Election Cycles and Ethnic Conflict, page 18
Appendix: Descriptive Statistics
Variable Obs
Mean
Std.
Dev.
Min Max
Rebellion, First Difference
1386 -0.03
0.96
-7.00
7.00
Lag of Rebellion
1420 0.94
1.79
0.00
7.00
Protest, First Difference
1747 0.00
0.63
-3.00
3.00
Lag of Protest
2065 0.36
0.70
0.00
3.00
Communal Conflict, First Difference
1338 0.12
1.23
-6.00
6.00
Lag of Communal Conflict
1425 0.94
1.72
0.00
6.00
Is There a National Election This Year
1312 0.26
0.44
0.00
1.00
Years Since Last Election
1310 1.63
1.36
0.00
6.00
Number of Years in Election Cycle
1316 4.70
0.79
3.00
7.00
Gross Domestic Product Per Capita
4304 5053.64 6248.75
78.00 101120.00
Change in GDP/Capita
3777 0.12
0.82
-0.96
22.21
Has the Regime Lasted for More Than
Twenty Years
1503 0.37 0.48 0.00
1.00
Electoral System
1428 2.91
1.10
1.00
4.00
Federal 1503 0.29
0.46
0.00
1.00
Group Proportion of Population
1503 0.10
0.13
0.00
0.90
Absolute Group Size (1000’s)
1503 4898.15 13975.68 35
130000
Group Concentration
1503 2.00
1.15
0.00
3.00