Codebook for Chapter 10 data


## XXX includes max, ave, sd, ratiomiss. Explained later.

- XXX_polity

source: Polity IV. See p. 375 in the book. 

- XXX_idealpoint

source: Bailey, Strezhnev, Voeten (2015). See p.115 of the book. 

- XXX_FHouse

source: Freedom House. See p.375 in the book. 

- XXX_cap

source: Correlates of War Composite Index of National Capability score in EUGene (version 3.204). See p.376 in the book. 

- XXX_gdp

source: Penn World Table. See p.375 in the book


## Prefix

- max_YYY

maximum

- ave_YYY

average

- sd_YYY

standard deviation

- ratiomiss_YYY

ratio of missing value



- us
Survay map: If the US is a signatory, what kind of agreement is this? - except e: "The US is not a signatory"
type: binary (1 if the answer is not "e", 0 if the answer is "e")

- sd_cap, avg_cap, ratiomiss_cap
standard deviation, average and the ratio of missing data of military capability
source: Correlates of War Composite Index of National Capability score in EUGene (version 3.204). See p.376 in the book. 

- sd_gdp, avg_gdp, ratiomiss_gdp
standard deviation, average and the ratio of missing data of gdp
source: Penn World Table. See p.375 in the book

- asymmetry
Survey map: How symmetric does the agreement appear to be with respect to both rights and
responsibilities? - "b" mildly asymmetric
type: binary


- anybody
Survey map: Q.187 How many bodies does the agreement create and/or modify? - not '0'
type: binary

- voting 
Survey map: Q.224 How are members’ votes allocated?
type: categorical
	a: one vote per member-state
	b: number of votes is proportional to member-state's population
	c: number of votes is proportional to member-state's financial contribution
	d: number of votes is determined by some other characteristic, like geographical dispersion, nuclear states stc.
	e: other
	f: not specified

note: Q.256 were used for some agreements. Please contact for more information. 

- sym_vote
type: binary (1 if voting == "a" 0 otherwise)

- nonsym_vote
type: binary (1 if voting == "e" 0 otherwise)

- informal_vote
type: binary (1 if voting == "f" 0 otherwise)

- weight_vote
type: binary (1 if voting == "b" or "c" or "d", 0 otherwise)

- weight_informal_vote
type: binary (1 if voting == "b" or "c" or "d" or "f" 0 otherwise)

- seat
Survey map: How is representation in the body determined?
type: categorical
	a: a fixed number of representatives per member-state
	b: number of representatives is proportional to member-state’s population
	c: number of representatives is proportional to member-state’s financial contribution
	d: number of representatives is determined by some other characteristic, like geographic
dispersion, nuclear status, etc.
	e: other
	f: not specified

note: Q.243 were used for some agreements. Please contact for more information. 


- sym_seat
type: binary (1 if seat == "a" 0 otherwise)

- nonsym_seat
type: binary (1 if seat == "e" 0 otherwise)

- informal_seat
type: binary (1 if seat == "f" 0 otherwise)

- weight_seat
type: binary (1 if seat == "b" or "c" or "d", 0 otherwise)

- weight_informal_seat
type: binary (1 if seat == "b" or "c" or "d" or "f" 0 otherwise)

- rule
Survey map: Q.222 If unanimity is not required, how does the body make decisions?
type: categorical
	a: simple majority
	b: supermajority
	c: special majority
	d: varies depending on issue
	e: not specified
note: Q.254,286 were used for some agreements. Please contact for more information. 



- unan
Survey map: When making decisions, is unanimity required?
type: binary
note: Q.253, 285 were used for some agreements. Please contact for more information. 




- decision
type: categorical
	unanimity: if unan = a
	simple majority: if rule = a
	super majority: if rule = b
	special majority: if rule = c
	varies: if rule = d
	unspecified: if rule = e