Election 2016

Click on Tables and Graphs. Then, choose from nine topics to find secondary data on different topics related to Americans' political behavior and decision-making.

Browse GSS Variables. Look up topics by alphabet.

"The CIRI Human Rights Dataset contains standards-based quantitative information on government respect for 15 internationally recognized human rights for 202 countries, annually from 1981-2011. It is designed for use by scholars and students who seek to test theories about the causes and consequences of human rights violations, as well as policy makers and analysts who seek to estimate the human rights effects of a wide variety of institutional changes and public policies including democratization, economic aid, military aid, structural adjustment, and humanitarian intervention." (from website)

Political indicators: levels of civil and political rights. Proxy for levels of democracy. Covers most countries in the world. It goes back several decades and it is compiled annually.
Tips: Select "Reports," then select a year. If you put the cursor on the map you will get the average index for each country, as well as the rating for political rights and civil liberties.
You can also look for specific in-depth information on the political situation of each country in “country reports.”
You can also find information about how the index is constructed.

State fragility: it measures how fragile or strong is “the state” in 177 countries in the world.

Economic freedom (for businesses) in countries.

Socio-economic indicators: measures the quality of life in terms of health, education and income in all countries in the world. It has been compiled since 20 years ago and is produced annually. The website main page also contains the best updated information about country statistics (mostly economic and social statistics). Go to “Country Profile.” If you want to access the table that compares all of the countries in the world over the years, the 2010 Report contains a good summary.

Globalization in countries of the world.

Overall prosperity of countries.

"The Religion and State (RAS) project is a university-based project located at Bar Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel. Its goal is to create a set of measures that systematically gauge the intersection between government and religion. Specifically, it examines government religion policy. The project's goals are threefold: 1) To provide an accurate description of government religion policies worldwide. 2) To create a tool which will lead to greater understanding of the factors which influence government religion policy. 3) To provide the means to examine how government religion policy influences other political, social, and economic factors as well as how those factors influence government religion policy." (from website)

Select "Popular Content" at the very top of the screen, then click on "Corruption Perceptions Index."

See "Reports" such as those on gender gaps, global competitiveness, global information technology, etc.