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Total duration of compulsory education

Besche-Truthe, Fabian
Global Dynamics of Social Policy (CRC 1342). Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2379
Abstract: This data set consists of a matrix in which the entries represent the number of years of compulsory education as defined in the legal framework. The rows denote countries and columns denote years.

In total, the data set covers 173 countries over a time span of 281 years. Data where I suspect that compulsory education was not yet introduced has been coded as "0". Data where I don't know for sure has been coded as "NA".

In building the dataset, I started with data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). More historic data has been added from a variety of sources.

Availability: Free access (without registration)
Subject area: Political Science
Topics: educational policy

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 2020-01; 2020-09
Geographic coverage (free): [Global]
Universe: all modern nation states
Temporal Research Design: Time series

Bibliographic information

Primärforschende, Institution: Besche-Truthe, Fabian; Sonderforschungsbereich 1342 "Globale Entwicklungsdynamiken von Sozialpolitik"
Publication year: 2022
DOI: 10.7802/2379
Study number: SDN-10.7802-2379
Contributor, Institution, Role: Roth, Philip; Sonderforschungsbereich 1342 "Globale Entwicklungsdynamiken von Sozialpolitik" (Data Collector)
Project funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Publisher: Global Dynamics of Social Policy (CRC 1342)

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2379

Reference publications

Publications: Besche-Truthe F. (2022) The Global Trajectories of Compulsory Education: Clustering Sequences of Policy Development. In: Martens K., Windzio M. (eds) Global Pathways to Education. Global Dynamics of Social Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.

Cite

Besche-Truthe, Fabian (2022). Total duration of compulsory education. Global Dynamics of Social Policy (CRC 1342). Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/2379.

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