Political factors

Indicator name*	Subcategory I	Subcategory II	Subcategory III	Technical name*	Scale*	Short description
Institutionalized Democracy. Polity IV.	Polity	Regime Type	Democratization	regime_polity_democ	Continuous	0 = least / 10 = most democratic
Institutionalized Autocracy. Polity IV.	Polity	Regime Type	Democratization	regime_polity_autoc	Continuous	0 = least / 10 = most autocratic
Combined Polity Score. Polity IV.	Polity	Regime Type	Democratization	regime_polity_polity	Continuous	-10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic
Combined Polity Score (Revised p4). Polity IV.	Polity	Regime Type	Democratization	regime_polity_polity2	Continuous	-10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic
Regime Durability	Polity	Polity IV		regime_polity_durable		count (# of years since regime score change > 2 points)
Number of Years Polity Has Persisted	Polity	Regime Type	Stability	regime_polity_persist		count (# of years since any regime score change*)
Regulation of Chief Executive Recruitment	Polity	Regime Type	Stability	regime_polity_xrreg	Categorical	(1)unregulated (2)designational/transitional (3)regulated
Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.	Politics	Governments	Electoral Institutions	regime_polity_xrcomp	Categorical	(1)selection (2)dual/transitional (3)election
Openness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.	Politics	Governments	Electoral Institutions	regime_polity_xropen	Categorical	(1)closed (2)dual-designation (3)dual-election (4)open
Executive Constraints (Decision Rules). Polity IV.	Politics	Governments	Checks and Balances	regime_polity_xconst	Categorical	(1)unlimited authority, through, (7)executive party/subordination
Regulation of Participation. Polity IV.	Politics	Governments	Electoral Institutions	regime_polity_parreg	Ordinal	(1)unregulated, through, (5)regulated
The Competitiveness of Participation. Polity IV.	Politics	Governments	Electoral Institutions	regime_polity_parcomp	Categorical	(0)not applicable, (1)repressed, through, (5)competitive
Executive Recruitment Concept. Polity IV.	Politics	Governments	Electoral Institutions	regime_polity_exrec	Ordinal	0 = suppressed / 10 = institutionalized electoral
Executive Constraints Concept. Polity IV.	Politics	Governments	Check and Balances	regime_polity_exconst		identical to xconst
Political Competition Concept. Polity IV.	Politics	Governments	Electoral Institutions	regime_polity_polcomp		10 types, see Addendum C in Polity IV manual
Electoral democracy index	Polity	Democratization	V-Dem	polnat_sys_polyarchy_vdem	Metric	Aggregated high level democracy index, electoral dimension (V-Dem)
Liberal democracy index	Polity	Democratization	V-Dem	polnat_polity_democ_libdem_vdem	Metric	Aggregated high level democracy index, liberal dimension (V-Dem)
Participatory democracy index	Polity	Democratization	V-Dem	polnat_polity_democ_partipdem_vdem	Metric	Aggregated high level democracy index, participatory dimension (V-Dem)
Deliberative democracy index	Polity	Democratization	V-Dem	polnat_polity_democ_delibdem_vdem	Metric	Aggregated high level democracy index, deliberative dimension (V-Dem)
Egalitarian democracy index	Polity	Democratization	V-Dem	polnat_polity_democ_egaldem_vdem	Metric	Aggregated high level democracy index, egalitarian dimension (V-Dem)
Regimes of the world index	Polity	Democratization	V-Dem	polnat_polity_regimes_vdem	Ordinal	Classification of political regimes (V-Dem)