Civil liberties score
1 = Least free
7 = Most free

Colony of what country?
0 = none
1 = uk
2 = france
3 = portugal
4 = spain
5 = netherlands
6 = soviet union
7 = ottoman
14 = belgium
20 = other

Compulsory voting used?
0 = No
1 = Yes

% of democracies in region: 3 cats
1 = <30 percent
2 = 30-60 percent
3 = >60 percent

Econ devel: 3 cats
1 = Least
2 = Middle
3 = Most

Ethno-linguistic heterogeneity: 3 cats
1 = low
2 = moderate
3 = high

Freedom House democ rating reversed 2003-2004
1 = Least democratic
7 = Most democratic

GDP percapita: 2 categories
1 = low
2 = high

High gdppcap dummy
0 = Low
1 = High

Legis dominance of largest party
1 = 1. low dominance
5 = 5. high dominance

Size of country by population (3-categories)
1 = Small (under 1m)
2 = Moderate (1-29m)
3 = Large (30m+)

Number of parties: 3 categories
0 = None
1 = One party
2 = More than 1 party

Political rights score
1 = Fewest rights
7 = Most rights

Is Country democracy or dictatorship?
0 = Democracy
1 = Dictatorship

Region of the world
1 = Sub-Saharan Africa
2 = South Asia
3 = East Asia
4 = South East Asia
5 = Pacific Is-Oceania
6 = Middle East/N. Africa
7 = Latin America
8 = Caribbean/non-Iberic Amer
9 = Eastern Europe
10 = Industrialized

Type of secular or religious society
1 = most secular
2 = moderate
3 = most religious

Religious culture
1 = roman catholic
2 = protestant
3 = orthodox
4 = jewish
5 = muslim
6 = hindu
7 = eastern
8 = other
9 = missing

Women's suffrage: before/after 1920
0 = 1920 or before
1 = After 1920

Elections:Day of work or rest?
0 = Work
1 = Rest
2 = Both