Political Science Enhanced ESRI Data

Codebook

Political Science Enhanced ESRI Data

GIS Instruction, California State University Bakersfield

Stanley E. Clark, Professor of Political Science

Assistants Brian Taylor, Thomas DuBois

Supported by a Grant from

The Teaching and Learning Center

Version 1: July 16, 2001

United States State and D.C. Variables

Variable Label: Abortionla

Definition: Abortion restrictions by state

Codes: 1 Partial birth abortion bans

2 Parental consent requirements

3 Parental consent requirements and mandatory waiting periods

4 Partial birth abortion bans and parental consent requirements

5 Partial birth abortion bans and parental consent requirements and mandatory waiting periods

6 None

Source: www.naral.org/publications/whod98summary. From USA Today, July 1, 1991, p.2A, Reprinted by permission in: Karen O’Connor and Larry J. Sabato. American Government: Continuity and Change. 2000 Edition. New York, New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. 2000. p. 94.

Variable Label: Party_com1

Definition: Comparison of Democratic and Republican party strength by state,

CIRCA 1999

Codes: 1 Republican advantage

2 Democratic Advantage

3 Competitive

Source: Dye, Thomas R. Politics in America. Fourth Edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc. 2001. p. 217.

Variable Label: Voter_turn

Definition: Voter turnout in 1996 by state

Codes: 1 59-65%

2 51-58%

3 46-50%

4 39-45%

Source: George C. Edwards III, Martin P. Wattenberg and Robert L. Lineberry. Government in America: People, Politics and Policy. Eighth Edition. New York, New York: Addison-Wesley Longman, Inc. 1999. p. 247. Calculated by the authors on the basis of election results and U.S. Census estimates of the voting-age population in each state.

Variable Label: Party-cont

Definition: Party Affiliations – Governors, Senate and House, CIRCA 1997

Codes: 1 All three Democrat

2 Democratic governor and one Democratic house

3 Two Democratic houses and any other governor

4 Two GOP houses and any other governor

5 GOP governor and one GOP house

6 All three GOP

Source: Council of State Governments. Adapted by: George C. Edwards III, Martin P. Wattenberg and Robert L. Lineberry. Government in America: People, Politics and Policy. Eighth Edition. New York, New York: Addison-Wesley Longman, Inc. 1999.p. 533.

Variable Label: Pres1860

Definition: Electoral College results for presidential election of 1860

Codes: 1 Lincoln (Republican)

2 Douglas (Northern Democrat)

3 Breckenridge (Southern Democrat)

4 Bell (Constitutional Union)

9 Nonvoting Territories

*Note: West Virginia is counted as part of Virginia. Also all of New Jersey went to Breckenridge.

Source: Karen O’Connor and Larry J. Sabato. American Government: Continuity and Change. 2000 Edition. New York, New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. 2000. p. 484.

Variable Label: Pres1896

Definition: Electoral College results for presidential election of 1896

Codes: 1 McKinley (Republican)

2 Bryan (Democrat)

9 Nonvoting Territories

*Note: All of California and all of Kentucky went to McKinley.

Source: Karen O’Connor and Larry J. Sabato. American Government: Continuity and Change. 2000 Edition. New York, New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. 2000. p. 484.

Variable Label: Pres1932

Definition: Electoral College results for presidential election of 1932

Codes: 1 Hoover (Republican)

2 F.D. Roosevelt (Democrat)

9 Nonvoting Territories

Source: Karen O’Connor and Larry J. Sabato. American Government: Continuity and Change. 2000 Edition. New York, New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. 2000. p. 484.

Variable Label: Pres1992

Definition: Electoral College results for presidential election of 1992

Codes: 1 Bush

2 Clinton

Source: Dye, Thomas R. Politics in America. Fourth Edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc. 2001. p. 266.

Variable Label: Pres1996

Definition: Electoral College results for presidential election of 1996

Codes: 1 Dole

2 Clinton

Source: Dye, Thomas R. Politics in America. Fourth Edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc. 2001. p. 266.

Variable Label: Pres2000

Definition: Electoral College results for presidential election of 2000

Codes: 1 Bush

2 Gore

Source: Dye, Thomas R. Politics in America. Fourth Edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc. 2001. p. 266.

Variable Label: Pres_del_m

Definition: Methods of selecting presidential delegates by state CIRCA 1995

Codes: 1 Closed primary

2 Open primary

3 Caucuses

Source: Karen O’Connor and Larry J. Sabato. American Government: Continuity and Change. 2000 Edition. New York, New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. 2000. p. 470.

Variable Label: El_col1860

Definition: Number of Electoral College votes for each state in 1860

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

number of electoral votes that each state had for the given year.

Source: Karen O’Connor and Larry J. Sabato. American Government: Continuity and Change. 2000 Edition. New York, New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. 2000. p. 484.

Variable Label: El_col1896

Definition: Number of Electoral College votes for each state in 1896

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

number of electoral votes that each state had for the given year.

Source: Karen O’Connor and Larry J. Sabato. American Government: Continuity and Change. 2000 Edition. New York, New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. 2000. p. 484.

Variable Label: El_col1932

Definition: Number of Electoral College votes for each state in 1932

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

number of electoral votes that each state had for the given year.

Source: Karen O’Connor and Larry J. Sabato. American Government: Continuity and Change. 2000 Edition. New York, New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. 2000. p. 484.

Variable Label: El_col1992

Definition: Number of Electoral College votes for each state in 1992

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

number of electoral votes that each state had for the given year.

Source: Karen O’Connor and Larry J. Sabato. American Government: Continuity and Change. 2000 Edition. New York, New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. 2000. p. 484.

Variable Label: Wrk_pop_fo

Definition: Percent of working age population who are foreign-born, 1999

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Variable Label: Unemp_rate

Definition: Unemployment rate by state, 1999

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Mexico State Variables

Variable Label: Pop_vote_p

Definition: Popular vote percentage by state

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

Percentage that each state had for the given year.

Source:

Variable Label: Pri_pct_20

Definition: PRI vote percentage by state

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Source:

Variable Label: Pan_pct_20

Definition: PAN vote percentage by state

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Source:

Variable Label: Prd_pct_20

Definition: PRD vote percentage by state

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Source:

Variable Label: Pan_prd_pc

Definition: PAN & PRD combined vote percentage by state

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Source:

Variable Label: No_of_mun

Definition: Number of municipal governments by state, 1996

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

number of municipal governments that each state had for the given year.

Source: Based on information from the Centro de Servicios Municipales “Heriberto Jara,” Mexico City. Adapted by: Victoria E. Rodriguez. Decentralization in Mexico: From Reforma Municipal to Solidaridad to Nuevo Federalismo. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 1997. p. 55.

Variable Label: Pct_contr_

Definition: Percentage of municipal government controlled by PRI by state, 1996

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage of municipal government controlled by PRI for each state for the given year.

Variable Label: Gdp_per_ca

Definition: GDP per capita, by state, 1993

Codes: 1 Very low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very high

Source: SEDESOL/World Bank (1993). Adapted by: Victoria E. Rodriguez. Decentralization in Mexico: From Reforma Municipal to Solidaridad to Nuevo Federalismo. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 1997. p. 98.

Variable Label: Border

Definition: Percentage of Undocumented Mexican Immigrants Intercepted at the border, by Mexican State of Origin, 1984

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Source: “Encuesta en la frontera norte a trabajadores indocumentados devueltos

por las autoritadades de los Estados Unidos de America,” Consejo Nacional de

Poblacion, Mexico D.F., Dec. 1984, Cuadro 2.7, p. 53; and “Estadistica demografica y

economica,” Consejo Nacional de Poblacion, Mexico D.F., May 1989, Cuadro 8.

Adapted by: The California-Mexico Connection. Edited by Abraham F.

Lowenthal and Katrina Burgess. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 1993.

Variable Label: Pct_mig

Definition: Percentage of migration by state of origin, 1994

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is rounded to the nearest whole number to the actual percentage that each state had for the given year.

*note: Includes head of family, adults present in the family, children of head of family (present or absent), and head of family’s siblings.

Source: Alain de Janury, Gustavo Gordillo, Elisabeth Sadoulet. Mexico’s Second Agrarian Reform: Household and Community Responses, 1990-1994. University of California, San Diego: Ejido Reform Research Project Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. 1997.

Variable Label: Selec_proc

Definition: Selection process of submunicipal governance structures by state

Codes: 1 Submunicipal authorities elected by the people

2 Some elected, some appointed

3 Appointed by municipality officials

4 Partly chosen by municipality officials, partly chosen by mayor

5 Chosen by mayor

9 Missing data

Source: Translation and summary of chart prepared by the Consejo Nacional de Desarrollo Municipal, November 1995. Adapted by: Jonathan Fox and Josefina Aranda. Decentralization & Rural Development in Mexico: Community Participation in Oaxaca’s Municipal Funds Program. Monograph Series 42. University of California, San Diego: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. 1996.

Variable Label: Pov_index

Definition: Poverty/underdevelopment levels by state

Codes: Data entries are rounded to the nearest five from the actual number

and increased by thirty to make a positive integer.

Source: COMPLAMAR, Geografia de la marginacion, p.32. Adapted by: Wayne A. Cornelius and Ann L. Craig. Politics in Mexico: An Introduction and Overview. Reprint Series 1, 2nd Edition. University of California, San Diego: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. 1988.

Canada Province Variables

The following notice applies to all Canada data that was adapted from the Statistics Canada Internet Site:

Statistics Canada information is used with the permission of Statistics

Canada. Users are forbidden to copy the data and redisseminate them,

in an original or modified form, for commercial purposes, without the

expressed permission of Statistics Canada. Information on the

availability of the wide range of data from Statistics Canada can be

obtained from Statistics Canada's Regional Offices, its World Wide

Web site at http://www.statcan.ca, and its toll-free access number

1-800-263-1136.

Variable Label: Pop_pct_m

Definition: Percent of male population by province, 2000

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Source: Statistics Canada's Internet Site, CANSIM.

http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/People/Population/demo31a.htm, July 10, 2001.

Variable Label: Pop_pct_f

Definition: Percent of female population by province, 2000

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Source: Statistics Canada's Internet Site, CANSIM. http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/People/Population/demo31a.htm, July 10, 2001.

Variable Label: Pop_0_14_m

Definition: Percent of male population of ages 0-14 by province, 2000

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Source: Statistics Canada's Internet Site, CANSIM.

http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/People/Population/demo31a.htm, July 10, 2001.

Variable Label: Pop_0_14_f

Definition: Percent of female population of ages 0-14 by province, 2000

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Source: Statistics Canada's Internet Site, CANSIM.

http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/People/Population/demo31a.htm, July 10, 2001.

Variable Label: Pop_0_14

Definition: Percent of population of ages 0-14 by province, 2000

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Source: Statistics Canada's Internet Site, CANSIM.

http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/People/Population/demo31a.htm, July 10, 2001.

Variable Label: Po_15_64_m

Definition: Percent of male population of ages 15-64 by province, 2000

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Source: Statistics Canada's Internet Site, CANSIM.

http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/People/Population/demo31a.htm, July 10, 2001.

Variable Label: Po_15_64_f

Definition: Percent of female population of ages 15-64 by province, 2000

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Source: Statistics Canada's Internet Site, CANSIM.

http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/People/Population/demo31a.htm, July 10, 2001.

Variable Label: Po_15_64

Definition: Percent of population of ages 15-64 by province, 2000

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Source: Statistics Canada's Internet Site, CANSIM.

http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/People/Population/demo31a.htm, July 10, 2001.

Variable Label: Pop_gt65_m

Definition: Percent of male population 65 and older by province, 2000

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual

percentage that each state had for the given year.

Source: Statistics Canada's Internet Site, CANSIM.

http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/People/Population/demo31a.htm, July 10, 2001.

Variable Label: Pop_gt65_f

Definition: Percent of female population 65 and older by province, 2000

Codes: No code is used for this variable. Every data entry is the actual