VDem_plus.RdThe V-Dem dataset (version 11), including external variables. This documentation only provides variable names and labels for the country-year identifiers included. The rest of the codebook is available at https://www.v-dem.net/en/data/data-version-11/, and in this package as vdem_codebook.
VDem_plus
An object of class tbl_df (inherits from tbl, data.frame) with 27192 rows and 4188 columns.
Coppedge, Michael, John Gerring, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Staffan I. Lindberg, Jan Teorell, David Altman, Michael Bernhard, Agnes Cornell, M. Steven Fish, Lisa Gastaldi, Haakon Gjerløw, Adam Glynn, Allen Hicken, Anna Lührmann, Seraphine F. Maerz, Kyle L. Marquardt, Kelly McMann, Valeriya Mechkova, Pamela Paxton, Daniel Pemstein, Johannes von Römer, Brigitte Seim, Rachel Sigman, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jeffrey Staton, Aksel Sundtr¨om, Eitan Tzelgov,Luca Uberti, Yi-ting Wang, Tore Wig, and Daniel Ziblatt. 2021. "V-Dem Codebook v11" Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project. Available at https://www.v-dem.net/en/data/data-version-11/
The original country name in the dataset. There are 202 distinct countries in version 11. According to the codebook, "a V-Dem country is a political unit enjoying at least some degree of functional and/or formal sovereignty."
Unique numerical country id for each country.
Unique abbreviation for each country.
Year, from 1789-2020.
The standard country according to the
Gleditsch and Ward system of states (Gleditsch and
Ward 1999), or a standardized country name. Note that West Bank, and Gaza
are two separate coding units in vdem_country_name but all map to
"Palestine, State of" here. Column added by Xavier Marquez to the original
V-Dem dataset.
Gleditsch and Ward's numeric country code, from the Gleditsch and Ward list of independent states. This differs from the V-Dem COW code in a few instances, and it does not exist in for some historical polities. For details, see Gleditsch and Ward 1999. The list can be found at http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~ksg/statelist.html. Column added by Xavier Marquez to the original V-Dem dataset.
"This variable is included in the V-Dem Country Date dataset. The default date is December 31st, as in 2020-12-31, referring to the time span from 01-01 to 12-31 in a respective year. Additionally, specific changes, such as the appointment of a Head of State, are coded on the specific date within a certain year. Thus, a code can change within a year, and will be reflected in the 12-31 date."
"V-Dem country coding starts in 1789, or from when a country first enjoyed at least some degree of functional and/or formal sovereignty. For detailed information, please see the V-Dem Country Coding Units document."
This variable indicates the coding start for the countries coded by Contemporary V-Dem.
This variable indicates the coding start for the countries coded by Historical V-Dem.
"Time periods when a country does not fulfill V-Dem’s coding period criteria are not coded. The date that indicates the gap start is the last date coded before the gap. For more details about V-Dem country coding periods, please see the V-Dem Country Coding Units document."
"The periods of when a country does not fulfill V-Dem’s coding period macriteria are not coded. The date that indicates the gap end is the first date coded after the gap. For more details about V-Dem country coding periods, please see the V-Dem Country Coding Units document."
"V-Dem country coding ends in 2018, or from when a country formally stopped enjoying at least some degree of functional and/or formal sovereignty. For detailed information, please see the V-Dem Country Coding Units document."
"This variable indicates when the coding ends for countries coded by the Contemporary V-Dem project."
"This variable indicates when the coding ends for countries coded by the Historical V-Dem Project."
"This variable indicates which V-Dem project coded that country-year: Contemporary V-Dem (0), Historical V-Dem (1), or both (2)."
"This variable indicates if the Historical V-Dem project coded a country at any time: No (0), Yes (1)."
The Correlates of War numeric country code (2016). Note that this differs from Gleditsch and Ward's numeric country code in a few cases.
The Correlates of War numeric country code (from the 2016 version of the COW state list). Note that this differs from Gleditsch and Ward's numeric country code in a few cases. Column added by Xavier Marquez to the original V-Dem dataset.
Gleditsch and Ward's alphabetic country code, from the Gleditsch and Ward list of independent states. Missing for some historical polities and some states with contested sovereignty. For details, see Gleditsch and Ward 1999. The list can be found at http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~ksg/statelist.html. Column added by Xavier Marquez to the original V-Dem dataset.
Region. Column added by Xavier Marquez to the
original V-Dem dataset. You may wish to use the e_region* set of
variables instead.
Continent. Column added by Xavier Marquez to the original V-Dem dataset.
The entry date of the state into the international system (usually the date of independence, though there can be more than one), according to Gleditsch and Ward, or 1 January 1816, whichever is later. Column added by Xavier Marquez to the original V-Dem dataset.
The exit date of the state from the international system (usually the date the state lost its independence, though there can be more than one), according to Gleditsch and Ward, or NA if the country is still in the international system as of the time the dataset was compiled. Column added by Xavier Marquez to the original V-Dem dataset.
Whether the state is a microstate, according to Gleditsch. His tentative list of microstates is available at http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~ksg/statelist.html. Column added by Xavier Marquez to the original V-Dem dataset.
The rough latitude of the state. Column added by Xavier Marquez to the original V-Dem dataset.
The rough longitude of the state. Column added by Xavier Marquez to the original V-Dem dataset.
Whether the state is "in system" (that is, is independent and sovereign), according to Gleditsch and Ward, for this particular date. Column added by Xavier Marquez to the original V-Dem dataset. You may instead wish to use one of the `v2sv*`` columns provided in the original V-Dem dataset.
Coppedge, Michael, John Gerring, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Staffan I. Lindberg, Jan Teorell, Nazifa Alizada, David Altman, Michael Bernhard, Agnes Cornell, M. Steven Fish, Lisa Gastaldi, Haakon Gjerløw, Adam Glynn, Allen Hicken, Garry Hindle, Nina Ilchenko, Joshua Krusell, Anna Luhrmann, Seraphine F. Maerz, Kyle L. Marquardt, Kelly McMann, Valeriya Mechkova, Juraj Medzihorsky, Pamela Paxton, Daniel Pemstein, Josefine Pernes, Johannes von Römer, Brigitte Seim, Rachel Sigman, Svend-Erik Skaaning, Jeffrey Staton, Aksel Sundström, Ei-tan Tzelgov, Yi-ting Wang, Tore Wig, Steven Wilson and Daniel Ziblatt. 2021. "V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v11" Varieties of Democracy Project. https://doi.org/10.23696/vdems21
Pemstein, Daniel, Kyle L. Marquardt, Eitan Tzelgov, Yi-ting Wang, Juraj Medzihorsky, Joshua Krusell, Farhad Miri, and Johannes von Römer. 2020 "The V-Dem Measurement Model: Latent Variable Analysis for Cross-National and Cross-Temporal Expert-Coded Data". V-Dem Working Paper No. 21. 5th edition. University of Gothenburg: Varieties of Democracy Institute.
Gleditsch, Kristian S. & Michael D. Ward. 1999. "Interstate System Membership: A Revised List of the Independent States since 1816." International Interactions 25: 393-413. The list can be found at http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~ksg/statelist.html