Variable	Measurement	Era	Code	N
Dispersion in self rated health	Standard deviation of self rated health	1980	SD_Health_80	23	WVS1 item 83
		1990-91	SD_Health_90	40	WVS2 item 83
		1995-98	SD_Health_96	49	WVS3 item 11
		1990s	SD_Health_90s	65	Mean 1990, 96
Dispersion in self rated mental health	Standard deviation BDI	1974-99	SD_BDI1_93	20	Van Hemert 2002, table 1
		1988-99	SD_BDI2_95	13	Van Hemert 2002, table 2
		1984-97	SD_BDI3_85	8	Van Hemert 2002, table 3
Dispersion in length-of-life	Spread of death rate by age in gini1; males only	1956-67	GiniYearsLivedM_60	22	Ultee 1988: 337
		1977-83	GiniYearsLivedM_80	21	Ultee 1988: 337
	Spread of death rate by age in gini2; all	1960	GiniYearsLived_60	26	World Database of Happiness
		1968	GiniYearsLived_68	31
		1979-91	GiniYearsLived_80	28	Own computation on UN-DY
	Spread of death rate by age in gini3; all, age-standardized	1979-83	GiniYearsLived_81	31	LeGrand 1987: 190

Related topics: Inequality in longevity, Inequality in happiness
Related themes: Health, Inequality

The dataset States of Nations is about characteristics of countries in periods (macro variables). It is part of the World Database of Happiness. Though developed for the identification of societal conditions for happiness, the source can also be used for other purposes.