Data set from Russett (1964) about agricultural inequality, industrial development and political instability.
Usage
data(russett)
Format
A data frame with 47 observations on the following 11 variables. The variables may be used to construct three latent concepts: 1) AGRIN=Agricultural Inequality, 2) INDEV=Industrial Development, 3) POLINS=Political Instability.
Num
Variable
Description
Concept
1
gini
Inequality of land distribution
AGRIN
2
farm
Percentage of farmers that own half of the land
AGRIN
3
rent
Percentage of farmers that rent all their land
AGRIN
4
gnpr
Gross national product per capita
INDEV
5
labo
Percentage of labor force employed in agriculture
INDEV
6
inst
Instability of executive (1945-1961)
POLINS
7
ecks
Number of violent internal war incidents (1941-1961)
POLINS
8
death
Number of people killed as a result of civic group violence (1950-1962)
POLINS
9
demostab
Political regime: stable democracy
POLINS
10
demoinst
Political regime: unstable democracy
POLINS
11
dictator
Political regime: dictatorship
POLINS
References
Russett B.M. (1964) Inequality and Instability: The Relation of Land Tenure to Politics. World Politics16:3, pp. 442-454.