About my Data

Sample

Data set used so far in my previous courses (Data Management and Visualization and Data Analysis Tools) is Gapminder. Since its conception in 2005, Gapminder has grown to include over 200 indicators, including gross domestic product, total employment rate, and estimated HIV prevalence. Gapminder contains data for all 192 UN members, aggregating data for Serbia and Montenegro. Additionally, it includes data for 24 other areas, generating a total of 215 areas. GapMinder collects data from a handful of sources, including the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, US Census Bureau’s International Database, United Nations Statistics Division, and the World Bank.

Procedures

The variables that I have used from this data set so far are – female employment rate, polity score, income per person, urban population rate, internet usage rate. For several assignments I have selected data for above indicators for just the G20 countries

• Female Employment Rate
• Percentage of female population, age above that has been employed during the given year.
• Source: International Labor Organization
• Observational
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• Polity Score:
• Democracy score (based on Polity IV)
• Source: Polity IV Project: Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions, 1800-2009. Overall polity score from the Polity IV dataset
• Observational
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• Income per Person:
• Gross Domestic Product per capita by Purchasing Power Parities (in international dollars, fixed 2011 prices). The inflation and differences in the cost of living between countries has been taken into account
• Sources: Cross-country data for 2011 is mainly based on the 2011 round of the International Comparison Program. Estimates based on other sources were used for the other countries. Real growth rates were linked to the 2011 levels. Several sources are used for these growth rates, such as the data of Angus Maddison. Follow the link below to download the detailed documentation.
• Experimental 
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• Urban Population Rate:
• Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Source: World Bank Staff estimates based on United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.
• Source: World Bank
• Observational
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• Internet Use Rate
• Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network (per 100 people)
• Source: World Bank
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Measures

• Female Employment Rate: 2007 female employees age 15+ (% of population) Percentage of female population, age above 15, that has been employed during the given year
• Polity Score: 2009 Democracy score (Polity) Overall polity score from the Polity IV dataset, calculated by subtracting an autocracy score from a democracy score. The summary measure of a country's democratic and free nature. -10 is the lowest value, 10 the highest
• Income per Person:  2010 Gross Domestic Product per capita in constant 2000 US$. The inflation but not the differences in the cost of living between countries has been taken into account
• Urban Population: 2008 urban population (% of total) Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices (calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects)
• Internet Use Rate: 2010 Internet users (per 100 people) Internet users are people with access to the worldwide network.

References

• Gapminder Code book
• Gapminder