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