Summary information

Study title

UCDP One-sided Violence Dataset

Creator

Eck, Kristine (Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University)
Hultman, Lisa (Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University)

Study number / PID

ext0030-1-1 (SND)

Data access

Open

Series

Not available

Abstract

The UCDP, Uppsala Conflict Data Program, contains information on a large number data on organised violence, armed violence, and peacemaking. There is information from 1946 up to today, and the datasets are updated continuously. The data can be downloaded for free. The UCDP One-side Violence Dataset is an actor-year dataset with information of one-sided violence on civilians by governments and formally organized armed groups, which results in at least 25 deaths. The dataset covering 1989-2013. Purpose: The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) collects information on a large number of aspects of armed violence since 1946.

Methodology

Data collection period

Not available

Country

Time dimension

Not available

Analysis unit

Event/Process/Activity

Universe

One-sides violence

Sampling procedure

Not available

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Not available

Access

Publisher

Swedish National Data Service

Publication year

2015

Terms of data access

Access to data through an external actor. Data are freely accessible.

Related publications

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