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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.