Specific Variables Information

Contains data from http://fmwww.bc.edu/ec-p/data/inst/geodata.dta
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 size:        26,400 (96.7% of memory free)
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              storage  display     value
variable name   type   format      label      variable label
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wbcode          str3   %9s                    World Bank (ISO) 3-letter
                                                country code
country         str25  %25s                   Country name
gdp50           int    %9.0g                  GDP per capita, 1950 (Maddison)
gdp90           int    %9.0g                  GDP per capita, 1990 (Maddison)
gdp95           float  %9.0g                * GDP per capita, 1995 (World
                                                Bank)
gdp65           float  %9.0g                  GDP per capita, 1965 (Penn
                                                Tables)
gdpg6590        float  %9.0g                  GDP p.c. growth, 1965-90 (Penn
                                                Tables)
lnd100km        float  %9.0g                * %land w/in 100km coast
pop100km        float  %9.0g                * %pop w/in 100km coast
lnd100cr        byte   %8.0g                * %land w/in 100km coast or river
pop100cr        byte   %8.0g                * %pop w/in 100km coast or river
dens65c         float  %9.0g                  Coastal population density, 1965
dens65i         float  %9.0g                  Inland population density, 1965
dens95c         float  %9.0g                  Coastal population density, 1995
dens95i         float  %9.0g                  Inland population density, 1995
landlock        byte   %9.0g                  Landlocked
landlneu        byte   %9.0g                  Landlocked, not W&C Europe
airdist         int    %9.0g                * km to closest major port
ciffob95        float  %9.0g                  CIF/FOB shipping cost, 1995
tropicar        float  %9.0g                  % land in geographical tropics
troppop         float  %9.0g                  % population in geographical
                                                tropics, 1994
malfal66        float  %9.0g                  Falciparam malaria index, 1966
malfal94        float  %9.0g                  Falciparam malaria index, 1994
lhcpc           float  %9.0g                  log Hydrocarbons per capita,
                                                1993
south           byte   %9.0g                  Southern hemisphere countries
landarea        float  %9.0g                  Land area (sq km)
open6590        float  %9.0g                  Openness (Sachs&Warner), 1965-90
icrg82          float  %9.0g                  Quality of public institutions,
                                                1982
newstate        byte   %9.0g                  Timing of independence
socialst        byte   %9.0g                * Socialist country, 1950-95
lifex65         float  %9.0g                * Life expectancy, 1965 (UN)
syr1565l        float  %9.0g                  log years secondary schooling,
                                                1965 (Barro&Lee)
urbpop95        float  %9.0g                  % population urban, 1995 (World
                                                Bank)
wardum          byte   %9.0g                  Had external war, 1960-85
pop95           float  %9.0g                  Population in 1995 (World Bank)
zpolar          float  %9.0g                  Polar non-desert (% land area)
zboreal         float  %9.0g                  Boreal regions (% land area)
zdestmp         float  %9.0g                  Temperate Desert (+pol+bor)
zdestrp         float  %9.0g                  Tropical+Subtrop Desert
zdrytemp        float  %9.0g                  Dry Temperate (% land area)
zwettemp        float  %9.0g                  Wet Temperate (% land area)
zsubtrop        float  %9.0g                  Subtropics (% land area)
ztropics        float  %9.0g                  Tropics (% land area)
zwater          float  %9.0g                  Water (lakes & ocean)
eu              byte   %9.0g                  Western Europe
safri           byte   %9.0g                  Sub-Saharan Africa
sasia           byte   %9.0g                  South Asia
transit         byte   %9.0g                  Transition countries (FSU & EE)
latam           byte   %9.0g                  Latin America & Caribbean
eseasia         byte   %9.0g                  East and Southeast Asia
                                              * indicated variables have notes
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Sorted by:  wbcode  

Last modified: 23 July 2002