World Handbook III (Aggregate Data)
GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA1130 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1130
Abstract: Indicators of 155 countries of the world from the areas of politics,
the economy, government finances, population and society.
The World Handbook III presents basically a continuation for 1970 and
1975 of the World Handbook II in which the dates 1950, 1955, 1960 and
1965 were recorded.
For some selected variables the time series had already been continued
to 1978.
Topics: government income and expenditures by the central government
in percent of gross national product (GNP); tax revenue in percent of
government income; absolute level of defense expenditures and their
proportion in the ... more Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 1950 - 1978
Geographic coverage: , 155 countries
Universe: Countries with over 1 million residents or membership in the UN.
Number of Units: 155
Sampling Procedure: Sample
Mode of Data Collection: Survey of aggregate data from statistical records of the UN.
Data Collector: Ch. L. Taylor,
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin
Analysis System(s): OSIRIS, SPSS
Number of Variables: 359
Bibliographic information
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: Taylor, Charles L. - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin
Publication year: 1978
DOI: 10.4232/1.1130
Study number: ZA1130
Publisher: GESIS Data Archive
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, 2010-04-13, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.1130
Version history: ... more Reference publications
Publications: Taylor, Charles Lewis; Jodice, David A.:
World Handbook of Political and Social Indicators.
New Haven: Yale University Press 1982. (Third Edition, 2 Vols.).
| Taylor, Charles Lewis; Jodice, David A.:
Detente and Its Effects: A Measurement of East-West-Trade.
In: Frei, Daniel (Hrsg.):
Definitions and Measurements of Detente: East and West Per ... more Study group: GESIS Community Data |
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