This study used data from many different sources.  All data are free and available on the web.  These data were combined into one data set, which is available to download from this web site.  I'm working on exactly how to do this......

A number of data sources gave permission for their data to be included in the data set.  These data sets are included.  Other data sets are not included for various reasons.  For example, for some data, users need to register at the original source.  Thus, those data sets are not included here.

The data set contains variables from the following sources (will be modified as I get permission from everyone):
 

Population size and growth, age distributions, infant mortality rate
U. S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base.
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html

demography (population, infant mortality rate) can be downloaded here, in lotus format
demogs
 

Urbanization
UNDP's data on urbanization, for 1970 and 1995, shown at
http://www.undp.org/hdro/iurban.htm
and
http://www.undp.org/hdro/urban.htm

UNDP's data on public expenditure on education, as a percent of GNP, for 1985 and 1995, at
http://www.undp.org/hdro/ieduc.htm
and
http://www.undp.org/hdro/education.htm
 
 

Adult literacy rates, adults age 15 or older, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995.
from UNESCO Institute for Statistics
http://unescostat.unesco.org/statsen/statistics/indicators/i_pages/IndLit.asp

Education
Barro and Lee's, International Data on Educational Attainment,  percent no schooling and percent finishing secondary education, 1960 to 1000.
http://www.cid.harvard.edu/ciddata/ciddata.html
(near the bottom)

and so on....
 

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last updated 9/3/01