Socio-Economic, Public Policy, and Political Data for the United States, 1890-1960

Principal Investigator(s): Hofferbert, Richard I.

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This study contains data for 48 states at decennial points from 1890 to 1960, including electoral, demographic, economic, public expenditure, and educational information. The majority of the variables in the dataset are derived measures such as percentages, ratios, indices, and ranks of the states along various dimensions presented. The data were collected and prepared by the staff of the Comparative Political Behavior Project of the Cornell University Center for International Studies.

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Hofferbert, Richard I. Socio-Economic, Public Policy, and Political Data for the United States, 1890-1960. ICPSR00015-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 197?. doi:10.3886/ICPSR00015.v1

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR00015.v1

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Subject Terms: economic behavior, education, expenditures, government expenditures, public policy, voting behavior

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period:

1890--1960

Original ICPSR Release: 1984-05-03

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1993

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