WINGOs
Women's International Non-Governmental Organizations, 1950-2013
These data provide measures of country-level memberships in women's international nongovernmental organizations (WINGOs). Data are provided for 160 countries (those with over 1 million population in 2000) for 12 time points, approximately every 5 years. We provide both raw and imputed counts. Data were released publicly in March 2017.
Funding: National Science Foundation SES-0962034 and SES-1067218
Downloads: Data in Excel Format (.xlsx) and Codebook.
Citations: When using the data, please cite the dataset and an article that uses the data:
Hughes, Melanie M. Pamela Paxton, Sharon Quinsaat, and Nicholas Reith. 2017. Women's International Nongovernmental Organizations, 1950-2013. [Computer file]. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], http://doi.org/10.3886/E100514V1.
Hughes, Melanie M., Pamela Paxton, Sharon Quinsaat, and Nicholas Reith. Forthcoming. "Does the Global North Still Dominate the International Women's Movement? A Network Analysis of Women's International Nongovernmental Organizations, 1978-2008." Mobilization. Download Article
INCS
INGO Network Country Scores (INCS), 1950-2008
These data provide a measure of country-level connectedness to the world polity called INCS. The measure scores countries by centrality in the world country-INGO network, rather than on raw counts of INGO ties that do not acknowledge networks or power. Data span 5,291 INGOs. Both raw and scaled scores are provided.
Funding: National Science Foundation SES-0962034 and SES-1067218
Downloads: Data in Excel Format (.xlsx)
Citation: Paxton, Pamela, Melanie M. Hughes, and Nicholas Reith. 2015. "Extending the International Nongovernmental Country Score, 1950-2008." Sociological Science 2: 287-307. Download Article