Democracy
0 = 0. Dictatorship
1 = 1. Democracy

Regime Institutions
0 = 0. Parliamentary Democracy
1 = 1. Mixed Democracy
2 = 2. Presidential Democracy
3 = 3. Civilian Dictatorship
4 = 4. Military Dictatorship
5 = 5. Royal Dictatorship

Freedom of Assembly and Association
0 = 0. Severely restricted or denied completely to all citizens
1 = 1. Limited for all citizens or severly restricted or denied for selected groups
2 = 2. Virtually unrestricted and freely enjoyed by practically all citizens

Disappearance
0 = 0. Have occured frequently
1 = 1. Have occured occasionally
2 = 2. Have not occured

Freedom of Domestic Movement
0 = 0. Severely restricted
1 = 1. Somewhat restricted
2 = 2. Unrestricted

Independence of the Judiciary
0 = 0. Not independent
1 = 1. Partially independent
2 = 2. Generally independent

Extrajudicial Killing
0 = 0. Practiced frequently
1 = 1. Practiced occasionally
2 = 2. Have not occured

Freedom of Movement (Old)
0 = 0. Restricted
1 = 1. Generally unrestricted

Political Imprisonment
0 = 0. Yes, many
1 = 1. Yes, but few
2 = 2. None

Freedom of Religion (New)
0 = 0. Government restrictions severe
1 = 1. Government restrictions moderate
2 = 2. Government restrictions practically absent

Freedom of Religion (Old)
0 = 0. Yes
1 = 1. No

Freedom of Speech
0 = 0. Complete
1 = 1. Some
2 = 2. None

Torture
0 = 0. Practiced freequently
1 = 1. Practiced occasionally
2 = 2. Have not occured

Workers Rights
0 = 0. Severely restricted
1 = 1. Somewhat restricted
2 = 2. Fully protected

Autonomous regions
0 = 0. No autonomous regions
1 = 1. Autonomous regions

Chief Executive a Military Officier
0 = 0. Not a military officer
1 = 1. Military officer

Closed Lists
0 = 0. Lists not closed
1 = 1. Closed lists

D´Hondt
0 = 0. D'Hondt not used
1 = 1. D'Hondt used

Executive Party: Right Left or Center
1 = 1. Right
2 = 2. Left
3 = 3. Center
4 = 4. 0
5 = 5. Not Applicable

Finite Term in Office
0 = 0. No finite term
1 = 1. Finite term

House: Plurality or Proportional?
0 = 0. Proportional
1 = 1. Plurality

Mean District Magnitude (House)
888 = 888. Indirect

Plurality
0 = 0. No plurality used
1 = 1. Plurality used

Proportional Representation
0 = 0. No PR used
1 = 1. PR used

Regime Type
0 = 0. Direct presidential
1 = 1. Strong president elected by assembly
2 = 2. Parliamentary

Status
1 = 1. Free
2 = 2. Partly Free
3 = 3. Not Free

Electoral System Type
1 = 1. Majoritarian
2 = 2. Proportional
3 = 3. Multi-tier
4 = 4. Mixed

Electoral System Type 2
1 = 1. Majoritarian
2 = 2. Proportional
3 = 3. Mixed

Institution
0 = 0. Dictatorship
1 = 1. Parliamentary Democracy
2 = 2. Mixed Democracy
3 = 3. Presidential Democracy

Majoritarian type
1 = 1. Plurality
2 = 2. Absolute maj
3 = 3. Qualified maj
4 = 4. Limited vote
5 = 5. Alternative vote
6 = 6. SNTV
7 = 7. Modified Borda

Mixed type
1 = 1. Coexistence, indep.
2 = 2. Superposition, indep.
3 = 3. Fusion, indep.
4 = 4. Correction, dep.
5 = 5. Conditional, dep.

Multi-tier type
1 = 1. Linked
2 = 2. Unlinked

Presidential Electoral System Type
1 = 1. Plurality
2 = 2. Absolute majority
3 = 3. Qualified majority
4 = 4. Electoral college
5 = 5. Single transferable vote (STV)

Political Regimes
0 = 0. Democracy
1 = 1. Dictatorship

PR type
1 = 1. Hare
2 = 2. Droop
3 = 3. Imperiali
4 = 4. Reinforced Imperiali
5 = 5. Modified Hare
6 = 6. d'Hondt
7 = 7. Saint-Lague
8 = 8. Modified Saint-Lague
9 = 9. STV

Presidential Runoff
0 = 0. No runoff
1 = 1. Runoff

Parliamentarism
0 = 0. Presidential
1 = 1. Semi-Presidential
2 = 2. Parliamentary

Proportional Representation
0 = 0. Majoritarian or Preferential vote
1 = 1. Mixed-member majority or Bloque vote
2 = 2. Closed-list-PR

Alignment Executive/Legislative Chamber (lower)
0 = 0. No
1 = 1. Yes

Independent Sub-Federal Unit
0 = 0. No independent sub-federal units
1 = 1. Independent sub-federal units

Independent Judiciary
0 = 0. No independent judiciary
1 = 1. Independent judiciary

Legislative Chamber
0 = 0. No legislative chamber
1 = 1. Legislative chamber

2nd Legislative Chamber
0 = 0. No 2nd legislative chamber
1 = 1. 2nd legislative chamber

Colonial Origin
0 = 0. Never colonized by a Western overseas colonial power
1 = 1. Dutch
2 = 2. Spanish
3 = 3. Italian
4 = 4. US
5 = 5. British
6 = 6. French
7 = 7. Portuguese
8 = 8. Belgian
9 = 9. British-French
10 = 10. Australian

The Region of the Country
1 = 1. Eastern Europe and post Soviet Union
2 = 2. Latin America
3 = 3. North Africa & the Middle East
4 = 4. Sub-Saharan Africa
5 = 5. Western Europe and North America
6 = 6. East Asia
7 = 7. South-East Asia
8 = 8. South Asia
9 = 9. The Pacific
10 = 10. The Caribbean

Regime Type (Separating Dominant Multiparty Systems)
1 = 1. limited multiparty
2 = 2. partyless
3 = 3. no-party
4 = 4. military trad
5 = 5. military no-party
6 = 6. military multiparty
7 = 7. military one-party
8 = 8. one-party
9 = 9. other
16 = 16. one-party monarchy
17 = 17. monarchy
18 = 18. rebel regime
19 = 19. civil war
20 = 20. occupation
21 = 21. theocracy
22 = 22. transitional
23 = 23. no-party monarchy
24 = 24. multiparty monarchy
25 = 25. dominant multiparty
26 = 26. multiparty-occupied
100 = 100. democracy

Regime Type
1 = 1. limited multiparty
2 = 2. partyless
3 = 3. no-party
4 = 4. military trad
5 = 5. military no-party
6 = 6. military multiparty
7 = 7. military one-party
8 = 8. one-party
9 = 9. other
16 = 16. one-party monarchy
17 = 17. monarchy
18 = 18. rebel regime
19 = 19. civil war
20 = 20. occupation
21 = 21. theocracy
22 = 22. transitional
23 = 23. no-party monarchy
24 = 24. multiparty monarchy
25 = 25. multiparty-occupied
100 = 100. democracy

Regime Type (Collapsed)
1 = 1. Monarchy
2 = 2. Military
3 = 3. One-party
4 = 4. Multi-party
5 = 5. Multi-monarchy
6 = 6. Military-multi
7 = 7. Military-one
9 = 9. No-party
10 = 10. No-party mon
11 = 11. Military noparty
12 = 12. Rebel regime
99 = 99. Other
100 = 100. Democracy

Appointments/Elections to Constitutional Court
1 = 1. Appointed
2 = 2. Elected

Election of the Executive
1 = 1. Direct public vote
2 = 2. Legislature
3 = 3. Party
4 = 4. Indirect public vote
5 = 5. Appointed

Electoral System
1 = 1. Plurality
2 = 2. Majority
3 = 3. Proportional representation
4 = 4. Mixed system

Legislature’s Ratification of International Treaties
1 = 1. No authority
2 = 2. One chamber's approval
3 = 3. Both chambers' approval

Parties with More than 5 Percent
1 = 1. One
2 = 2. Two
3 = 3. More than two

Unitary or Federal State
1 = 1. Unitary
2 = 2. Confederation
3 = 3. Federal

Who Removes Members of Constitutional Court
1 = 1. Legislature
2 = 2. Executive
3 = 3. Legislature and executive
4 = 4. General public
5 = 5. Court itself

Bicameral System
0 = 0. Not a bicameral system
1 = 1. Bicameral system

Year of Election (lower/only house)
0 = 0. Not an election year
1 = 1. Election year

Runoff Elections
0 = 0. No runoff elections
1 = 1. Runoff elections

Multi Tier (lower/only house)
0 = 0. No multi tier
1 = 1. Multi tier

Single Party System
0 = 0. Not a single-party system
1 = 1. Single-party system

Tiers allocated in Parallel
0 = 0. Tiers not allocated in parallel
1 = 1. Tiers allocated in parallel

Tiervote (lower/only house)
0 = 0. No separate vote for each tier
1 = 1. Separate vote for each tier

Legal Origin
1 = 1. English Common Law
2 = 2. French Commercial Code
3 = 3. Socialist/Communist Laws
4 = 4. German Commercial Code
5 = 5. Scandinavian Commercial Code

Female State Leader
0 = 0. Male leader
1 = 1. Female leader

Classification of Executive
1 = 1. Parliamentary Monarchy
2 = 2. Presidential republic
3 = 3. Mixed executive
4 = 4. Monarchy
5 = 5. Military state

Electoral Family
1 = 1. Majoritarian
2 = 2. Combined
3 = 3. Proportional
4 = 4. No competitive elections

Unitary or Federal State
0 = 0. Non-unitary
1 = 1. Unitary

Tentative Coding
0 = 0. confident
1 = 1. tentative
2 = 2. tenuous

Polity Fragmentation
0 = 0. no overt fragmentation
1 = 1. slight fragmentation <10%
2 = 2. moderate fragmentation 10-25%
3 = 3. serious fragmentation >25%

The Competitiveness of Participation
0 = 0. not applicable
1 = 1. repressed
2 = 2. suppressed
3 = 3. factional
4 = 4. transitional
5 = 5. competitive

Regulation of Participation
1 = 1. unregulated
2 = 2. multiple identity
3 = 3. sectarian
4 = 4. restricted
5 = 5. regulated

State Failure
1 = 1. collapse of central authority

Executive Constraints (Decision Rules)
1 = 1. unlimited authority
2 = 2. intermediate category 1/3
3 = 3. slight to moderate limitations
4 = 4. intermediate category 3/5
5 = 5. substantial limitations
6 = 6. intermediate category 5/7
7 = 7. executive parity or subordination

Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment
0 = 0. unregulated
1 = 1. selection
2 = 2. dual/transitional
3 = 3. election

Openness of Executive Recruitment
0 = 0. unregulated
1 = 1. closed
2 = 2. dual executive-designation
3 = 3. dual executive-election
4 = 4. open

Regulation of Chief Executive Recruitment
1 = 1. unregulated
2 = 2. designational/transitional
3 = 3. regulated

Federal Political Structure
0 = 0. No federal structure
1 = 1. Federal structure

Forms of Government
0 = 0. Not a presidential regim
1 = 1. Presidential regime

Conflict Location
0 = 0. Country is not listed as location of a conflict
1 = 1. Country is listed as location of a minor armed conflict
2 = 2. Country is listed as location of an intermediate armed conflict
3 = 3. Country is listed as location of a war

Extrasystemic Armed Conflict
0 = 0. No extra-state conflict
1 = 1. Extra-state minor armed conflict
2 = 2. Extra-state intermediate armed conflict
3 = 3. Extra-state war

Interstate Armed Conflict
0 = 0. No interstate conflict
1 = 1. Interstate minor armed conflict
2 = 2. Interstate intermediate armed conflict
3 = 3. Interstate war

Internal Armed Conflict
0 = 0. No internal conflict
1 = 1. Internal minor armed conflict
2 = 2. Internal intermediate armed conflict
3 = 3. Internal war

Internationalized ernal Armed Conflict
0 = 0. No Internationalized internal conflict
1 = 1. Internationalized internal minor armed conflict
2 = 2. Internationalized internal intermediate armed conflict
3 = 3. Internationalized internal war

1 = 1. Wave 1 (1981-1984)
2 = 2. Wave 2 (1989-1993)
3 = 3. Wave 3 (1994-1999)
4 = 4. Wave 4 (1999-2004)
5 = 5. Wave 5 (2004-2008)