Political Trust and Elite Closure in 18 Latin American Countries

Featuring harmonized variables from LAPOP surveys across 18 Latin American countries from 2006 to 2018, combined with country-year level data from PELA-USAL, V-Dem, and the ILO. It provides replication materials for a forthcoming article in Party Politics, including processed datasets and analysis scripts.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between political trust variables from LAPOP surveys and elite closure measures from the PELA-USAL elite survey.
• Model country-year level political dynamics using combined indicators from V-Dem and International Labour Organization data across 18 countries.
• Replicate statistical analyses on the harmonized selection of variables covering the 2006-2018 period.

Strengths

• Data harmonized from multiple authoritative sources including LAPOP, PELA-USAL, V-Dem, and the ILO.
• Covers 18 Latin American countries over a 13-year period (2006-2018).
• Includes replication scripts to reproduce all analyses, tables, and figures from the associated article.

Limitations

• The specific variables, column count, and dataset size are not detailed in the provided input.
• Data is not updated beyond 2018, limiting analysis of recent political trends.
• Focus on 18 Latin American countries may limit generalizability to other regions.

Provenance

Source

LAPOP surveys, PELA-USAL elite survey, V-Dem, International Labour Organization (ILO).

Collection Method

Harmonized selection of variables from multiple survey and institutional sources.

Time Range

2006 to 2018

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-01-28, but underlying survey data covers up to 2018.

Geography

18 Latin American countries