or head of parliament.

• World Database of Happiness: States of Nations
  Includes summary information from social surveys indicating levels of happiness in about 95 countries around the world, along with data on possibal causal factors.

• World Development Indicators
  Development indicators from the World Bank. Covers population, education, health, aid, poverty and environmental indicators for 208 countries.

• World Event/Interaction Survey (WEIS) Project, 1966-1978
  Record of the flow of action and response between countries (as well as non-governmental actors, e.g., NATO) reflected in public events reported daily in the New York Times from January 1966 through December 1978. The unit of analysis in the dataset is the event/interaction, referring to words and deeds communicated between nations, such as threats of military force. Each event/interaction is a daily report of an international event. Coded for each event are the actor, target, date, action category, and arena. Also provided are brief textual descriptions for each event.

  Sample Size: 98,043 events

• World Fertility Data (2006)
  Data on fertility and marriage for 192 countries. The indicators are selected in such a way as to present a concise picture of reproductive behavior from both period and cohort perspectives. The data are compiled from civil registration, population censuses and nationally representative sample surveys. The basic criterion for inclusion of data is its reliability. No attempts were made to estimate missing data. For each country, available data are presented for 2 dates. An earlier date was centered on 1970 and the most recent on 2000 or later. In cases where data for 1970 are not available, the closest date is selected from within the 1960-1985 period. For the later date, the most recent available estimate since 1986 is selected. Reference dates were chosen on the basis of two criteria: the database should contain most recent available data and the benchmark data that should correspond to the beginning of sustained fertility decline in most parts of the world.

• World Income Inequality Database
  The UNU/WIDER World Income Inequality Database (WIID) collects and stores information on income inequality for developed, developing, and transition countries.

• World Marriage Data (2006)
  Contains data on marriage for 192 countries. Iindicators are selected in such a way as to present a concise picture of marital behavior from both period & cohort perspectives. Data are compiled from civil registration, population censuses and nationally representative sample surveys. The basic criterion for inclusion of data is its reliability. No attempts were made to estimate missing data. For each country, marital statuses and period indicators are presented for 2 dates. An earlier date was centered on 1970 and the most recent on 2000 or later. In cases where data for 1970 are not available, the closest date is selected from within the 1960-1985 period. For the later date, the most recent available estimate since 1986 is selected. Reference dates were chosen on the basis of two criteria: the database should contain most recent available data and the benchmark data that should correspond to the beginning of sustained fertility decline in most parts of the world.

• World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers [Trade] Series (1961-1993)
  Worldwide and regional annual totals of military spending.

• World Population Prospects (2004, 2006 revisions)
  Comprehensive set of demographic indicators for 1950-2050. Includes measures of fertility, life expectancy, migration, and measures of the impact of HIV/AIDS.

• World Public Opinion.org
  Program on International Policy Attitudes site providing public opinion from around the world.

• World Values Survey and European Values Survey. 1981-1984, 1990-1993, 1995-1997, 1999-2005.
  Designed to enable a crossnational comparison of values and norms on a wide variety of topics and to monitor changes in values and attitudes across the globe. A variety of questions on religion and morality were included. Data is currently available for 1981-1984, 1990-1993, 1995-1997, and 1999-2005.

• Zogby Africa poll
  In-person and telephone interviews were conducted of 220 opinion leaders in six African nations: Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda representing five different sectors: business, government, media, non-governmental organizations and religion.