The following tables provide a description of the variables included in the different datasets. The sources used in the collection of each variable are listed here in a separate column. For a more detailed and precise source documentation, see Sources.
Politician
Variable
Description
name
Name of politician
name_wikitag
Wikipedia tag for politician’s name (URL)
birthplace
Birthplace of politician
birthplace_wikitag
Wikipedia tag for birthplace (URL)
birthplace_lat
Latitude of birthplace as determined by geocoding
birthplace_lon
Longitude of birthplace as determined by geocoding
birthplace_region
Region birthplace is located in
birthplace_subregion
Subregion birthplace is located in
birthplace_country
Country birthplace is located in
birthplace_country_id
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for country birthplace is located in
birthplace_state
State birthplace is located in
birthplace_state_id
ISO 3166-2 code for state birthplace is located in
birthplace_city
City birthplace is located in
birthdate
Formatted birthdate of politician
gender
Gender of politician
Mandate
Variable
Description
id
URL + State + Term
name_wikitag
Wikipedia tag for politician’s name (URL)
constituency
Constituency the politician represents
mandate
Method of winning seat (direct mandate or via party list)
voteshare
Percentage of votes received by politician
landtag_state
State where politician was elected
landtag_state_abb
Abbreviation for state where politician was elected
electoralperiod
Electoral period during which politician served
term_start
Constituent meeting of the electoral period
term_end
Day before the constituent meeting of the next electoral period
Cabinet
Variable Name
Description
id
URL + State + Term
name_wikitag
Wikipedia tag for politician’s name (URL)
party
Party of the politician
gender
Politicians gender
cabinet
Name of the cabinet
ministry
Government ministry
ministry_clean
Cleaned and formatted goverment ministry
position
Position held by the politician
position_clean
Cleaned and formatted position held by the politician
economy
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles economic affairs
environment
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles environmental affairs
education
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles education affairs
science
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles science affairs
infrastructure
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles infrastructure affairs
health
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles health affairs
justice
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles justice affairs
agriculture
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles agriculture affairs
culture_leisure
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles culture and leisure affairs
technology
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles technology affairs
state_chancellery
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles state chancellery affairs
regional
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles regional affairs
family
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles family affairs
migration
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles migration affairs
genderequality
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles gender equality affairs
social
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles social affairs
international
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles international affairs
interior
Binary variable indicating if the ministry handles interior affairs
start_date
Start date of government role
end_date
End date of government role
landtag_state_abb
Abbreviation of the state
electoralperiod
Electoral period
PPG
Variable
Description
id
URL + State + Term
name_wikitag
Wikipedia tag for politician’s name (URL)
ppg
Political party/faction of the politician
ppg_id
Cleaned and formatted party/faction of the politician
start_date
Date the politician started being part of the faction
end_date
Date the politician ended being part of the faction
landtag_state_abb
Abbreviation of the state
electoralperiod
Electoral period
PPG-Leadership
Variable
Description
id
URL + State + Term
name_wikitag
Wikipedia tag for politician’s name (URL)
ppg
Political party/faction of the politician
ppg_id
Cleaned and formatted party/faction of the politician
position
Position held by the politician.
position_id
Identifier for each position in the data.
start_date
Start date of board role
end_date
End date of board role
landtag_state_abb
Abbreviation of the state
electoralperiod
Electoral period
Presidency
Variable
Description
id
URL + State + Term
name_wikitag
Wikipedia tag for politician’s name (URL)
position
Position held by the person
position_id
Cleaned and formatted position held by the politician
start_date
Start date of the position
end_date
End date of the position
landtag_state_abb
Abbreviation of the state
electoralperiod
Electoral period
Committee
Variable Name
Description
id
URL + State + Term
name_wikitag
Wikipedia tag for politician’s name (URL)
committee
The name of the committee.
agriculture
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles agriculture affairs
committee_of_inquiry
Binary variable indicating if the committee is a committee of inquiry
culture_sports_leisure
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles culture, sports, and leisure affairs
economy_finance
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles economy and finance affairs
education_science
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles education and science affairs
environment
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles environment affairs
family_youth_children
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles family, youth, and children affairs
genderequality
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles gender equality affairs
health
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles health affairs
infrastructure
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles infrastructure affairs
interior
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles interior affairs
international
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles international affairs
justice
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles justice affairs
migration
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles migration affairs
regional
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles regional affairs
social
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles social affairs
technology
Binary variable indicating if the committee handles technology affairs
main_committee
Binary variable indicating if the committee is the main committee