country name
abbreviation of country name
area in km2 (source: Arthur Banks' CNTS Data Archive)
population (source: Arthur Banks' CNTS Data Archive)
year of independence; constrained to 1775 if earlier (sources: Jackman 1993 and
1 = monarchy, 0 = otherwise (source: web material)
1 = predominantly Roman Catholic, 0 = otherwise (source: web material)
1 = predominantly Protestant, 0 = otherwise (source: web material)
1 = Marxist-Leninist, 0 = otherwise (source: web material)
energy consumption in kg coal equivalent per capita (source: Arthur Banks' CNTS
radios per capita (source: Arthur Banks' CNTS Data Archive)
TVs per capita (source: Arthur Banks' CNTS Data Archive)
1 = civil war, 0 = otherwise (source: Small-Singer's Correlates of War dataset)
1 = interstate war, 0 = otherwise (source: Small-Singer's Correlates of War data
1 = if civil war or interstate war, 0 = otherwise
appearances on New York TImes in 1980 (source: NYT Archive)
appearances on ABC/CBS/CNN/Fox News in 1980 (source: Vanderbilt TV News Archive)
appearances on Facts on File in 1980 (source: Facts on File 1980)
riots in 1975-1980 (source: Muller 1988)
strikes in 1975-1980 (source: Muller 1988)
protests in 1975-1980 (source: Muller 1988)
coups in 1976 (source: Arthur Banks' CNTS Data Archive)
coups in 1977 (source: Arthur Banks' CNTS Data Archive)
coups in 1978 (source: Arthur Banks' CNTS Data Archive)
coups in 1979 (source: Arthur Banks' CNTS Data Archive)
coups in 1980 (source: Arthur Banks' CNTS Data Archive)
civil liberties (source: Freedom House)
political rights (source: Freedom House)
combined legisl. selec. effec. (source: Arthur Banks' CNTS Data Archive)
party legitimacy (source: Arthur Banks' CNTS Data Archive)
compet. nomination process (source: Arthur Banks' CNTS Data Archive)
effective executive selection (source: Arthur Banks' CNTS Data Archive)
broadcast media control (source: Freedom House)
print media control (source: Freedom House)