Data: Africa

Data is a subset of a larger study on factors affecting regime stability in Sub-Saharan Africa

A data frame with 47 observations on the following 9 variables.

miltcoup
number of successful military coups from independence to 1989

oligarchy
number years country ruled by military oligarchy from independence to 1989

pollib
Political liberalization - 0 = no civil rights for political expression, 1 = limited civil rights for expression but right to form political parties, 2 = full civil rights

parties
Number of legal political parties in 1993

pctvote
Percent voting in last election

popn
Population in millions in 1989

size
Area in 1000 square km

numelec
Total number of legislative and presidential elections

numregim
Number of regime types