DOI: 10.3886/icpsr05901.v1
title: Matrix of Policy in the Philippines, 1948-1969
title: Version 1

description: This data collection contains information for the following 
 ten major topic areas. PART 1. Survey (Pegasus) File. 182 variables for 
 1,550 respondents in 1969. Variables cover attitudes toward Philippine 
 government, social, economic, and political conditions, attitudes 
 toward and knowledge of dissidents and exposure to crime and violence. 
 Sample was stratified by language and restricted to those between the 
 ages of 21 and 65. PART 2. General Province Data. This file contains 
 the data used in the factor analyses reported in Chapter II of The 
 Matrix of Policy in the Philippines. Because the data are drawn from so 
 many different sources, the descriptions contain notes on origins. 110 
 variables for 49 provinces on general socioeconomic, political, 
 cultural, and agricultural variables for various years, 1918-1968 are 
 included. PART 3. Province Election Data. This file contains 157 
 variables for 49 provinces on voting in elections since 1948 and 
 corresponding population characteristics. Data on elections are from 
 the relevant Commission on Elections (COMELEC) reports, population and 
 agricultural data are from the censuses, income and labor force data 
 are from the Philippine Statistical Survey of Households, municipal 
 expenditures are taken from reports of the Auditor General. PART 4. 
 City Voting Data. This file contains data on voting in 36 Philippine 
 chartered cities. The data sources are the same as those for the 
 Province Election file with the addition of estimates of population by 
 mother tongue calculated from the 0.5 percent sample of the 1960 
 Census. There are 153 variables on election returns since 1953, some 
 socioeconomic data for 1960 and government revenue, aid, and 
 appropriations for 1961-68. PART 5. Municipio Data. This file contains 
 data used in analysis of Huk control in 57 municipios. The data on 84 
 variables are drawn from Philippine Constabulary intelligence reports, 
 COMELEC election results, and census data. PART 6. Barrio Data. This 
 file contains data for 24 variables on 302 barrios in central Luzon, 
 including all of the barrios reported by the Philippine Constabulary 
 (PC) as controlled and a random sample of the rest. The data are drawn 
 from PC intelligence reports, censuses, and maps. PART 7. City 
 Socioeconomic Data. This file contains 37 variables relating to 
 1967-1968 for 51 Philippine chartered cities on socioeconomic 
 indicators and crime statistics. PART 8. Province Crime Data. This file 
 contains 55 variables on crime rates and socioeconomic data for 48 
 provinces. Manila is omitted. Data are for 1962-67. PART 9. Province 
 Economic Data. This file contains data taken from the economic censuses 
 of 1948 and 1961. In most cases detail is given for provinces, where 
 disclosure considerations prevented such detail, regions are the 
 geographical unit. There are some 37 variables measuring attributes of 
 various industries. PART 10. Province Manufacturing Data. This file 
 contains data by province (49) from various rounds of the survey of 
 manufacturers. In this case, the sample universe is large 
 establishments as defined for survey purposes. There are 11 variables 
measuring aspects of major businesses in 1956, 1958-60, and 1962.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Pegasus File
DS2: General Province Data
DS3: Province Election Data
DS4: City Voting Data
DS5: Municipio Data
DS6: Barrio Data
DS7: City Socio-economic Data
DS8: Province Crime Data
DS9: Province Economic Data
DS10: Province Manufacturing Data