Select data by Output Unit
On this page, you can learn more about Output Units available in Demscore and find links to the download interface with the selected Output Unit filled in advance
The Demscore approach ensures that variables from different datasets are available in the Output Unit chosen by the user. You can select an Output Unit and then choose from a set of variables available, i.e., transformed to this unit. Some of the variables have the chosen Output Unit as a unit of analysis in their original dataset and there is therefore no loss in information when choosing these variables. Other variables need to be transformed/matched/translated to fit to the chosen Output Unit. This may involve aggregating or disaggregating in order to match the Output Units, and it always involves translating between unit identifiers. Most commonly, this involves matching country names, often it involves matching countries to respective governments, or other levels of analysis. We assume that the user-chosen Output Unit is the primary unit of interest and we match other datasets to be expressed in these Output Units as well as possible.
What is an Output Unit?
An Output Unit, e.g., QoG Country-Year, is defined as an output format in which variables can be retrieved from one or more datasets through a strictly defined output grid. A unit table defining this output grid contains unit identifier columns with u_ prefixes and the table is sorted based on these unit identifier columns and has a fixed number of rows. An Output Unit has specific definitions for the level at which observations are presented, e.g., country definitions. For example, variables from a QoG dataset may have been collected under QoG country definitions, but in Demscore can also be retrieved through a V-Dem Output Unit which follows V-Dem country definitions.
Available Output Units
Country-year format
Please note that if you e.g., choose the Complab Country-Year output unit, you will receive observations for the countries and year combinations available in the Complab Country-Year Unit only, even though the original variable may be available for more country and year combinations in its original dataset.
This Output Unit includes one observation per country and year and covers the full country-year range in Demscore. Between 1789-2022, it uses V-Dem Country names and definitions; the time span prior to 1789 is covered by H-DATA country names. Countries that do not exist in V-Dem are filled in with Gleditsch and Ward country names. This is the case for Bahamas, Belize, Brunei, East Timor, Gambia, Macedonia, Surinam, and Tibet.
The Demscore country-year unit offers a convenient way to explore the data, available observations, and variable translations, as it covers the full country-year range available in Demscore. Users should be aware that the Demscore unit may result in some data quality loss compared to the Module-specific units due to country-merges. Therefore, we recommend users to use the most suitable Module-specific unit for their analyses, and use the Demscore country-year unit predominantly to explore the data.
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "DEMSCORE Country-Year"
Year coverage: 1789–2022
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per country and year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on country and year identifiers used in V-Dem.Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to country and year combinations that exist in the V-Dem Country-Year Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: V-Dem Episodes of Regime Transformation Dataset, V-Dem Country-Year: V-Dem Full+Others.
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Year coverage: 1946–2022
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per country and year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on country and year identifiers used in QoG. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to country and year combinations that exist in the QoG Country-Year Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: QoG Standard Dataset Time-Series, QoG OECD Dataset Time-Series, QoG European Quality of Government Index EQI-CATI Country Level 2010-2021 (only phone interviews), QoG Environmental Indicator Dataset.
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "QoG Country-Year"
Year coverage: 1946–2017
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per country and year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on country and year identifiers used in UCDP (Gleditsch and Ward). Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to country and year combinations that exist in the UCDP Country-Year Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: UCDP Intrastate Country Level Onset Dataset V2, UCDP Interstate Country Level Onset Dataset V2.
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "UCDP Country-Year"
Year coverage: 1989–2021
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: The UCDP Organized Violence Country-Year includes one observation per country and a year. A country observation refers to the place where violence has occured, i.e. a country observation is included if organized violence (i.e. an event) has occured with its borders. Datasets in Demscore with this Output Unit, i.e. the UCDP dataset whose rows can be uniquely identified through a combination of a country and a year identifier, is the aggregated version of the UCDP Country Year Dataset on Organized Violence within Country Borders. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to country and year combinations that exist in the UCDP Organized Violence Country-Year Output Unit. Please note that we separate the country-year unit for this dataset from other the other UCDP country-year unit.
This is the Original Unit for: UCDP Country Year Dataset on Organized Violence within Country Borders version 22.1.
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "UCDP Organized Violence Country-Year"
Year coverage: 1930–2022
Country coverage: OECD Countries
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per country and year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on country and year identifiers used in COMPLAB. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to country and year combinations that exist in the Complab Country-Year Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: COMPLAB SPIN The Child Benefit Dataset (CBD), COMPLAB SPIN The Out-of-Work Benefits Dataset (OUTWB), COMPLAB SPIN The Parental Leave Benefit Dataset (PLB), COMPLAB SPIN The Social Assistance and Minimum Income Protection Interim Dataset (SAMIP), COMPLAB SPIN The Social Citizenship Indicator Program (SCIP), COMPLAB SPIN The Social Insurance Entitlements Dataset (SIED), COMPLAB SPIN The Student Support and Fees Dataset (SSFD), COMPLAB GRACE.
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "Complab Country-Year"
Year coverage: 1946–2020
Country coverage: Europe
Unit Description: The REPDEM Country-Year Unit includes one observation per country and year. This unit is not an original unit of any REPDEM dataset, but created from an aggregation of the REPDEM PAGED datasets available on a Cabinet-Date level. The unit thus includes one observation per country and year covered by REPDEM data. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to country and year combinations that exist in this Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: -
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "REPDEM Country-Year"
Year coverage: 1750–2017
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per country and year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on country and year identifiers used in H-DATA. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to country and year combinations that exist in the H-DATA Country-Year Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: H-DATA Information Capacity Dataset.
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "H-DATA Country-Year"
Country/Regional format:
Year coverage: -
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per country. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on country identifiers used in QoG. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to countries that exist in the QoG Country Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: QoG Standard Dataset Cross-Section, QoG OECD Dataset Cross-Section, QoG Expert Survey
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "QoG Country"
Year coverage: -
Country coverage: EU Member States
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per region. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on region identifiers used in QoG. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to regions that exist in the QoG Region Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: -
Year coverage: 1980–2015
Country coverage: Sweden
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per Swedish municipality and year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on municipality and year identifiers used in QoG. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to municipality and year combinations that exist in the QoG Municipality-Year Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: QoG Politics, Institutions and Services in Swedish Municipalities
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "QoG Municipality-Year"
Year coverage: 1960–2021
Country coverage: EU Member States
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per region and year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on region and year identifiers used in QoG. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to region and year combinations that exist in the QoG NUTS Region-Year Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: QoG EU Regional Dataset Long Data, QoG EU Regional Dataset Wide Data (NUTS 1), QoG EU Regional Dataset Wide Data (NUTS 2), QoG European Quality of Government Index EQI-CATI Country Level 2010-2021.
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "QoG NUTS Region-Year"
Year coverage: 1971–2014
Country coverage: Sweden
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per Swedish agency and fiscal year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on agency and year identifiers used in QoG. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to agency and year combinations that exist in the QoG Agency-Fiscal Year Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: QoG Swedish Agency Database Budget Data.
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "QoG Agency-Fiscal Year"
Cabinet format:
Year coverage: 1946–2020
Country coverage: Europe
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes observations per cabinet and the date they got into office. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged to a minister and a date. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Datasets in Demscore with this Output Unit, i.e. datasets whose rows can be identified trough a combination of a cabinet and an in-date variable, are: REPDEM ERDDA Party Government in Europe Database with Party Codes, REPDEM ERDDA Party Government in Europe Database with Party Strings.
This is the Original Unit for: -
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "Repdem Cabinet-Date"
Year coverage: 1946–2020
Country coverage: Europe
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per cabinet and party. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to country and year combinations that exist in this Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: REPDEM Party Dataset Party Strings/REPDEM Party Dataset Party Codes.
Year coverage: 1946–2020
Country coverage: Europe
Unit Description: The REPDEM Cabinet-Month Unit includes one observation per cabinet and month this cabinet was in power. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to country and year combinations that exist in this Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: REPDEM PAGED Monthly Party Strings/REPDEM PAGED Monthly Party Codes.
Year coverage: 1946–2020
Country coverage: Europe
Unit Description: REPDEM Cabinet-Quarter Unit includes one observation per cabinet and quarter of a year. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to country and year combinations that exist in this Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: REPDEM PAGED Quarterly Party Strings/REPDEM PAGED Quarterly Party Codes.
Year coverage: 1946–2020
Country coverage: Europe
Unit Description: The REPDEM Cabinet-Year Unit includes one observation per cabinet and year. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to country and year combinations that exist in this Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: REPDEM PAGED Yearly Party Strings/REPDEM PAGED Yearly Party Codes.
Year coverage: 1946–2020
Country coverage: Europe
Unit Description: The REPDEM Cabinet-Potential Coalition Unit includes one observation per cabinet and potential coalition partners. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to country and year combinations that exist in this Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: REPDEM Potential Governments Dataset Party Strings/REPDEM Potential Governments Dataset Party Codes.
Conflict format:
Year coverage: 1946–2021
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per conflict and year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on conflict and year identifiers used in UCDP. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to conflict and year combinations that exist in the UCDP Conflict-Year Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: UCDP One-sided Violence Dataset, UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset, UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset, UCDP Conflict Termination Dataset, Conflict Level.
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "UCDP Conflict-Year"
Year coverage: 1946–2017
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per country, conflict and year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on country (Gleditsch and Ward), conflict, and year identifiers used in UCDP. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to country, conflict, and year combinations that exist in the UCDP Country-Year-Conflict Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: UCDP Onset Intra V1, UCDP Onset Intra Multiple, UCDP Onset Inter V1, UCDP Onset Inter Multiple.
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "UCDP Country-Year-Conflict"
Year coverage: 1946–2021
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per dyad and year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on dyad and year identifiers used in UCDP. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to conflict and year combinations that exist in the UCDP Dyad-Year Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: UCDP Conflict Termination Dataset, Dyadic Level, UCDP One-sided Violence Dataset, UCDP Non-state Conflict Issues and Actors Dataset, UCDP External Support in Non-state Conflict Dataset, UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset, UCDP Dyadic Dataset, UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset, Dyadic Level.
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "UCDP Dyad-Year"
Other:
Year coverage: 1789–2022
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per country and date. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on country and year identifiers used in V-Dem. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to country and date combinations that exist in the V-Dem Country-Date Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: V-Dem Country-Date
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "V-Dem Country-Date"
Year coverage: 1900–2019
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per party, country and year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on party, country, and year identifiers used in V-Dem. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to party, country, and year combinations that exist in the V-Dem Party-Country-Year Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: V-Dem V-Party
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "V-Dem Party-Country-Year"
Year coverage: 1817–1914
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: The unit for this dataset is a dyad and a year. The dyad consist of two country variables, with country 2 being the country that is diplomatically represented by country 1 in a given year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on country and year identifiers used in H-DATA. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to country dyad and year combinations that exist in the H-DATA Dyad-Year Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: H-DATA Diplomatic Representation Dataset.
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "H-DATA Dyad-Year"
Year coverage: 1789–2017
Country coverage: 13 great powers: Austria (the Habsburg Empire/Austria-Hungary), Britain, China (Qing Empire/Republic/People’s Republic of China), France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Prussi
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes observations per foreign minister and the date they got into office. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged to a minister and a date. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from datasets with this Output Unit can be retrieved through Demscore in their original form and without any information loss. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to minister and date combinations that exist in the H-DATA Minister-Date Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: H-DATA Foreign Minister Dataset.
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "H-DATA Minister-Date"
Year coverage: 1975–2017
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per external supporter, actor, dyad and year. No data is translated from or to this unit, hence variables from this dataset are only available in their original form in Demscore. Another version of this dataset, UCDP ESD DY is available in the UCDP Dyad-Year Output Unit. Please choose this unit and dataset if you want to retrieve UCDP External Support Data in other Output Units.
This is the Original Unit for: UCDP External Support Dataset AY.
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "UCDP Actor-Dyad-Year"
Year coverage: 1975–2021
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per peace agreement, conflict and year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on peace agreement, conflict and year identifiers used in UCDP. To create this unit we stretch the dataset using the comma-separated observations in the conflict_id column, i.e. creating one row per conflict_id, year and peace agreement. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to peace agreement, conflict, and year combinations that exist in the UCDP Peace Agreement-Conflict-Year Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: UCDP Peace Agreement Dataset
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Year coverage: 1975–2021
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per peace agreement, country and year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on peace agreement, country (Gleditsch and Ward) and year identifiers used in UCDP. To create this unit we stretch the dataset using the comma-separated observations in the gwno column, i.e. creating one row per country, year and peace agreement. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to peace agreement, country, and year combinations that exist in the UCDP Peace Agreement-Country-Year Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: UCDP Peace Agreement Dataset.
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Year coverage: 1975–2021
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per peace agreement, country and year. Choosing this Output Unit thus means that selected variables get merged based on peace agreement, country (Gleditsch and Ward) and year identifiers used in UCDP. To create this unit we stretch the dataset using the comma-separated observations in the gwno column, i.e. creating one row per country, year and peace agreement. Variables from other datasets and Output Units will only be merged to peace agreement, dyad, and year combinations that exist in the UCDP Peace Agreement-Dyad-Year Output Unit.
This is the Original Unit for: UCDP Peace Agreement Dataset.
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Year coverage: 1975–2017
Country coverage: World
Unit Description: This Output Unit includes one observation per external supporter, actor, dyad and year. No data is translated from or to this unit, hence variables from this dataset are only available in their original form in Demscore. Another version of this dataset, UCDP ESD DY is available in the UCDP Dyad-Year Output Unit. Please choose this unit and dataset if you want to retrieve UCDP External Support Data in other Output Units.
This is the Original Unit for: UCDP External Support Dataset TY.
Click Here to Download Data in the Output Unit "UCDP Triad-Year"