Description & Citation--Study No. 9903

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

Bibliographic Description

09903

National Material Capabilities Data, 1816-1985

Singer, J. David

Small, Melvin

Singer, J. David, and Melvin Small. NATIONAL MATERIAL CAPABILITIES DATA, 1816-1985. Ann Arbor, MI: J. David Singer, University of Michigan, and Detroit, MI: Melvin Small, Wayne State University [producers], 1990. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1993. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09903.v1

Correlates of War Project Series

Scope of Study

This collection contains demographic, military, and industrial indicators for each international system member for the years 1816-1985. There are two identification variables and seven substantive variables, which include urban and total populations, military expenditure, military personnel, iron and steel production, and energy consumption. Each system member is also coded as a major or minor power for each year.

armed forces, demographic characteristics, international development, industrial indicators, military expenditures, nineteenth century, population characteristics, twentieth century

Global

• 1816--1985

• 1990-07

All countries in the world.

aggregate data

Column 13 of every record in the data file contains the numeral 3. This variable is not described in the codebook.

Methodology

Access and Availability

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

1993-04-09

• DS1: Raw Data
• DS2: SPSS Export File for Raw Data