R: Bollen's Data on Industrialization and Political Democracy

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## Bollen's Data on Industrialization and Political Democracy

### Description

This data set includes four measures of democracy at two points in time, 1960 and 1965, and three measures of industrialization in 1960, for 75 developing countries.

### Usage

    Bollen

### Format

A data frame with 75 observations on the following 11 variables.

`y1`

  freedom of the press, 1960

`y2`

  freedom of political opposition, 1960

`y3`

  fairness of elections, 1960

`y4`

  effectivness of elected legislature, 1960

`y5`

  freedom of the press, 1965

`y6`

  freedom of political opposition, 1965

`y7`

  fairness of elections, 1965

`y8`

  effectivness of elected legislature, 1965

`x1`

  GNP per capita, 1960

`x2`

  energy consumption per capita, 1960

`x3`

  percentage of labor force in industry, 1960

### Details

Variables `y1` through `y4` are intended to be indicators of the latent variable political democracy in 1960; `y5` through `y8` indicators of political democracy in 1965; and `x1` through `x3` indicators of industrialization in 1960.

### Source

personal communication from Ken Bollen.

### References

Bollen, K. A. (1989) Structural Equations With Latent Variables. Wiley.

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