variables

This table contains all the variables of all the datasets we have at Our World In Data. Note that this includes only the information about the variables like name and default display settings, not the data itself.

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1 row where datasetId = 3006 sorted by id descending

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id ▲ name unit description createdAt updatedAt code coverage timespan datasetId sourceId shortUnit display columnOrder originalMetadata grapherConfigAdmin shortName catalogPath dimensions schemaVersion processingLevel processingLog titlePublic titleVariant attributionShort attribution descriptionShort descriptionFromProducer descriptionKey descriptionProcessing licenses license grapherConfigETL type sort dataChecksum metadataChecksum
1853 Social Expenditure %GDP - Lindert_Historical (2004)   Social expenditure is defined here as the sum of the public expenditures on basic assistance to poor families, unemployment compensation, noncontributory pensions, health expenditures, and housing subsidies, as percentage of GDP. 2017-05-17 23:40:03 2023-06-15 05:05:42       Social Expenditure %GDP - Lindert_Historical (2004) (split) 3006 Lindert_Historical (2004) 610 % 
{
    "unit": "Hertz (pulses per second)",
    "shortUnit": "Hz"
}
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CREATE TABLE "variables" (
	"id" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
	"name" VARCHAR(750) NULL  ,
	"unit" VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL  ,
	"description" TEXT NULL  ,
	"createdAt" DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ,
	"updatedAt" DATETIME NULL  ,
	"code" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"coverage" VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL  ,
	"timespan" VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL  ,
	"datasetId" INTEGER NOT NULL  ,
	"sourceId" INTEGER NULL  ,
	"shortUnit" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"display" TEXT NOT NULL  ,
	"columnOrder" INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' ,
	"originalMetadata" TEXT NULL  ,
	"grapherConfigAdmin" TEXT NULL  ,
	"shortName" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"catalogPath" VARCHAR(767) NULL  ,
	"dimensions" TEXT NULL  ,
	"schemaVersion" INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT '1' ,
	"processingLevel" VARCHAR(30) NULL  ,
	"processingLog" TEXT NULL  ,
	"titlePublic" VARCHAR(512) NULL  ,
	"titleVariant" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"attributionShort" VARCHAR(512) NULL  ,
	"attribution" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionShort" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionFromProducer" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionKey" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionProcessing" TEXT NULL  ,
	"licenses" TEXT NULL  ,
	"license" TEXT NULL  ,
	"grapherConfigETL" TEXT NULL  ,
	"type" TEXT NULL  ,
	"sort" TEXT NULL  ,
	"dataChecksum" VARCHAR(64) NULL  ,
	"metadataChecksum" VARCHAR(64) NULL,
	FOREIGN KEY("datasetId") REFERENCES "datasets" ("id") ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE RESTRICT,
	FOREIGN KEY("sourceId") REFERENCES "sources" ("id") ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE RESTRICT
);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "idx_catalogPath" ON "variables" ("catalogPath");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "unique_short_name_per_dataset" ON "variables" ("shortName", "datasetId");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "variables_code_fk_dst_id_7bde8c2a_uniq" ON "variables" ("code", "datasetId");
CREATE INDEX "variables_datasetId_50a98bfd_fk_datasets_id" ON "variables" ("datasetId");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "variables_name_fk_dst_id_f7453c33_uniq" ON "variables" ("name", "datasetId");
CREATE INDEX "variables_sourceId_31fce80a_fk_sources_id" ON "variables" ("sourceId");