UCDP External Support Dataset

SND-ID: ext0034-1.

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Stina Högbladh - Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research

Therése Pettersson - Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research

Lotta Themnér - Uppsala University, Department of Peace and Conflict Research

Research principal

Uppsala University - Uppsala Cinflict Data Program rorId

Description

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, and available in several different versions.

The UCDP External Support Data contains information of external support in intrastate conflicts, 1975-2010. Provides information of kind of support, extern actor and specific year. The data is divided into two separate datasets which are analogous, i.e. contain identical data structured in a different manner to simplify various types of research such as different types of statistical analyses:

1. One dataset provide data where the unit of analysis is a warring party-year, providing information on the existence, type, and provider of external support for all warring parties (actors) coded as active in UCDP data, on an annual basis. The dataset contains information for the time-period 1975–2010. It involves 29 variables and 3606 individuals/objects.
2. One dataset provide data where the

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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, and available in several different versions.

The UCDP External Support Data contains information of external support in intrastate conflicts, 1975-2010. Provides information of kind of support, extern actor and specific year. The data is divided into two separate datasets which are analogous, i.e. contain identical data structured in a different manner to simplify various types of research such as different types of statistical analyses:

1. One dataset provide data where the unit of analysis is a warring party-year, providing information on the existence, type, and provider of external support for all warring parties (actors) coded as active in UCDP data, on an annual basis. The dataset contains information for the time-period 1975–2010. It involves 29 variables and 3606 individuals/objects.
2. One dataset provide data where the unit of analysis is the warring party-supporter-year, i.e. each row in the dataset contains information on the type of support that a warring party receives from a specific external party in a given year, using dummy variables for each category of support. The dataset contains information for the time-period 1975–2010. It involves 30 variables and 6519 individuals/objects. Show less..

Data contains personal data

No

Language

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

Intrastate armed conflicts

Time period(s) investigated

1975 – 2010

Data format / data structure

Data collection
Geographic coverage
Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Uppsala Cinflict Data Program

Topic and keywords

Research area

Conflict, security and peace (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Political science (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Publications

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Pettersson, Therése, 2011. “Pillars of Strength – External Support to Warring Parties”, in Therése Pettersson & Lotta Themnér eds., States in Armed Conflict 2010. Research Report 94. Uppsala: Universitetstryckeriet

Högbladh, Stina, Therése Pettersson & Lotta Themnér, 2011. “External Support in Armed Conflict 1975–2009. Presenting new data” Paper presented at the 52nd Annual International Studies Association Convention, Montreal, Canada, 16-19 March, 2011.

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