Region refers to common geographical divisions of the world.
Global*
Industrialized democracies
Europe	European Union Western Europe Central Europe Eastern Europe Scandinavia Southern Europe
Anglo America
Latin America	Central America South America
Asia	Central Asia East Asia South Asia Southeast Asia
Africa	South of the Sahara West Africa East Africa Southern Africa North Africa
Middle East
Oceania
*Use "Global" for broad cross-national analyses that span multiple regions. Choose either the broad boldface regions or the narrower unemphasized regions as appropriate to your manuscript. If your manuscript does not pertain to particular regions of the world or the broad cross-national analysis, do not choose any of these terms. Updated August 5, 2006