Variable	Measurement	Era	Code	N	Source
Dispersion in income statistics1	Inequality in income (gini-coeficients)	1975-87	IncomeInequality1A_1975.87	30	VanDam 1989: 20-21
		1953-1993	IncomeIneqiality1A_1953-1993	115	Deiniger & Squire 1996, table 1
	Inequality in household incomes (gini-coefficients)	1975-88	IncomeInequality1B_1975.88	23	UN-HDR 1992 table 17
	Gini index: measures inequality over the entire distribution of income or consumption	1990-99	IncomeInequality1_1990s	88	UN-HDR 2001 table 12
		2000	IncomeInequality1_2000	115	UN-HDR 2002 table 13
		2005	IncomeInequallity1_2005	126	UN-HDR 2007 table 15
		1993-2004	IncomeInequality1C_2000	116	World Development Indicators 2007, table 2.7
		1970-1979	IncomeInequality1C_1970s	17	Zwartbol A. (2012)3
		1980-1989	IncomeInequality1C_1980s	22
		1990-1999	IncomeInequality1C_1990s	62
		2000-2009	IncomeInequality1C_2000s	62
		1970-1989	IncomeInequality1C_1970.89	13
		1970-1999	IncomeInequality1C_1970.99	16
		1970-2009	IncomeInequality1C_1970.09	16
		1980-1999	IncomeInequality1C_1980.99	20
		1980-2009	IncomeInequality1C_1980.09	20
		1990-2009	IncomeInequality1C_1990.09	62
	Share richest 20% to poorest 20% (How many times richer the rich are than the poor)	1993-1999	IncomeInequality2_1990s	82	UN-HDR 1995. 2001
		2000	IncomeInequality2_2000	115	UN-HDR 2002 table 13
		2005	IncomeInequality2_2005	126	UN-HDR 2007 table 15
	Income-equality:share of the lowest 40% of households in GDP	1980-88	IncomeInequality3_1980s	47	UN-DP 1995 table 12
		1988-98	IncomeInequality3_1990s	67	World Cultural Report table 28
Dispersion in income surveys2	Average subjective family income-position	1990	IncomeInequaityl4_1990	41	WVS2 item 363?
		1995-98	IncomeInequality4_1995	45	WVS3 item 227
		1999	IncomeInequality4_1999	79	WVS4 item x047
		1990-1999	IncomeInequality4_1990s	88	Mean eqin4_90, 95, 99
	Standard-deviation subjective income-position	1990	IncomeInequality5_1990	41	WVS2 item 363
		1995-98	IncomeInequality5_1995	45	WVS3 item 227
		1999	IncomeInequality5_1999	80	WVS4 item x047
		1990-1999	IncomeInequality5_1990s	86	Mean eqin5_90, 95, 99
	Skewness	1990-91	IncomeInequality6_1990	40	WVS2 item 363
	Kurtosis	1990-91	IncomeInequality7_1990	41	WVS2 item 363
Attitude towards		19??	AcceptIncomeInequal_1990s	??

Related topics: Class difference
Related themes: Economy, 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.