Description & Citation--Study No. 9905

Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

09905

Title:

Correlates of War Project: International and Civil War Data, 1816-1992

Principal Investigator(s):

Singer, J. David

Small, Melvin

Funding:

United States Institute of Peace (464 and SES9213364)

National Science Foundation

Bibliographic Citation:

Singer, J. David, and Melvin Small. Correlates of War Project: International and Civil War Data, 1816-1992. ICPSR09905-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1994. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09905.v1

Series:

Correlates of War Project Series

Scope of Study

Summary:

This data collection describes international and civil wars for the years 1816-1992. Part 1, the International Wars file, describes the experience of each interstate member in each war. The unit of analysis is the participant in a particular conflict. When and where each interstate member fought is coded, along with battle and total deaths, pre-war population and armed forces, and whether the member in question initiated the conflict. Each war is characterized as interstate, colonial, or imperial, and major power status and/or central system membership of the warring parties is noted. Part 2, the Civil Wars file, describes when and where fighting took place, whether the war was fought within the boundaries of a major power or central system member, whether there was outside intervention and, if so, whether the intervening state was a major power, on what side they intervened, who won the war, number of battle deaths, total population, and total number of pre-war armed forces.

Subject Terms:

armed conflict, civil wars, international conflict, military intervention, military strength, population, power, war, war deaths, world wars

Geographic Coverage:

Global

Time Period:

  • 1816--1992

Date of Collection:

  • 1982--1992

Universe:

Wars from 1816-1992 in which at least one member of the interstate system took part.

Data Types:

aggregate data and event/transaction data

Data Collection Notes:

Part 5, an SPSS Export File, contains three alphanumeric variables (WARNAME, ABBREV, and NATNAME), not included in the raw data version of this collection. This data collection replaces WAGES OF WAR, 1816-1980: AUGMENTED WITH DISPUTES AND CIVIL WAR DATA (ICPSR 9044).

Methodology

Access and Availability

Note:

Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

Original ICPSR Release:

1994-05-20

Version History:

  • 2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 3 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

Dataset(s):

  • DS1: International Wars Raw Data
  • DS2: Civil Wars Raw Data
  • DS3: Codebook for All Parts
  • DS4: SPSS Export File for International Wars Data
  • DS5: SPSS Export File for Civil Wars Data
  • DS6: SAS Data Definition Statements for Part 1, International Wars Raw Data
  • DS7: SAS Data Definition Statements for Part 2, Civil Wars Raw Data
  • DS20: Diskette D00142

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