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A dataset containing common keywords used in Taiwan's legislative text analysis. These keywords are carefully selected to cover major policy domains including disaster management, social welfare, housing policy, and regional development.

Usage

legis_keywords

data("legis_keywords")

Format

A character vector containing 10 keywords, all in Traditional Chinese (the language of the source legislative documents), grouped here by policy domain for reference:

disaster management

3 keywords, e.g. terms for the "823 Artillery Bombardment", the "921 earthquake", and "earthquake" in general

social welfare

3 keywords, e.g. terms for "childcare", "adult day care", and "long-term care"

housing policy

2 keywords, e.g. terms for "military dependents' village redevelopment" and "village relocation"

regional development

1 keyword, e.g. the term for "remote/rural areas"

financial policy

1 keyword, e.g. the term for "bank/ATM card"

Source

Keywords compiled based on common policy discussions in Taiwan Legislative Yuan

Details

Taiwan Legislative Keywords for Text Analysis

These keywords can be used with quanteda or other text analysis packages to analyze legislative documents. They are particularly useful for:

  • Creating document-term matrices

  • Analyzing policy focus in legislative texts

  • Tracking policy discussions over time

  • Identifying key themes in parliamentary questions or texts

References

Legislative Yuan, Taiwan. https://www.ly.gov.tw/

Examples

# Load the keywords
data(legis_keywords)