Variable	Measurement	Era	Code	N	Source
Freedom to travel	Freedom to travel in country	1990	FreeTravel1_1990	73	Humana 1992 (item 1)
	Freedom to travel abroad	1990	FreeTravel2_1990	73	Humana 1992 (item 2)
Freedom of religion	Legal restrictions to	1990	FreeReligion_1990	73	Humana 1992 (item 38)
Freedom of marriage	Legal restrictions to	1990	FreeMarriage_1990	73	Humana 1992 (item 36-37)
Freedom of divorce	Public opinion. “Please tell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between.” Values represent scores on statement “Divorce”, 1 meaning never justifiable, 10 always justifiable.	1990-91	AcceptDivorce_1990	42	WVS2 item 310
		1995-98	AcceptDivorce_1995	48	WVS3 item 200
		1999-2000	AcceptDivorce_1999	78	WVS4 item f119
		1990-2000	AcceptDivorce_1990s	85	fdiv290+95+99
Freedom of sex	Public acceptance of free sex	1990-91	AcceptFreeSex_1990	41	WVS2 item 197
		1995-98	AcceptFreeSex_1996	48	WVS3 item 95
		1999-2002	AcceptFreeSex_1999	13	WVS4 item d024
		1990-2000	AcceptFreeSex_1990s	65	mean fsex790+95+99
Freedom of homo-sexuality	Public opinion. “On this list are various groups of people. Could you please sort out any that you would not like to have as neighbours?” People with a criminal record; People of different race; Political extremists; Heavy drinkers; Emotionally unstable people; Muslims, Jews, Members of religious movements or People with different religion; Blacks; Muslims; Whites; Christians; Coloureds; Indians; Immigrants/Foreign workers; People who have AIDS; Drugaddicts; Homosexuals. % not mentioning homo-sexuals	1990-98	AcceptHomoSex1_1990s	61	WVS2 item 80 WVS3 item 60
	Public opinion. “Please tell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between.” Values represent scores on statement “Homosexuality”, 1 meaning never justifiable, 10 always justifiable.	1990-91	AcceptHomoSex2_1990	42	WVS2 item 307
		1995-98	AcceptHomoSex2_9195	47	WVS3 item 197
		1999-2000	AcceptHomoSex2_1999	80	WVS4 item f118
		1990-2002	AcceptHomoSex2_1990s	84	mean fsex290+95+99
Freedom of prostitution	Public opinion. “Please tell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between.” Values represent scores on statement “Prostitution”, 1 meaning never justifiable, 10 always justifiable.	1990-91	AcceptProstitution_1990	42	WVS2 item 308
		1995-98	AcceptProstitution_1995	46	WVS3 item 198
		1999-2002	AcceptProstituion_1999	??	WVS4 item f198
		1990-2000	AcceptProstitution_1990s	82	mean fsex490+95+99
Freedom of sex with minors	Public acceptance of	1990-91	AcceptMinorSex_1990	40	WVS2 item 305
		1999-2002	AcceptMinorSex_1999	15	WVS4 item f135
		1990-2000	AcceptMinorSex_1990s	46	mean fsex690+99
Freedom of abortion	Legal and practical restrictions; expert rating 1 to 9	1990	FreeAbortion1_1990	37	PAI 1995
		19??	FreeAbortion1_1990s	92	PAI 2001
	Legal grounds, number in law. Grounds are: 1) to save women’s life, 2) to preserve physical health, 3) to preserve mental health, 4) rape or incest, 5) foetal impairment, 6) economic or social reasons, 7) on request. Higher number indicates more freedom.	1995	FreeAbortion2_1995	91	World Abortion Policies 1999
	Public opinion. “Please tell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between.” Values represent scores on statement “Abortion” 1 meaning never justifiable, 10 always justifiable.	1990-91	AcceptAbortion_1990	42	WVS2 item 309
		1995-98	AcceptAbortion_1995	47	WVS3 item 199
		1999-2002	AcceptAbortion_1999	81	WVS4 itemf120
		1990-2000	AcceptAbortion_1990s	85	mean fabo390+95+99
Freedom of sterilization	Legal/practical restrictions, expert rating	198?-90	FreeSterilization1_1990	34	IPPF 1990
	Access to female sterilization	1994	FreeSterilization2_1994	91	PAI 1997
Freedom of contraception	Access to contraceptives	1994	FreeContraception_1994	89	PAI 1997
	Access to condoms	1994	FreeCondoms_1994	91	PAI 1997
Freedom of (planned) unmarried motherhood	Public opinion. “If a woman wants to have a child as a single parent but she does not want to have a stable relationship with a man, do you approve or dissaprove?” 1: approve, 2: depends (if volunteered), 3: dissapprove.	1990-91	AcceptSinglemoth_1990	40	WVS2 item 217
		1995-98	AcceptSinglemoth_1995	46	WVS23 item 96
		1999-2000	AcceptSinglemoth_1999	80	WVS4 item d023
		1990-2000	AcceptSinglemoth_1990s	84	mean fmot2 90+95+99
Freedom of suicide	Public opinion. “Please tell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between.” Values represent scores on statement “Suicide”, 1 meaning never justifiable, 10 always justifiable.	1990-91	AcceptSuicide_1990	401	WVS2 item 313
		1995-98	AcceptSuicide_1995	47	WVS3 item 202
		1999-2002	AcceptSuicide_1999	80	WVS4 item f123
		1990-2000	AcceptSuicide_1990s	83	mean fsui290+95+99
Freedom of euthanasia	Public opinion. “Please tell me for each of the following statements whether you think it can always be justified, never be justified, or something in between.” Values represent scores on statement “Euthanasia”, 1 meaning never justifiable, 10 always justifiable.	1990-91	AcceptEuthanasia_1990	40	WVS2 item 312
		1995-98	AcceptEuthanasia_1995	45	WVS3 item 201
		1999-2002	AcceptEuthanasia_1999	79	WVS4 item f122
		1990-2000	AcceptEuthanasia_1990s	83	mean feut290+95+99
Summed personal freedom	Mean of freedom to: 1) travel, 2) religion, 3) marriage, 4) divorce, 5) euthanasia, 6) suicide, 7) homosexuality, 8) prostitution No missing values accepted	1990-91	PrivateFreedom_1990	56	mean z-scores of: fabo1+2+3 90, fdiv290, feut290, fmot290, frel190, fsex2+4+6+7 90, fsui290, ftrav1+2 90
	Mean of freedom to: 1) travel, 2) religion, 3) marriage, 4) divorce, 5) euthanasia, 6) suicide, 7) homosexuality, 8) prostitution Maximally 2 missing values accepted per country	1990-2002	PrivateFreedom_1990s	86	mean z-scores of: fabo1+2+3 90s, fdiv290s, feut290s, fmot290s, frel190, fsex2+4+6+7 90s, fsui290s, ftrav1+2 90

Related topics: Individualism, Human rights, Sex life
Related themes: Freedom

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 the identification of societal conditions for happiness, the source can also be used for other purposes.