Updates made between the July 26, 2002 and August 04, 2003 releases
The files released on August 04, 2003 are an update to the original
release of July 26, 2002. The updated files are being provided as
a convenience to users. No records were removed nor added, and so
the record, country, and election study count remain the same.
Updates were as follows:
- Some minor codebook and label corrections (usually typographical
errors or small improvements) were made.
- All errata posted on the website from July 26, 2002 through
August 4, 2003 were applied to the files.
- Variable "A1007", previously containing "OLD POLITY CODE" data,
was replaced with data concerning "SAMPLE COMPONENT". The new use
of variable "A1007" for "SAMPLE COMPONENT" allows us to identify
regions of countries or other sample components as units of
analysis, rather than the elections themselves.
"OLD POLITY CODE" was a past CSES identification variable that
is now outdated (having been replaced by variable "A1006",
"ID COMPONENT - POLITY", which is based on United Nations
Statistics Division coding schemes).
Please contact cses@umich.edu with any questions
you might have concerning these changes.
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