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Bollen's Data on Industrialization and Political Democracy
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Description
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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
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::

    Bollen

Format
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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
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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
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personal communication from Ken Bollen.

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