party2d/metadata/data_dictionary.csv

1	file_name	variable_name	label	description	type	allowed_values	range_min	range_max	missing_value_code	unit	scale_direction	constructed_from	construction_rule	notes
2	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	party_id	PartyFacts party identifier	Identifier for the individual party	integer					identifier		PartyFacts crosswalk	Assigned during party harmonization
3	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	party_name_english	English party name	Party name from the harmonized output	string					name		Party metadata
4	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	party_name_short	Short party name	Short party label from the harmonized output	string					name		Party metadata		May be missing
5	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	country	Country code	ISO2 or historical country-code identifier	string					identifier		Source metadata and PartyFacts
6	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	year	Calendar year	Calendar year of the election-year estimate	integer		1944	2025		year		Election and model-year metadata
7	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	segment_num	Party segment number	Segment number within party after splitting at long evidence gaps	integer		1			segment		Party history segmentation	Main segment is coded 1
8	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	union_party_id	Union or alliance PartyFacts identifier	Identifier of parent union or alliance where applicable	integer					identifier		Alliance mapping		Missing if party is not represented through a union or alliance
9	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	in_union	Union membership indicator	Indicator that the row is associated with a union or alliance	boolean	0;1	0	1		indicator		Alliance mapping
10	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	pervote	Vote share	Vote share at the election year	numeric		0	100		percent		Election metadata
11	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	economic_lr	Economic left-right posterior mean	Posterior mean of economic left-right position	numeric		0	1		unit interval	0=left; 1=right	Posterior draws	Mean after inverse-logit transformation
12	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	galtan	Cultural posterior mean	Posterior mean of cultural position	numeric		0	1		unit interval	0=cosmopolitan/socially liberal; 1=traditionalist/nationalist	Posterior draws	Mean after inverse-logit transformation
13	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	economic_lr_se	Economic posterior standard error	Posterior standard deviation for economic_lr	numeric		0			unit interval		Posterior draws	Standard deviation over posterior draws
14	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	galtan_se	Cultural posterior standard error	Posterior standard deviation for galtan	numeric		0			unit interval		Posterior draws	Standard deviation over posterior draws
15	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	economic_lr_q025	Economic lower posterior interval	2.5 percent posterior quantile for economic_lr	numeric		0	1		unit interval	0=left; 1=right	Posterior draws	Quantile over posterior draws
16	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	economic_lr_q975	Economic upper posterior interval	97.5 percent posterior quantile for economic_lr	numeric		0	1		unit interval	0=left; 1=right	Posterior draws	Quantile over posterior draws
17	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	galtan_q025	Cultural lower posterior interval	2.5 percent posterior quantile for galtan	numeric		0	1		unit interval	0=cosmopolitan/socially liberal; 1=traditionalist/nationalist	Posterior draws	Quantile over posterior draws
18	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	galtan_q975	Cultural upper posterior interval	97.5 percent posterior quantile for galtan	numeric		0	1		unit interval	0=cosmopolitan/socially liberal; 1=traditionalist/nationalist	Posterior draws	Quantile over posterior draws
19	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	election_id	Election identifier	Election identifier where available	string					identifier		Election metadata		Missing where no election identifier is available
20	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	election_date	Election date	Election date where available	date					date		Election metadata		Missing in current processed election metadata
21	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	has_text	Text support indicator	Indicator for direct or nearby text evidence	boolean	0;1	0	1		indicator		Source-support construction	Nearby threshold documented in source_support_dictionary.csv
22	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	has_expert	Expert support indicator	Indicator for direct or nearby expert evidence	boolean	0;1	0	1		indicator		Source-support construction	Nearby threshold documented in source_support_dictionary.csv
23	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	n_text_sources	Number of text sources	Number of distinct text source families contributing direct or nearby evidence	integer		0			count		Source-support construction
24	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	n_expert_sources	Number of expert sources	Number of distinct expert source families contributing direct or nearby evidence	integer		0			count		Source-support construction
25	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	nearest_text_distance	Nearest text distance	Absolute distance in years to nearest text observation used to inform trajectory	numeric		0			years		Source-support construction		Missing if no text observation exists for the party-country key
26	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	nearest_expert_distance	Nearest expert distance	Absolute distance in years to nearest expert observation used to inform trajectory	numeric		0			years		Source-support construction		Missing if no expert observation exists for the party-country key
27	party_2d_election_year_panel_vN.csv.gz	source_support_class	Source-support class	Summary class of text/expert support	string	both_direct_or_nearby; text_only_direct_or_nearby; expert_only_direct_or_nearby; temporal_propagation				categorical		Source-support construction
28	party_2d_annual_model_output_vN.csv.gz	all fields	Annual model output fields	Same model-output fields as the production annual party-position file plus no source-support augmentation	mixed							Posterior processing		Secondary model output