Variable identifications
Data were input for each of the following variables identified by Weaver et al. (1985) in
their model of democratic development: democracy, media, sociopolitical instability,
income, urbanism, and population. Although education enrollment figures have
been significant correlates of media development in previous studies (Groshek, 2009;
Weaver, 1977; Weaver et al., 1985), data from any source were simply not complete
enough to be considered and modeled here.