acled_event_categories

ACLED event and sub-event types, grouped by category

datasets

Tools working with data from ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data). Functions include simplified access to ACLED's API (<https://apidocs.acleddata.com/>), methods for keeping local versions of ACLED data up-to-date, and functions for common ACLED data transformations.

Trey Billing

acledR

Manipulate ACLED Data

Armed Conflict Location and Event Data ACLED

Lucas Fagliano

Katayoun Kishi

acled_event_categories function

A data frame:<dl>
<dt>event_type</dt>
<dd>ACLED event type</dd><dt>sub_event_type</dt>
<dd>ACLED sub-event type</dd><dt>political_violence</dt>
<dd>Dummy indicator for whether sub-event type falls within political violence</dd><dt>organized_political_violence</dt>
<dd>Dummy indicator for whether sub-event type falls within organized political violence</dd><dt>disorder</dt>
<dd>Dummy indicator for whether sub-event type falls within disorder</dd><dt>demonstrations</dt>
<dd>Dummy indicator for whether sub-event type falls within demonstrations</dd></dl>

Format

ACLED Event Categories — acled_event_categories

A data frame:<dl>
<dt>event_type</dt>
<dd>ACLED event type</dd>

<dt>sub_event_type</dt>
<dd>ACLED sub-event type</dd>

<dt>political_violence</dt>
<dd>Dummy indicator for whether sub-event type falls within political violence</dd>

<dt>organized_political_violence</dt>
<dd>Dummy indicator for whether sub-event type falls within organized political violence</dd>

<dt>disorder</dt>
<dd>Dummy indicator for whether sub-event type falls within disorder</dd>

<dt>demonstrations</dt>
<dd>Dummy indicator for whether sub-event type falls within demonstrations</dd>

</dl>

acled_event_categories: ACLED Event Categories

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