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Variable Descriptions for the Weimar Aggregate Data Set These are aggregate electoral and census data for the Weimar Republic during the years 1919-1933, which encompasses all elections leading to the rise of the Nazis. The data are at the level of Kreise, which are somewhat comparable to census tracts in the United States. The electoral data were originally supplied by the Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). I added detailed occupational census data to the original electoral data. Most of the electoral data in this data set are expressed as proportions of the total population. To retrieve the original raw data, simply multiply the proportions by total population for that year. It is useful to obtain the original codebook for these data from the ICPSR. Most of the variable names in the data for my version of the data set are written as "V###" where ### is 500 plus the variable number given in the original ICPSR codebook for these data. For example, from the original data set, V012 is the variable for the number of votes cast for the German Nationalist People's Party for the 6 June 1920 election. In my data set, V512 is the number votes cast for the German Nationalist People's Party for that same election expressed as a proportion of the total population as of 10 August 1919. To help identify relevant variables associated with parties and election years, the following table may be useful:
DNVP: German Nationalist People's Party The occupational variables are expressed both as raw numbers and as proportions of the population. The raw numbers are variables V450-V465, whereas the same variables expressed as proportions of the population are variables V750-V765. (Simply add 300 to the variable name.) The occupational variables are grouped according to industry. Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery V450: owners and independent business people Industry and Manufacturing V454: owners and independent business people Trade and Transportation V458: owners and independent business people Civil Servants, Army and Navy, Clergy, and Professions (not medical) V462: owners and independent business people
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