Variable	Measurement	Era	Code	N	Source
Ethnic fragmentation	% of the population belonging to largest ethnic group	1980	EthnicHomogeneity_1980	138	Vanhanen 1990 appendix 6
	Number of categories mentioned in social-demographic statistics, assuming that mentioning means relevance1	1970-95	EthnicDiversity1_1970.95	103	Anckar 2002
	Probability of two randomly selected individuals belonging to different ethnic groups	1955-2001	EthnicDiversity2_1955.2001	168	Alesina 2003
		2011	EthnicPolarization_2001	131	Montalvo 2005
Linguistic fragmentation	Number of categories mentioned in social-demographic statistics, assuming that mentioning means relevance1	1970-95	LinguisticDiversity1_1970.95	103	Anckar 2002
	Probability of two randomly selected individuals belonging to different language groups	2001	LinguisticDiversity2_2001	167	Alesina 2003
Religious fragmentation	Number of categories mentioned in social-demographic statistics, assuming that mentioning means relevance1	1970-95	ReligiousDiversity1_1970.95	103	Anckar 2002
	Probability of two randomly selected individuals belonging to different religious denominations	1955-2001	ReligiousDiversity2_2001	174	Alesina 2003
		2001	ReligiousPolarization_2001	131	Montalvo 2005
Difference in tolerance of deviant people	Standard deviation of response to 8 questions what kind of people one does not want as a neighbour (answered yes or no) 1) People with a criminal record, 2) People of a different race, 3) Heavy drinkers, 4) Emotionally unstable people, 5) Immigrants / foreign workers, 6) People who have aids, 7) Drug addicts, 8) Homosexuals	2000	SD_ToleranceDeviants_2000	77	Achterberg 2009
Difference in opinions	Dispersion of responses in nation to survey questions about social and political issues (Social Polarization index)	2002-2007	OpinionDifference_2002-07	47	Minkov 2009
Ethnic and linguistic homogeneity	% homogeneity	1960-65	CulturalDiversityIndex1_1965	44	Kurian 1992 table 1
Cultural diversity	Estes Index of cultural diversity subindex (part of Index of Social Progress): same language, same religion, ethnic fractionalization	1979-80	CulturalDiversityIndex2_1980	27	Estes 1984 table 5-1
Ethnic, cultural and religious fragmentation	Mean of ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity	1970-95	CulturalDiversityindex3_1970.95	103	Anckar 2002
Intergroup cohesion	Index of 1) Violent conflict, 2) Economic difference between ethnic groups, 3) Cultural legacy of group grievance, 4) Discrimination of minorities, 5) Rejection of minorities by majority, 6) Perceived discrimination by minorities	1988-1992	IntergroupCohesion_1990	64	ISD database
		2008-2010	IntergroupCohesion_2010	110

Related topics: Tolerance. Migration
Related themes: Cultural climate, Inequality, Social cohesion

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