Aggregate data bank and indices of Brazil, 1940-1960
By: principal investigator, Philippe Schmitter
Series: ICPSR -- 0058; ICPSR (Series) -- 0058
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Socal Research [distributor
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Social conditions; Economic conditions; Statistics
Description: The data bank covers three time periods--1940, 1950, and 1960--for 22 states of Brazil. For each of the three time periods, data give total population, rural employment, and industrial and commercial employment. Literate population, eligible electorate, and actual voting electorate are also available in the dataset. The data ascertain numbers of industrial and commercial establishments as well as membership in various unions, in art and literary associations, in sports organizations, and in Roman Catholic religious organizations.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: 1940, 1950, 1960.

Data for the aggregate data bank were obtained from several Brazilian census publications, including Anuario Estatistico de Brasil and Recenseamento General de Brasil. The data were gathered by Philippe Schmitter and were obtained by the ICPSR from the International Data Library and Reference Service, Survey Research Center, the University of California at Berkeley.

Brazil.

22 cases, 10 cards of data per case, and approximately 85 variables.