39
Table 5. Summary Statistics
Variable
Obs.
Mean
Std. Dev.
Min
Max
Sources
Autonomy Change
1227
.05 .22
0
1
Coded by author
Factions
876
1.50
.64
1
4
Coded by author
Veto Players
687
2.92
2.42
1
18
Keefer Database of Political
Institutions
Coordination Group or
Institution
1227
.34
.47
0
1
Coded by author
Autonomy in past 5
years
1227
.19
.39
0
1
Coded by author
Relative group size
1227
.08
.1
.004
.47
Minorities at Risk
Group population
1224
3774.03
7771.65
108.87
50352.84
Minorities at Risk and Gleditsch
Updated GDP and Trade data
Number of Ethnic
groups
1227
5.16
3.00
1
13
Fearon Ethnic Group Dataset
Population
1224
107375.2
223821.7
573
1258821
Gleditsch Updated GDP and
Trade data
Civil War Dummy
1226
.37
.48
0
1
Uppsala Armed Conflict
Database
Third Party
Involvement
1227
.39
.49
0
1
Coded by author
Ethnic Kin in adjoining
state
1226
.53
.50
0
1
Minorities at Risk
Independence demands
dummy
1227
.34
.47
0
1
Coded by author
Democracy
1216
4.60
4.22
0
10
Polity IV
Log Gross Domestic
Product
1224
9.55e+07 1.67e+08 180404.1 1.11e+09
Gleditsch Updated GDP and
Trade data