National Capability Data: Annual Series, 1950-1988 : Version 1

• Main Authors: Taylor, Charles Lewis, Amm, Joachim
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research 1993
• Subjects: Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.3886/icpsr09904.v1; http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/9904/version/1

This collection contains economic, military, and population indicators for 155 countries during the years 1950-1988. There are 2 identification and 15 substantive variables, which include size of armed forces, military expenditure, crude steel production, energy consumption, urban and total population, real gross domestic production (RGDP), and percentage share of RGDP in consumption, investment, and government. : Datasets: DS0: Study-Level Files DS1: Raw Data (Afghanistan-Bangladesh) and Data List Statement DS2: Raw Data (Barbados-Burkina Faso) and Data List Statement DS3: Raw Data (Burundi-Comoros) and Data List Statement DS4: Raw Data (Congo-El Salvador) and Data List Statement DS5: Raw Data (Eq. Guinea-Ghana) and Data List Statement DS6: Raw Data (Greece-Hungary) and Data List Statement DS7: Raw Data (Iceland-Jamaica) and Data List Statement DS8: Raw Data (Japan-Lesotho) and Data List Statement DS9: Raw Data (Liberia-Mauritania) and Data List Statement DS10: Raw Data (Mauritius-Niger) and Data List Statement DS11: Raw Data (Nigeria-Poland) and Data List Statement DS12: Raw Data (Portugal-Sierra Leone) and Data List Statement DS13: Raw Data (Singapore-Sweden) and Data List Statement DS14: Raw Data (Switzerland-Uganda) and Data List Statement DS15: Raw Data (U.A.E.-Yemen) and Data List Statement DS16: Raw Data (Y.P.D.R.-Zimbabwe) and Data List Statement DS17: Codebook for All Parts : The 16 data files, Parts 1-16, cover 155 countries, with 10 countries grouped alphabetically in each file, except for Part 16, which contains 5 countries. Each data file was created by an SPSS/PC write command and contains a data list statement which specifies variable names and column locations followed by the actual data records. Users should note that file structure, case count, variable count, and records per case specifications in the part information describe the data portion of each file, while record length specifications describe the physical character of each file, including the data list statements. Data for many countries for the years 1986-1988 are incomplete. Part 17, the Codebook for All Parts, notes which of the 16 data files to access for data on a particular country. : All countries in the world.