Latinobarometro (1995-1998, 2000-2005) Data Files

The Latinobarometro is an annual study of public opinion in eighteen Latin American countries.  With the goal of providing a representative survey of Latin American public opinion over time, the Latinobarometro provides annual measures of attitudes toward democracy, civic culture, economic issues, gender issues, the environment, inequality, social capital, and trade policy.  A complete history of the Latinobarometro is available on the Latinobarometro Corporation website.

Accessing Latinobarometro Data at Duke
The ten Latinobarometro datasets licensed by Duke are available in Stata and SPSS formats through the links that follow. Perkins Data Services has converted the original SPSS files into Stata format for the convenience of the Duke community (see technical notes below for details).
**All of the data files are stored in a compressed zip format.***

Latinobarometro 1995	Latinobarometro 2001
Latinobarometro 1996	Latinobarometro 2002
Latinobarometro 1997	Latinobarometro 2003
Latinobarometro 1998	Latinobarometro 2004
Latinobarometro 2000	Latinobarometro 2005

Responsible Use Statement  
Access to Latinobarometro data is restricted to enrolled students, staff, faculty and instructors at Duke University. These data may not be copied or redistributed in whole or part to third parties outside of Duke University.   Please contact Data Services if you have any questions about Latinobarometer access and usage.

Journal articles, conference papers, books, book chapters, and other publications or reports that employ Latinobarometro data should acknowledge the the Latinobarometro Organization as the owner/source of these data and include a statement that the views expressed within the publications are solely those of the author.

TechnicalNotes
Researchers are advised that the Stata files provided below differ from the original SPSS files distributed by the vendor in that 1.) variable labels over 80 characters have been truncated to 80 characters and 2.) SPSS user defined missing values appear as regular values in Stata and 3.) variables containing a period character have been converted to an underscore character (for example: p68st.a becomes p68st_a).

Latinobarometro files for 2001-2005 were provided in both English and Spanish versions.  The English version is provided online, but the Spanish version is available to researchers on request.