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Economic Evaluations and the Incumbent Vote in India’s Parliamentary Elections (2014, 2019)
Appendix: Tables A1-A3
Table A1: Descriptive Statistics
Variable
Mean
(Standard Deviation)
Incumbent Vote 0.36 (0.47)
ECON.IMPR 0.46 (0.49)
ECON.WORS 0.18 (0.38)
Party.Attachment
(Incumbent)
0.11 (0.31)
Year (2019=1) 0.48 (0.49)
Women 0.47 (0.49)
Rural 0.73 (0.44)
Poor 0.29 (0.46)
Lower 0.33 (0.47)
Middle 0.23 (0.42)
Hindu.Dalit 0.14 (0.35)
Hindu.Adivasi 0.08 (0.28)
Hindu.OBC 0.32 (0.47)
Hindu.Upper 0.07 (0.24)
Muslim.Minority 0.01 (0.09)
Muslim_OBC 0.07 (0.24)
Muslim.Other 0.07 (0.24)
Christian.Minority 0.05 (0.21)
Christian.Other 0.21 (0.15)
Other.Minority 0.02 (0.15)
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