rebel_leader | R Documentation |
Dataset that provides a wide range of biographical information on all top rebel, insurgent, and terrorist leaders who were active in civil wars between 1980 and 2011. The variables are as follows:
data(rebel_leader)
A (tibble) data frame with 425 rows and 20 variables.
leadercode. Leader code.
name. Full name.
state. The conflict country against which the leader fought.
conflict. Name of the conflict in which the leader fought.
group. Name of group.
gender. Gender of leader.
birth_year. Year of birth.
dead. Is leader dead? Coded as of December 31, 2018.
birth_place. Place of birth.
education. Highest level of completed education.
study_area. Area of study for highest degree achieved.
entry_method. How did the individual come to lead the organization?
western. Dummy variable where 1 means the leader obtained a degree (bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate, or equivalent) from a university in the US, UK, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, or Switzerland and 0 otherwise.
married. Dummy variable where 1 means the leader was married at some point and 0 otherwise.
children. Dummy variable where 1 means the leader had children and 0 otherwise.
religion. The religion with which the leader self-identified.
elite_family. Did the leader come from an elite family with political power or connections?
occupation. The leader’s primary occupation prior to his/her becoming rebel organization leader.
train_abroad. Dummy variable where 1 means the leader received training abroad from a foreign military or foreign rebel group before becoming leader and 0 otherwise.
death_cause. Cause of death.
Acosta, B., Huang, R., & Silverman, D. (2023). Introducing ROLE: A database of rebel leader attributes in armed conflict. Journal of Peace Research, 60(2), 352–361. https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433221077920
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