This will probably sound crazy, but I would actually suggest looking
at Wikipedia. Nearly all pages that make cross-national policy
comparisons involve maps of those, which often carry citations to
direct data sources. E.g., the map here
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_law) carries a citation to a
detailed UN report
(http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/policy/WorldAbortionPolicies2013/WorldAbortionPolicies2013_WallChart.pdf).
You should be able to find similar data on your other issues using the
same search technique.
-Thomas
Thomas J. Leeper
http://www.thomasleeper.com
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Gregory Petrow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Colleagues,
>
> I am working on a project in which we want our dependent variable to be the social policies of democratic nations. In other words, we seek some kind of national summary measure of nations' social policies. The most important one we seek is abortion -- how open is access to legal abortion in democracies?
>
> Other social policies we are interested in include prayer in school, sexual education in school, dispensing of birth control in schools, euthanasia, legality of marijuana, regulation of pornography, and gay marriage.
>
> If people are aware of sources for this kind of data, I would appreciate it. Thank you!
>
> Greg
>
> Gregory A. Petrow, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Nebraska Omaha
> Graduate Program Chair, Political Science Master's Degree Program
> Senior Research Advisor, Gallup
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