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Sample Data - Africa

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Contents of Africa.ZIP

Data description: Africa.txt
ArcView shape files: Afcon.shp, *.shx, *.dbf for conflict data, Afline.shp, *.shx, *dbf for polylines of country borders
SpaceStat data set: Africa.dat, *.dht
Contiguity weights: rook.gal, queen.gal

Source

Anselin, Luc and John O'Loughlin. 1992. Geography of international conflict and cooperation: spatial dependence and regional context in Africa. In The New Geopolitics, ed. M. Ward, pp. 39-75. Philadelphia, PA: Gordon and Breach.

Anselin, Luc. 1995. Local indicators of spatial association - LISA. Geographical Analysis 27 (2), 93-115, Table 1, p. 103.

Unit of Analysis

42 African countries, data for 1966-78 from Confict and Peace Data Bank (COPDAB)

Variables

  • SHAPE: polygon
  • AREA: computed by ArcView
  • PERIMETER: computed by ArcView
  • AFRICA_: internal id
  • AFRICA_ID: internal id
  • COUNTRY: country abbreviation
  • NAME: country name
  • SOCMOB: social mobility index
  • GOVTYP: government type
  • MCGE: military expenditures
  • POPDENS: population density
  • ISLAM: Islam as dominant religion
  • IND60: dummy variable (1=independent pre 1960)
  • TOTCON: total conflict index
  • TOTCOP: total cooperation index
  • VERHOS: verbal hostility index
  • VERSUP: verbal support index
  • GNPC73: GNP per capita 1973
  • POP73: population 1973
  • AREA: country area
  • TRADE: total trade
  • ID: ID number of country

All data sets are provided as is, and no warranties, expressed or implied are made as to the correctness and fitness for a purpose. Proper citation of the source of the data in published work would be appreciated.