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Introducing the UCDP-Candidate Events Dataset and the ViEWS Outcomes dataset

Monthly updated organized violence data in the form of events data as well as aggregated to the country-month and PRIO-GRID-month level.

Supplementary material can be found in the metadata sidebar:

  • Codebook for the ViEWS Outcomes Baseline datasets
  • Baseline (non-imputed) datasets, covering January 1989 – December 2018 with a monthly resolution, at country and PRIO-GRID level, respectively.
  • A multiple imputed (5 times) dataset, covering January 1989 – December 2018 with a monthly resolution. The methodology for imputations is described in Mihai Croicu and Håvard Hegre’s 2018 article “ A Fast Spatial Multiple Imputation Procedure for Imprecise Armed Conflict Events“.

Abstract:

This article discusses a set of issues that emerge when coding data on organized violence in near-real time according to the UCDP definitions. To ensure consistent application of the definitions without sacrificing the timeliness of the data, UCDP events data have two components. The ‘UCDP Candidate Events Dataset’ is released monthly, and contains the most recent observations in the form of candidate events that have not yet been subject to careful vetting. These candidate events are eventually included in the UCDP-GED as part of the UCDP annual update procedures. This paper also introduces the ViEWS outcome dataset that includes aggregations to the country and PRIO-GRID level at a monthly temporal resolution, based on both the UCDP-GED and UCDP-Candidate Events Dataset. The article describes the definitions, sources and procedures employed to code the candidate events as well as aggregating the data from the UCDP-GED.

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Authors:

Hegre, Håvard, Mihai Croicu, Kristine Eck and Stina Högbladh

Suggested citation:

Hegre, H., Croicu, M., Eck, K., & Högbladh, S. (2018). Introducing the UCDP-Candidate Events Dataset and the ViEWS Outcomes dataset. Monthly updated organized violence data in the form of events data as well as aggregated to the country-month and PRIO-GRID-month level. Working Paper. Typescript Uppsala University.

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Hegre et al.

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2018

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Working Paper

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Typescript Uppsala University

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