Description & Citation--Study No. 6737

Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

06737

Title:

International Governmental Organizations: Memberships and Characteristics, 1981 and 1992

Principal Investigator(s):

Jacobson, Harold K.

Bibliographic Citation:

Jacobson, Harold K. INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: MEMBERSHIPS AND CHARACTERISTICS, 1981 AND 1992. ICPSR06737-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan [producer], 1996. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1998. doi:10.3886/ICPSR06737.v1

Scope of Study

Summary:

This collection contains four datasets describing the membership and characteristics of International Governmental Organizations (IGOs) in 1981 and 1992. For the International Governmental Organizations data (Parts 1 and 2), the variables consist of organizations and the countries are cases. Parts 3 and 4, the Countries and Territories data, list countries as variables and organizations as cases. Additional variables for countries include geography, gross domestic product (GDP), and status of sovereignty. Other variables used to describe the IGOs cover basis for membership, function of IGO, annual budget, and whether the IGO's function was largely scientific.

Subject Terms:

intergovernmental organizations, international organizations, memberships, organizations

Geographic Coverage:

Global

Universe:

All International Governmental Organizations (IGOs) listed in the Union of International Associations' YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, 1981 and 1992.

Data Types:

event/transaction data

Methodology

Data Source:

Union of International Associations' YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 1981 and YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 1992, WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS, and the World Bank's WORLD DEVELOPMENT REPORT

Access and Availability

Note:

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

Original ICPSR Release:

1998-04-02

Version History:

  • 2006-03-30 File CB6737.ALL was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

Dataset(s):
  • DS1: International Governmental Organizations, 1981
  • DS2: International Governmental Organizations, 1992
  • DS3: Countries and Territories, 1981
  • DS4: Countries and Territories, 1992

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