Code | Meaning |
---|---|
-1 | Missing Data, presumably there were elections |
-2 | missing data because of IDEA disqualification (should no longer exist) |
-4 | presumably no elections (8th year of filling out. fill out only 7 years with election data) |
-7 | No suffrage data for Paxton (prob. because country didn't exist) |
-9 | n/a in IDEA, -99 gets converted into -9 if no other option possible |
-10 | It is confirmed that an election was held, but no votes are available (recode to -1) |
-11 | An election was due. It is almost certain it was held, but no votes are available. (recode to -1) |
-12 | An election was due. It cannot be confirmed that it was held. (recode to -9) |
-13 | An election was due or it has been 7+ years since the last one. It probably wasn't held (don't code this!) (recode to -4) |
-14 | Scheduled in 2006, not yet held (recode to -2) (don't use it?) |
-15 | Election held, but not competitive and/or free (recode to -2) |
-99 | temporary code to mark data not present when transposing |