Characteristics of Asian States, 1956-1968 (ICPSR 5017)

Published: Sep 17, 2009

Principal Investigator(s):
Franz Mogdis; Karen Tidwell

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR05017.v2

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Project Description

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.

Citation

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

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Subject Terms

demographic characteristics geography political systems population distribution population dynamics

Geographic Coverage

Myanmar Afghanistan Cambodia United States Sri Lanka Japan Philippines China (Peoples Republic) Malaysia Thailand Global India New Zealand South Korea Great Britain Pakistan Asia Taiwan Australia France Laos Soviet Union Indonesia Vietnam (Socialist Republic)

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1956 -- 1968

Data Collection Notes

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

Universe

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

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 Unpublished Paper, 1966, and (3) International Air Travel Tariff Corporation.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

Data Type(s)

aggregate data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1984-05-10

Version Date

2009-09-17

Version History

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

1984-05-10 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR 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, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Created variable labels and/or value labels.

Notes

Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.

This study is provided by ICPSR. ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community.