Description & Citation--Study No. 5017

• Bibliographic Description
• Scope of Study
• Methodology
• Access and Availability

Bibliographic Description

05017

Characteristics of Asian States, 1956-1968

Mogdis, Franz

Tidwell, Karen

Mogdis, Franz, and Karen Tidwell. Characteristics of Asian States, 1956-1968. ICPSR05017-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-09-17. doi:10.3886/ICPSR05017.v2

Scope of Study

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.

demographic characteristics, geography, political systems, population distribution, population dynamics

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

• 1956--1968

A total of 17 Asian states in the period 1956-1968.

aggregate data

(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

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 Unpublished Paper, 1966, and (3) International Air Travel Tariff Corporation.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.

All archived data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. The archive also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, the archive performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

• Created variable labels and/or value labels.

Access and Availability

Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

1984-05-10

• 2009-09-17 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setups have been added to this data collection.