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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.
  

• Afghan Women's Resistance and Struggle in Afghanistan and Diasporic Communities, 2004-2005
  Aimed to develop a better understanding of Afghan women's resistance to war and violent conflicts; their engagement with multiple worlds as refugees or living in exile, their struggle for survival and/or their acquisition of new knowledge and power. Investigated the vast diversity (class, age, ethnicity, religion) of women's experiences in the process of historical changes (in times of war and conflict, in exile and in times of peace making) and the different ways they emerge as autonomous agents and construct their identities, in culturally specific circumstances. Assessed the gendered nature of social exclusion, and the importance of women's inclusion in the processes of reconstruction and peace making. Semi-structured interviews were used to study Afghan women (and some men) in Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, UK and USA. Respondents were chosen to represent a sample of diverse groups (students, teachers, non-Governmental Organisation workers, United Nations workers, journalists, women and men in refugee camps) according to their religiosity, ethnicity, age, marital status, fertility rate, class, citizenship status, employment status and political, social and cultural activities. Detailed demographic information about each respondent is recorded in the data listing. To obtain a free account please register with the UKDA.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• Middle East Event/Interaction Data, 1949-1969
  Contains data on approximately 10,000 events in the Arab-Israeli conflict that occurred between Israel and each of the bordering Arab nations, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq, in the period 1949-1969. Interactions are structured into events, and events are coded for actor, target, the 22 action categories of the World Event/Interaction Survey, arena, and reliability. Third parties acting as mediators are also included as targets.

• Middle East Military Event Data, 1949-1969
  Provides detailed documentation of approximately 3,800 events: physical conflict interactions between Israel and each of the bordering Arab nations, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, in the period 1949-1969. Data are provided for dates, participants, types of event, number of incidents reported, casualties, and the source of information. Data are aggregated to 10-day summaries for each Israel-bordering Arab nation dyad.

• Middle East Political Events Data, 1979-1995
  Collection of machine-coded events using the coding scheme employed in Correlates of War to create a continuous time series of data on interstate interaction covering the Levant area (countries bordering on the eastern Mediterranean sea). Produced by a computer program, developed at the University of Kansas, which reads in Reuters News Service reports and parses the first sentence (the lead) into the three main components (subject, verb, and object). The Kansas Events Data System (KEDS) program then recodes these components according to the COW coding scheme. Each yearly dataset contains 4 variables: date, source (subject), target (object), and action (verb). Dictionary files that match the actual person, group, or event to the coded value are provided. In addition, the principal investigator has provided information on linking the datasets for longitudinal analysis.

• Middle East Time Series Data, 1948-1969
  Contains mainly economic data and some select sociopolitical data for Middle East nations, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and United Arab Emirates, in the period 1948-1969. Data are provided on economic aid, energy consumption for public use, oil production, national income, total exports and imports, development budget, defense spending, cost of arms race, cost of living index, consumer price index, and monetary exchange ratio. Additional variables provide sociopolitical information on population, the strength of democratic institutions in the nations, the number of illegitimate changes of government, the ruling party, the strength of traditional elites, military and bureaucracy elites, and religious and landed elites, political centralization, encounters between government forces and guerilla forces, attacks on civilians, attacks on bases and strategic installations, and political mobilizations.

• 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.

• 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 Events Project, 1948-1965
  Contains data on 6,754 political instability events in 84 selected nations in the period 1948-1965. These data, which permit measurement of political instability and the correlates of internal conflict behavior, are concerned with conflict directed by groups and individuals in the prevailing political system against other groups or persons, and with uncovering the determinants of stability within all national political systems. The variables in the dataset are divided into four basic types: variables that identify events, classify events, describe events, and evaluate events. The study provides a conflict intensity rating for each event. Political instability events are classified from low to high and include institutionally prescribed elections, the fall of cabinets, martial laws, assassinations of significant group leaders, mass arrests, coup d'etats, and civil wars.

• 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.

• Ten nation impressions of America poll
  Contains results of a poll of ten countries, the objective of which was to determine how adults in Arab and Muslim/non-Arab countries feel about specific items relative to the American people and culture and to ascertain whether or not these adults differentiate between their feelings toward the American people and culture, on one side, and American policy in the Middle East region.

• University of Rochester/Zogby International global religion survey
  Zogby International conducted interviews of 600 people each in India (Hindu, Muslim), Peru (Roman Catholic), Russia (Russian Orthodox), Saudi Arabia (Muslim), and South Korea (Buddhist, Christian); 593 in Israel (Jewish, Muslim, Druze); and 795 in the United States (Catholic, Protestant).

• What Arabs think
  Interview questions and raw data from a study which polled 3,800 Arab adults in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Morocco, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Israel about their beliefs, values and concerns.

• 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.

• Youth, Emotional Energy, and Political Violence: The Cases of Egypt and Saudi Arabia Survey, 2005
  Explores the sociopolitical and cultural attitudes of young Egyptians and Saudis. The survey focuses primarily on: (1) the sources of epistemic authorities that youths rely in forming opinions about various social and cultural issues and deciding their careers; (2) the extent to which youth are aware of development ideas; (3) youth's orientations toward such issues as the relationship between religion and politics, form of government, Western culture, and social status of women, and; (4) youth's religiosity and attitudes toward religion.