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. 2022 Mar 23;19(188):20210725. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0725

Table 2.

Determinants of social unrest. All models are run with STATA. Model 1 is run using ordinary least squares (with the command reg) and models 2–7 using Probit estimations (with the command probit). All independent variables are lagged. Robust standard errors clustered by country in parentheses.

dependent variables
index riot assass. strike guerrilla revol. demonst.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
lagged DV 0.492 0.964 1.005 0.946 1.731 1.797 0.735
(0.032)*** (0.092)*** (0.100)*** (0.135)*** (0.126)*** (0.147)*** (0.079)***
spatial DV 0.203 0.972 0.593 1.115 0.390 −0.209 0.813
(0.040)*** (0.153)*** (0.244)** (0.256)*** (0.305) (0.218) (0.149)***
horizontal inequality 0.441 0.507 0.232 0.363 0.478 0.614 0.551
(0.148)*** (0.188)*** (0.234) (0.256) (0.302) (0.251)** (0.195)***
rule of law −0.187 −0.216 −0.298 −0.022 −0.203 −0.139 −0.176
(0.063)*** (0.098)** (0.096)*** (0.117) (0.099)** (0.092) (0.079)**
conformity 0.229 0.049 0.256 0.263 0.418 0.338 0.252
(0.109)** (0.141) (0.151)* (0.205) (0.177)** (0.181)* (0.131)*
respect for institutions −0.014 −0.010 −0.151 −0.030 0.216 0.170 −0.118
(0.093) (0.144) (0.134) (0.216) (0.160) (0.134) (0.115)
number of groups 0.018 0.015 0.018 0.012 0.018 0.004 0.034
(0.005)*** (0.009)* (0.009)* (0.008) (0.007)*** (0.009) (0.005)***
former British colony .069 0.266 0.229 0.324 −0.075 −0.274 0.125
(0.126) (0.153)* (0.150) (0.177)* (0.192) (0.194) (0.159)
former French colony .012 0.023 0.067 0.104 0.179 −0.083 −0.122
(0.081) (0.092) (0.220) (0.173) (0.182) (0.156) (0.113)
polity score .017 0.011 0.035 0.044 0.020 0.004 0.011
(0.007)** (0.011) (0.011)*** (0.013)*** (0.012)* (0.011) (0.009)
polity score squared −0.002 −0.002 −0.002 −0.0001 −0.004 −0.002 −0.003
(0.002) (0.002) (0.002) (0.003) (0.002) (0.003) (0.002)
ethnic fractionalization −0.082 0.010 −0.317 −0.502 0.012 −0.118 −0.209
(0.155) (0.235) (0.241) (0.326) (0.281) (0.253) (0.208)
GDP per capita (logged) 0.189 0.231 0.049 −0.015 0.239 −0.101 0.330
(0.049)*** (0.071)*** (0.077) (0.089) (0.074)*** (0.076) (0.063)***
growth −0.005 −0.003 −0.011 −0.008 −0.0002 −0.010 −0.011
(0.003) (0.005) (0.006)* (0.008) (0.008) (0.005)** (0.005)**
N 1889 1889 1889 1889 1889 1889 1889
log-Lik. −2699.511 −862.001 −580.783 −547.316 −517.109 −451.489 −1035.998

*p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01.