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Description & Citation

Description & Citation--Study No. 5017

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:5017
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05017
 
Title:Characteristics of Asian States, 1956-1968
 
Principal Investigator(s):Franz Mogdis
 
  Karen Tidwell
 
Bibliographic Citation:Mogdis, Franz, and Karen Tidwell. Characteristics of Asian States, 1956-1968 [Computer file]. ICPSR05017-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-09-17. doi:10.3886/ICPSR05017
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data collection consists of information on the physical, geographical, and demographic characteristics of 17 Asian states in the period 1956-1968. Data are provided for the geographical area of the states, the percentage of the states' populations that were Chinese, and the air distance between the Asian states' capitals and the United States, Communist China, Soviet Union, France, and Great Britain.
 
Subject Term(s):demographic characteristics, geography, political systems, population distribution, population dynamics
 
Geographic Coverage:Asia, Afghanistan, Australia, Cambodia, China (Peoples Republic), France, Great Britain, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea (South), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Soviet Union, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United States, Vietnam (Socialist Republic), Global
 
Time Period:1956 - 1968
 
Universe:A total of 17 Asian states in the period 1956-1968.
 
Data Type:aggregate data
 
Data Collection Notes:(1) The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site. (2) See also the related data collections, ASIAN STATE NATIONAL ATTRIBUTES, 1956-1968 (ICPSR 5018), SHARED CHARACTERISTICS OF ASIAN DYADS, 1969 (ICPSR 5034), REGIONAL INTERACTIONS IN ASIA, 1956-1968 (ICPSR 5405), and ASIA AND MAJOR POWERS DYADIC INTERACTIONS, 1956-1968 (ICPSR 5406).
 

Methodology

Data Source:United Nations. UNITED NATIONS STATISTICAL YEARBOOK, 1964. New York, NY: United Nations Statistical Office, 1965, (2) Modgis, Franz. "The Chinese in Southeast Asia: An Ethnic and Economic Comparison." Unpublished Paper, 1966, and (3) International Air Travel Tariff Corporation. INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL TARIFF, BOOK 5: MILEAGE. New York, NY.
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1984-05-10
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2009-09-17.
 
  2009-09-17 - SAS, SPSS, and Stata setups have been added to this data collection.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Characteristics of Asian States, 1956-1968
 

 

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