civilwar: Data on civil wars and internal conflict from 1945-1999.

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Data on civil wars and internal conflict from 1945-1999.

Description

A dataset to replicate the analysis in Fearon and Laitin (2003).

A dataset to replicate the analysis in Fearon and Laitin (2003).

Usage

data(civilwar)

data(civilwar)

Format

A data frame with 6610 observations and 69 variables.

A data frame with 6610 observations and 69 variables.

Details

• ccode. COW country id number

• country. country name

• cname. abbreviated country name

• cmark. 1 for first in each country series

• year. start year of war/conflict

• wars. number wars in progress in country year

• war. 1 if war ongoing in country year

• warl. lagged war, w/ 0 for start of country series

• onset. 1 for civil war onset

• ethonset. 1 if onset = 1 & ethwar ~= 0

• durest. estimated war duration

• aim. 1 = rebels aim at center, 3 = aim at exit or autonomy, 2 = mixed or ambig.

• casename. Id for case, usually name of rebel group(s)

• ended. war ends = 1, 0 = ongoing

• ethwar. 0 = not ethnic, 1 = ambig/mixed, 2 = ethnic

• waryrs. war years for each onset

• pop. population, in 1000s

• lpop. log of pop

• polity2. revised polity score

• gdpen. gdp/pop based on pwt5.6, wdi2001,cow energy data

• gdptype. source/type of gdp/pop estimate

• gdpenl. lagged gdpenl, except for first in country series

• lgdpenl1. log of lagged gdpen

• lpopl1. log population, lagged except for first in country series

• region. country's region, based on MAR project

• western. Dummy for Western Democracies & Japan

• eeurop. Dummy for Eastern Europe

• lamerica. Dummy for Latin America

• ssafrica. Dummy for Sub-Saharan Africa

• asia. Dummy for Asia (not including Japan)

• nafrme. Dummy for North Africa/Middle East

• colbrit. Former British colony

• colfra. former French colony

• mtnest. Estimated percent mountainous terrain

• lmtnest. log of mtnest

• elevdiff. high - low elevation, in meters

• Oil. more than 1/3 export revenues from fuels

• ncontig. noncontiguous state

• ethfrac. ethnic frac. based on Soviet Atlas, plus estimates for missing in 1964

• ef. ethnic fractionalization based on Fearon 2002 APSA paper

• plural. share of largest ethnic group (Fearon 2002 APSA)

• second. share of 2nd largest ethnic group (Fearon 2002 APSA)

• numlang. number languages in Ethnologue > min(1

• relfrac. religious fractionalization

• plurrel. size of largest confession

• minrelpc. size of second largest confession

• muslim. percent muslim

• nwstate. 1 in 1st 2 years of state's existence

• polity2l. lagged polity2, except 1st in country series

• instab. > 2 change in Polity measure in last 3 yrs

• anocl. lagged anocracy (-6 < polity2l < 6)

• deml. lagged democracy (polity2l > 5)

• empethfrac. ethfrac coded for colonial empires

• empwarl. warl coded for data with empires

• emponset. onset coded for data with empires

• empgdpenl. gdpenl coded for empires data

• emplpopl. lpopl coded for empires data

• emplmtnest. lmtnest coded for empires data

• empncontig. ncontig coded for empires

• empolity2l. polity2l adjusted for empires (see fn38 in paper)

• sdwars. number Sambanis/Doyle civ wars in progress

• sdonset. onset of Sambanis/Doyle war

• colwars. number Collier/Hoeffler wars in progress

• colonset. onset of Collier/Hoeffler war

• cowwars. number COW civ wars in progress

• cowonset. onset of COW civ war

• cowwarl. 1 if COW war ongoing in last period

• sdwarl. 1 if S/D war ongoing in last period

• colwarl. 1 if C/H war ongoing in last period

• ccode. COW country id number

• country. country name

• cname. abbreviated country name

• cmark. 1 for first in each country series

• year. start year of war/conflict

• wars. number wars in progress in country year

• war. 1 if war ongoing in country year

• warl. lagged war, w/ 0 for start of country series

• onset. 1 for civil war onset

• ethonset. 1 if onset = 1 & ethwar ~= 0

• durest. estimated war duration

• aim. 1 = rebels aim at center, 3 = aim at exit or autonomy, 2 = mixed or ambig.

• casename. Id for case, usually name of rebel group(s)

• ended. war ends = 1, 0 = ongoing

• ethwar. 0 = not ethnic, 1 = ambig/mixed, 2 = ethnic

• waryrs. war years for each onset

• pop. population, in 1000s

• lpop. log of pop

• polity2. revised polity score

• gdpen. gdp/pop based on pwt5.6, wdi2001,cow energy data

• gdptype. source/type of gdp/pop estimate

• gdpenl. lagged gdpenl, except for first in country series

• lgdpenl1. log of lagged gdpen

• lpopl1. log population, lagged except for first in country series

• region. country's region, based on MAR project

• western. Dummy for Western Democracies & Japan

• eeurop. Dummy for Eastern Europe

• lamerica. Dummy for Latin America

• ssafrica. Dummy for Sub-Saharan Africa

• asia. Dummy for Asia (not including Japan)

• nafrme. Dummy for North Africa/Middle East

• colbrit. Former British colony

• colfra. former French colony

• mtnest. Estimated percent mountainous terrain

• lmtnest. log of mtnest

• elevdiff. high - low elevation, in meters

• Oil. more than 1/3 export revenues from fuels

• ncontig. noncontiguous state

• ethfrac. ethnic frac. based on Soviet Atlas, plus estimates for missing in 1964

• ef. ethnic fractionalization based on Fearon 2002 APSA paper

• plural. share of largest ethnic group (Fearon 2002 APSA)

• second. share of 2nd largest ethnic group (Fearon 2002 APSA)

• numlang. number languages in Ethnologue > min(1

• relfrac. religious fractionalization

• plurrel. size of largest confession

• minrelpc. size of second largest confession

• muslim. percent muslim

• nwstate. 1 in 1st 2 years of state's existence

• polity2l. lagged polity2, except 1st in country series

• instab. > 2 change in Polity measure in last 3 yrs

• anocl. lagged anocracy (-6 < polity2l < 6)

• deml. lagged democracy (polity2l > 5)

• empethfrac. ethfrac coded for colonial empires

• empwarl. warl coded for data with empires

• emponset. onset coded for data with empires

• empgdpenl. gdpenl coded for empires data

• emplpopl. lpopl coded for empires data

• emplmtnest. lmtnest coded for empires data

• empncontig. ncontig coded for empires

• empolity2l. polity2l adjusted for empires (see fn38 in paper)

• sdwars. number Sambanis/Doyle civ wars in progress

• sdonset. onset of Sambanis/Doyle war

• colwars. number Collier/Hoeffler wars in progress

• colonset. onset of Collier/Hoeffler war

• cowwars. number COW civ wars in progress

• cowonset. onset of COW civ war

• cowwarl. 1 if COW war ongoing in last period

• sdwarl. 1 if S/D war ongoing in last period

• colwarl. 1 if C/H war ongoing in last period

Source

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References

Fearon, James D., and David A. Laitin (2003). Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War. American Political Science Review, 97(1), 75-90. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1017/S0003055403000534")}

Fearon, James D., and David A. Laitin (2003). Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War. American Political Science Review, 97(1), 75-90. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1017/S0003055403000534")}

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