rowid,id,table_id,table_id_label,column_number,name,type,comment_entry,incomplete,description,comment
322,403,55,external_party_ees,2,country,text,0,0,EES country name (European Parliament Election Study 2009),
321,402,55,external_party_ees,1,id,integer,0,0,EES party ID (European Parliament Election Study 2009),
320,392,56,external_party_ray,7,name,text,0,0,party name,
319,391,56,external_party_ray,6,ename,text,0,0,party name english,
318,390,56,external_party_ray,5,party,text,0,0,party name short,
317,389,56,external_party_ray,2,natid,integer,0,0,Ray (1999) expert survey country ID,
316,388,56,external_party_ray,3,nation,text,0,0,country name,
315,387,56,external_party_ray,4,partyid,integer,0,0,Ray (1999) expert survey party ID,
314,385,52,view_party,15,ees,integer,0,0,European Election Study (2009) party ID,
313,384,29,party,18,ees,integer,0,0,European Election Study (2009) party ID,
312,383,35,election,19,previous_cabinet_id,integer,0,0,'cabinet_id' of incumbent government,
311,382,54,view_cabinet,18,previous_cabinet_id,integer,0,0,'cabinet_id' of previous national cabinet in the country,
310,381,53,view_election,14,previous_parliament_election_id,integer,0,0,'election_id' of previous national parliament election in the country,
309,380,12,cabinet,15,previous_cabinet_id,integer,0,0,'cabinet_id' of previous national cabinet in the country,
308,379,12,cabinet,16,previous_parliament_election_id,integer,0,0,'election_id' of previous parliamentary election in the country,
307,378,12,cabinet,17,previous_ep_election_id,integer,0,0,'election_id' of previous EP election in the country,
306,377,35,election,17,previous_parliament_election_id,integer,0,0,'election_id' of previous national parliament election in the country,
305,376,35,election,18,previous_ep_election_id,integer,0,0,'election_id' of previous national EP election for this country,
304,375,54,view_cabinet,9,seats,integer,0,0,number of seats in parliament,"In versions prior to ParlGov 11/07, the number of seats was based on seats won at the last election (table 'election_result'). It does now take into account changes in parliament -- see documentation for table 'viewcalc_parliament_composition'."
303,374,19,country,22,comment,text,0,0,additional information about the coding of this observation,
302,373,54,view_cabinet,10,election_seats_total,integer,0,0,seats total in parliament,
301,372,54,view_cabinet,7,cabinet_party,binary,0,0,cabinet member vs. opposition party,
300,371,54,view_cabinet,3,election_date,date,0,0,"Date the election took place. If the election lasted for several days, we code the last date.",
299,370,54,view_cabinet,16,election_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique identifier for national and EP elections. Other tables refer to this variable as 'election_id'.,
298,369,54,view_cabinet,8,prime_minister,binary,0,0,indicates if the party fills the prime minster position,
297,368,52,view_party,18,ray,integer,0,0,Ray (1999) expert survey party ID -- combined country ID and party ID,
296,367,52,view_party,12,eu_anti_pro,real,0,0,"0--10 scale mean value in 'EU integration' dimension with data from Ray 1999, Benoit/Laver 2006 and CHES 2010",previously variable 'eu_pro_contra' in ParlGov 11/07
295,366,52,view_party,11,liberty_authority,real,0,0,0--10 scale mean value in 'libertarian/authoritarian' dimension with data from Benoit/Laver 2006 and CHES 2010,
294,365,52,view_party,10,state_market,real,0,0,0--10 scale mean value in 'regulation of the economy' dimension with data from Benoit/Laver 2006 and CHES 2010,
293,359,52,view_party,17,huber_inglehart,integer,0,0,Huber/Inglehart (1995) expert survey party ID -- combined from number of country and number of party entry in Appendix 2 (pp. 92--108),
292,358,52,view_party,13,cmp,integer,0,0,Comparative Manifestos Project (CMP) party ID (Budge ea. 2001; Klingemann ea. 2006),
291,356,52,view_party,5,party_name,text,0,0,original name of party with native characters,field may require a change of character encodings on your local computer
290,355,52,view_party,1,country_name_short,text,0,0,three letter abbreviation of country -- iso alpha code,
289,354,54,view_cabinet,14,left_right,real,0,0,"0--10 scale mean value in left/right dimension with data from Castles/Mair 1983, Huber/Inglehart 1995, Benoit/Laver 2006 and CHES 2010",
288,353,54,view_cabinet,13,party_name_english,text,0,0,English name of party,
287,352,54,view_cabinet,12,party_name,text,0,0,original name of party with native characters (this field may require a change of character encodings on your local computer),
286,351,54,view_cabinet,11,party_name_short,text,0,0,party abbreviation,
285,350,54,view_cabinet,5,cabinet_name,text,0,0,label/name of cabinet consisting of the family name of the prime minister and a roman numeral if he/she headed more than one cabinet (ascii characters only),
284,349,54,view_cabinet,6,caretaker,binary,0,0,"caretaker cabinet with a limited legislative mandate: non-partisan, provisional, technical or continuation (tree month rule) cabinet",
283,348,54,view_cabinet,4,start_date,date,0,0,start of cabinet defined as the date of the first event that determines a new cabinet,"For some (continuation) caretaker cabinet, the date is set to election date."
282,347,54,view_cabinet,19,party_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique party identifier. Variable name 'id' in 'party' table and 'party_id' in all other tables.,
281,346,54,view_cabinet,17,cabinet_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique identifier for each cabinet. Variable name 'id' in 'cabinet' table and 'cabinet_id' in all other tables.,
280,345,54,view_cabinet,15,country_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique identifier for each country. Other tables refer to this variable as 'country_id'.,
279,344,54,view_cabinet,1,country_name_short,text,0,0,three letter abbreviation of country -- iso alpha code,
278,340,53,view_election,11,left_right,real,0,0,"0--10 scale mean value in left/right dimension with data from Castles/Mair 1983, Huber/Inglehart 1995, Benoit/Laver 2006 and CHES 2010",
277,339,53,view_election,10,party_name_english,text,0,0,English name of party,
276,338,53,view_election,9,party_name,text,0,0,original name of party with native characters (this field may require a change of character encodings on your local computer),
275,336,53,view_election,8,party_name_short,text,0,0,party abbreviation,
274,335,53,view_election,7,seats_total,integer,0,0,total number of seats,
273,334,53,view_election,6,seats,integer,0,0,number of seats won by party,Seats coded for alliance members if information available. Coded as 0 for parties that won no seats and as missing value for electoral alliances if seats are coded at the level of alliance members.
272,333,53,view_election,5,vote_share,real,0,0,percentage of votes for a party,
271,332,53,view_election,16,party_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique party identifier. Variable name 'id' in 'party' table and 'party_id' in all other tables.,
270,331,53,view_election,13,election_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique identifier for national and EP elections. Other tables refer to this variable as 'election_id'.,
269,330,53,view_election,12,country_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique identifier for each country. Other tables refer to this variable as 'country_id'.,
268,329,53,view_election,4,election_date,date,0,0,"Date the election took place. If the election lasted for several days, we code the last date.",
267,328,53,view_election,3,election_type,text,0,0,type of election -- 'parliament' or 'ep' election,
266,327,53,view_election,1,country_name_short,text,0,0,three letter abbreviation of country -- iso alpha code,
265,326,7,viewcalc_party_position,3,state_market,real,0,0,0--10 scale mean value in 'regulation of the economy' dimension with data from Benoit/Laver 2006 and CHES 2010,
264,325,52,view_party,16,castles_mair,integer,0,0,Castles/Mair (1983) expert survey party ID --  combined from number of country and number of party entry in data table (pp. 75--83),
263,324,52,view_party,14,euprofiler,integer,0,0,EU Profiler (Trechsel/Mair 2009) party ID,
262,322,52,view_party,7,family_name_short,text,0,0,party family abbreviation,
261,321,52,view_party,8,family_name,text,0,0,party family name,
260,320,52,view_party,19,benoit_laver,integer,0,0,Benoit/Laver (2006) expert survey party ID -- row number of first party entry in original data set,
259,317,52,view_party,9,left_right,real,0,0,"0--10 scale mean value in left/right dimension with data from Castles/Mair 1983, Huber/Inglehart 1995, Benoit/Laver 2006 and CHES 2010",
258,314,52,view_party,20,chess,integer,0,0,Chapel Hill expert survey series (CHESS) party ID (Hooghe ea. 2010; Marks/Steenbergen 2007),
257,311,52,view_party,23,family_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique party family identifier -- see table 'info_id' for a description,
256,310,52,view_party,21,country_id,integer,0,0,ParlGov unique identifier for each country. Other tables refer to this variable as 'country_id'.,
255,309,52,view_party,22,party_id,integer,0,0,party id,
254,308,52,view_party,6,party_name_ascii,text,0,0,original name of party without special characters  (this one may be easier to handle with in statistical packages),
253,307,52,view_party,4,party_name_english,text,0,0,English name of party,
252,306,52,view_party,3,party_name_short,text,0,0,party abbreviation,