About this Dataset

Information Capacity Dataset

Thomas Brambor, Agustín Goenaga, Johannes Lindvall and Jan Teorell created The Information Capacity Dataset for their article "The Lay of the Land: Information Capacity and the Modern State". The Information Capacity Dataset offers numerical data on five institutions and policies that modern states use to collect information about their populations and territories: (1) the regular implementation of a reliable census, (2) the regular release of statistical yearbooks, the operation of (3) civil and (4) population registers, and (5) the establishment of a government agency tasked with processing statistical information. The dataset also includes an overall index of “information capacity” for 85 polities from 1750 to 2015.

Tables

Information Capacity Dataset

@owid.information_capacity_dataset.owid_information_capacity_dataset

52.24 kB
21,014 rows
24 columns

CREATE TABLE owid_information_capacity_dataset (
  "country" VARCHAR,
  "year" INTEGER,
  "statagency" INTEGER,
  "census" INTEGER,
  "first_moderncensus" FLOAT,
  "register_based_census" INTEGER,
  "yearbook_published" INTEGER,
  "yearbook_coverage" INTEGER,
  "civreg" FLOAT,
  "popreg" FLOAT,
  "statag_intro" FLOAT,
  "censusgraded_ability" INTEGER,
  "ybcov_ability" INTEGER,
  "infcap_irt" FLOAT,
  "infcap_pca" FLOAT,
  "census_10_years" INTEGER,
  "register_based_census_10_years" INTEGER,
  "statagency_region" INTEGER,
  "census_region" INTEGER,
  "register_based_census_region" INTEGER,
  "civreg_region" FLOAT,
  "popreg_region" FLOAT,
  "census_10_years_region" INTEGER,
  "register_based_census_10_years_region" INTEGER
);