Political factors

Indicator name*	Subcategory I	Subcategory II	Subcategory III	Technical name*	Scale*	Short description
Institutionalized Democracy. Polity IV.	Polity	Regime Type	Democratization	polnat_polity_democ	Metric	0 = least / 10 = most democratic
Institutionalized Autocracy. Polity IV.	Polity	Regime Type	Democratization	polnat_polity_autoc	Metric	0 = least / 10 = most autocratic
Combined Polity Score. Polity IV.	Polity	Regime Type	Democratization	polnat_polity_polity	Metric	-10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic
Combined Polity Score (Revised p4). Polity IV.	Polity	Regime Type	Democratization	polnat_polity_polity2	Metric	-10 = strongly autocratic / 10 = strongly democratic
Regime Durability. Polity IV.	Polity	Regime Type	Stability	polnat_polity_durable	Ordinal	count (# of years since regime score change > 2 points)
Number of Years Polity Has Persisted. Polity IV.	Polity	Regime Type	Stability	polnat_polity_persist	Ordinal	count (# of years since any regime score change*)
Regulation of Chief Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.	Polity	Government	Electoral Institutions	polnat_polity_xrreg	Multinomial	(1)unregulated (2)designational/transitional (3)regulated
Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.	Politics	Government	Electoral Institutions	polnat_polity_xrcomp	Multinomial	(1)selection (2)dual/transitional (3)election
Openness of Executive Recruitment. Polity IV.	Politics	Government	Electoral Institutions	polnat_polity_xropen	Multinomial	(1)closed (2)dual-designation (3)dual-election (4)open
Executive Constraints (Decision Rules). Polity IV.	Politics	Government	Checks and Balances	polnat_polity_xconst	Multinomial	(1)unlimited authority, through, (7)executive party/subordination
Regulation of Participation. Polity IV.	Politics	Government	Electoral Institutions	polnat_polity_parreg	Ordinal	(1)unregulated, through, (5)regulated
Competitiveness of Participation. Polity IV.	Politics	Government	Electoral Institutions	polnat_polity_parcomp	Multinomial	(0)not applicable, (1)repressed, through, (5)competitive
Executive Recruitment Concept. Polity IV.	Politics	Government	Electoral Institutions	polnat_polity_exrec	Multinomial	0 = suppressed / 10 = institutionalized electoral
Executive Constraints Concept. Polity IV.	Politics	Government	Check and Balances	polnat_polity_exconst	Multinomial	identical to xconst
Political Competition Concept. Polity IV.	Politics	Government	Electoral Institutions	polnat_polity_polcomp	Multinomial	10 types, see Addendum C in Polity IV manual
Electoral democracy index	Polity	Democratization	V-Dem	polnat_polity_democ_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 (4 categories)	Polity	Democratization	V-Dem	polnat_polity_regimes_vdem	Ordinal	Classification of political regimes (V-Dem)
Regimes of the world index (10 categories)	Polity	Democratization	V-Dem	polnat_polity_regimes_ambig_vdem	Ordinal	More granular classification of political regimes (V-Dem)
Election vote buying	Politics	Elections	Corruption	polnat_election_vote_buying_vdem	Metric	Evidence of vote and/or turnout buying (V-Dem)
Corrupt activities of members of legislature	Politics	Legislature	Corruption	polnat_legislature_corrupt_activities_vdem	Metric	Evidence of corrupt activities of members of the legislature (V-Dem)
Lower chamber female legislators	Politics	Legislature	V-Dem	polnat_politics_fem_legislator_perche_vdem	Metric	Percentage of female legislators (V-Dem)
Power distributed by gender	Politics	Political Power	V-Dem	polnat_politics_power_distri_gender_vdem	Metric	Distribution of political power by gender (V-Dem)
Power distributed by socioeconomic position	Politics	Political Power	V-Dem	polnat_politics_power_distri_socio_vdem	Metric	Distribution of political power by socioeconomic position (V-Dem)
Power distributed by social group	Politics	Political Power	V-Dem	polnat_politics_power_distri_social_vdem	Metric	Distribution of political power by social group (V-Dem)
Power distributed by sexual orientation	Politics	Political Power	V-Dem	polnat_politics_power_distri_sexual_vdem	Metric	Distribution of political power by sexual orientation (V-Dem)
Barriers to parties	Polity	Political Parties	V-Dem	polnat_polity_parties_barriers_vdem	Metric	Barriers upon political party formation (V-Dem)
Party ban	Polity	Political Parties	V-Dem	polnat_polity_parties_ban_vdem	Metric	Bans of political parties (V-Dem)
Opposition parties autonomy	Polity	Political Parties	V-Dem	polnat_polity_parties_oppos_auto_vdem	Metric	Independence of opposition parties of the ruling regime (V-Dem)
Party organizations	Polity	Political Parties	V-Dem	polnat_polity_parties_orga_vdem	Metric	Permanent organizations of political parties (V-Dem)
Legislative party cohesion	Polity	Political Parties	V-Dem	polnat_polity_parties_cohes_vdem	Metric	Cohesion of voting of members of the legislature for important bills (V-Dem)
Party competition across regions	Polity	Political Parties	V-Dem	polnat_polity_parties_compe_region_vdem	Metric	Regional competition of major parties (V-Dem)
Domestic autonomy	Polity	Sovereignty	V-Dem	polnat_polity_sov_domestic_vdem	Metric	Domestic autonomy from other states (V-Dem)
International autonomy	Polity	Sovereignty	V-Dem	polnat_polity_sov_international_vdem	Metric	International autonomy from other states (V-Dem)
State authority over territory	Polity	Sovereignty	V-Dem	polnat_polity_sov_territory_vdem	Metric	Percentage of the territory the state effectively controls (V-Dem)
State fiscal source of revenue	Polity	Sovereignty	V-Dem	polnat_polity_sov_fiscal_vdem	Ordinal	Main source of revenue of the central government (V-Dem)
Independent states	Polity	Sovereignty	V-Dem	polnat_polity_sov_independent_vdem	Binary	Is the polity an independent state? (V-Dem)
Election dummy	Polity	Elections	Elections Global & V-Party	polnat_polity_election_dummy	Binary	Election dummy