[PRIO] Location of Armed Conflict Onset Dataset (LACOD) (v. 1.0)

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“The Location of Armed Conflict Onset Dataset provides information about where within a country internal armed conflicts erupt. The scope is internal armed conflicts in the UCDP-PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset (v. 4-2009) from 1946 to 2008. […]
The onset location is defined as the place of the combat event which made the conflict first reach the threshold of 25 annual battle-related deaths.” (codebook, p. 3)

Location-of-Armed-Conflict-Onset-Dataset-Codebook

I/ Conflict variable
I/1/ Unit of conflict

Event (< 0 or 1 death)Conflict (< 25 deaths)War (< 100 deaths)Episode (< 500 deaths)
∅X∅∅
“An armed conflict is defined by UCDP-PRIO as a contested incompatibility that concerns government and/or territory where the use of armed force between two parties, of which at least one is the government of a state, results in at least 25 battle-related deaths in one calendar year.” (codebook, p. 3)

I/2/ Conflict domain

State-based conflictNon-state conflictOne-sided violenceTO BE DETERMINED
∅∅X∅
“The scope is internal armed conflicts in the UCDP-PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset (v. 4-2009) from 1946 to 2008.” (codebook, p. 3)

II/ Time variable
II/1/ Unit of time

DayYear
X∅
“startdate
Date of conflict initiation [UCDP/PRIO]” (codebook, p. 5)
“start_date
The date, as precise as possible, of the first battle-related death in the conflict. The date is set after the conflict fulfils all criteria required in the definition of an armed conflict, except for the number of deaths. […]
Date (YYYY-MM-DD)” ([UCDP/PRIO] Armed Conflict Dataset (v. 22.1), p. 9)

II/2/ Time domain

Time domain
01/01/1941 – 13/12/2005
“The scope is internal armed conflicts in the UCDP-PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset (v. 4-2009) from 1946 to 2008.” (codebook, p. 3)

(Location of Armed Conflict Onset Dataset.xlsx, 25/08/2022)

III/ Space variable
III/1/ Unit of space

CoordinatesCountryRegionTO BE DETERMINED
X∅∅∅
“latitude
Latitude coordinate of the onset location.
longitude
Latitude coordinate of the onset location.” (codebook, p. 4)

III/2/ Space domain

GlobalMediterranean Sea and SahelTO BE DETERMINED
X∅∅
“Coverage: Global” (https://www.prio.org/data/30, 07/10/2023)

IV/ Data structure
IV/1/ Unit of observation

Unit of conflict (UC)UC-yearUC-actorCountry-year
∅∅∅∅
Actor-yearDyad-yearOTHERTO BE DETERMINED
∅∅∅X

(Location of Armed Conflict Onset Dataset.xlsx, 25/08/2022)

IV/2/ Number of observations

Number of observation
297

(Location of Armed Conflict Onset Dataset.xlsx, 25/08/2022)

V/ All variables

Conflict nameConflict typeIntensity
XXX
OutcomeTimeSpace
XXX
ActorType of actorDyad
X∅∅
CoalitionDeathsNon-conflit variables
∅∅∅
“id
Conflict identifier [UCDP/PRIO]” (codebook, p. 3)
“type
Conflict type [UCDP/PRIO]” (codebook, p. 5)
“int
Intensity level [UCDP/PRIO]” (codebook, p. 5)
“epend
Episode ended [UCDP/PRIO]” (codebook, p. 5)
“startdate
Date of conflict initiation [UCDP/PRIO]” (codebook, p. 5)
“latitude
Latitude coordinate of the onset location.
longitude
Latitude coordinate of the onset location.” (codebook, p. 4)
“sidea
Country name(s) [UCDP/PRIO]
sideb
Country name(s) or Opposition actors [UCDP/PRIO]” (codebook, p. 4)

VI/ Transparency
VI/1/ Sources

Intergovernmental organizationsGovernmental organizationsNon-governmental organizations
∅∅∅
Research organizationsPress mediaSocial media
XX∅
Other databasesOTHERTO BE DETERMINED
XX∅
“The scope is internal armed conflicts in the UCDP-PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset (v. 4-2009) from 1946 to 2008. […]
The date for this event was found in the UCDP conflict database. Subsequently, we searched various sources to identify the combat event(s) on that day related to the conflict. The main source was Keesing’s Record of World Events. Other sources included various English-language newspapers, books, reports, research articles, and the UCDP conflict database.” (codebook, p. 3)

VI/2/ Codebook

DateVersion
30/03/20111.0
“Version 1.0
March 30, 2011” (codebook, p. 1)

Location-of-Armed-Conflict-Onset-Dataset-Codebook-1

VII/ Update
VII/1/ Current version

DateVersion
30/03/20111.0
“Current version: 1.0
Updated: 30 Mar 2011” (https://www.prio.org/data/30, 07/10/2023)

VII/2/ Regularly updated ?

Real-timeMonthQuarterAnnually
∅∅∅∅
YES, PERIOD TO BE DETERMINEDTO BE DETERMINED
∅X

VIII/ Access
VIII/1/ Registration ?

YESNO
∅X

VIII/2/ Formats

.XLS/.XLSX.CSV.DTA.RDTA
X∅∅∅
“Download Location of Armed Conflict Onset Dataset.xlsx” (https://www.prio.org/data/30, 07/10/2023)

VIII/3/ API ?

YESNOTO BE DETERMINED
∅∅X