maverick_event_report: The MAVERICK event report level dataset

Description

The Modes and Agents of Election-Related Violence in Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya (MAVERICK) is an event report level dataset of electoral violence incidents.

Usage

maverick_event_report

Arguments

Format

A data frame with 3287 rows and 108 columns.

id: A unique event report identifier.
event_id: A unique event identifier assigned by the coders. Needed to aggregate event reports into events.
country: A character class variable that contains the name of the country in which the event took place.
election: A character class variable that contains the name of the election to which the event was most closely associated.
certain: A numeric class variable that denotes the number of inclusion criteria that the event report fulfilled.
certain1: A integer class variable that denotes whether the reported event was inferred to be election-related because the event report or another event report explicitly identified the event as election-related.
certain2: A integer class variable that denotes whether the reported event was inferred to be election-related because at least one of the actors involved had explicit ties to a political party or was referred to by their party affiliation.
certain3: A integer class variable that denotes whether the reported event was inferred to be election-related because at least one of the targets was election-related, such as voters at a polling station, political candidates, election observers, security forces deployed to overlook the election, electoral material, or electoral infrastructure.
certain4: A integer class variable that denotes whether the reported event was inferred to be election-related because the reported purpose of the event was to influence an electoral process or outcome.
certain5: A integer class variable that denotes whether the reported event was inferred to be election-related because the event was part of an episode of electoral violence or occurred as a reaction to an earlier electoral violence event.
certain6: A integer class variable that denotes whether the the reported event was inferred to be election-related because it occurred at most 6 months prior to or after an election.
date_start: A character class variable that contains the earliest possible event date expressed in YYYY-MM-DD format.
date_end: A character class variable that contains the latest possible event date expressed in YYYY-MM-DD format.
city: A character class variable that contains the name of the city or village in which the event took place.
location: A character class variable that contains a text description of the most precise event location described in the report.
latitude: A numeric class variable that contains the latitude for the location indicated in location.
longitude: A numeric class variable that contains the longitude for the location indicated in location.
geo_precision: A numeric class variable that denotes how precisely the geo-coordinates are coded, ranging from the country level (1) to the exact street or building (6).
actor1: A character class variable that contains the name of the actor involved in the event.
actor1_id: A unique actor identifier assigned by the coders.
actor1_type: A character class variable that records the type of actor.
actor1_subtype: A character class variable that records the subtype of actor.
actor1_party: A character class variable that records the party affiliation of actor.
actor1_violence: A character class variable that records all forms of violence used by the actor.
actor1_precision: A numeric class variable that denotes how precisely the actor information is coded.
actor1_initiator: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was the initiator of the violence.
actor1_perpetrator: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was a perpetrator of the violence.
actor1_intervener: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was an intervener in the violence.
actor1_bystander: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was a passive bystander to the violence.
actor1_victim: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was also a victim of the violence.
actor2: A character class variable that contains the name of the actor involved in the event.
actor2_id: A unique actor identifier assigned by the coders.
actor2_type: A character class variable that records the type of actor.
actor2_subtype: A character class variable that records the subtype of actor.
actor2_party: A character class variable that records the party affiliation of actor.
actor2_violence: A character class variable that records all forms of violence used by the actor.
actor2_precision: A numeric class variable that denotes how precisely the actor information is coded.
actor2_initiator: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was the initiator of the violence.
actor2_perpetrator: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was a perpetrator of the violence.
actor2_intervener: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was an intervener in the violence.
actor2_bystander: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was a passive bystander to the violence.
actor2_victim: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was also a victim of the violence.
actor3: A character class variable that contains the name of the actor involved in the event.
actor3_id: A unique actor identifier assigned by the coders.
actor3_type: A character class variable that records the type of actor.
actor3_subtype: A character class variable that records the subtype of actor.
actor3_party: A character class variable that records the party affiliation of actor.
actor3_violence: A character class variable that records all forms of violence used by the actor.
actor3_precision: A numeric class variable that denotes how precisely the actor information is coded.
actor3_initiator: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was the initiator of the violence.
actor3_perpetrator: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was a perpetrator of the violence.
actor3_intervener: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was an intervener in the violence.
actor3_bystander: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was a passive bystander to the violence.
actor3_victim: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was also a victim of the violence.
actor4: A character class variable that contains the name of the actor involved in the event.
actor4_id: A unique actor identifier assigned by the coders.
actor4_type: A character class variable that records the type of actor.
actor4_subtype: A character class variable that records the subtype of actor.
actor4_party: A character class variable that records the party affiliation of actor.
actor4_violence: A character class variable that records all forms of violence used by the actor.
actor4_precision: A numeric class variable that denotes how precisely the actor information is coded.
actor4_initiator: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was the initiator of the violence.
actor4_perpetrator: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was a perpetrator of the violence.
actor4_intervener: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was an intervener in the violence.
actor4_bystander: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was a passive bystander to the violence.
actor4_victim: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was also a victim of the violence.
actor5: A character class variable that contains the name of the actor involved in the event.
actor5_id: A unique actor identifier assigned by the coders.
actor5_type: A character class variable that records the type of actor.
actor5_subtype: A character class variable that records the subtype of actor.
actor5_party: A character class variable that records the party affiliation of actor.
actor5_violence: A character class variable that records all forms of violence used by the actor.
actor5_precision: A numeric class variable that denotes how precisely the actor information is coded.
actor5_initiator: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was the initiator of the violence.
actor5_perpetrator: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was a perpetrator of the violence.
actor5_intervener: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was an intervener in the violence.
actor5_bystander: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was a passive bystander to the violence.
actor5_victim: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was also a victim of the violence.
actor6: A character class variable that contains the name of the actor involved in the event.
actor6_id: A unique actor identifier assigned by the coders.
actor6_type: A character class variable that records the type of actor.
actor6_subtype: A character class variable that records the subtype of actor.
actor6_party: A character class variable that records the party affiliation of actor.
actor6_violence: A character class variable that records all forms of violence used by the actor.
actor6_precision: A numeric class variable that denotes how precisely the actor information is coded.
actor6_initiator: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was the initiator of the violence.
actor6_perpetrator: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was a perpetrator of the violence.
actor6_intervener: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was an intervener in the violence.
actor6_bystander: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was a passive bystander to the violence.
actor6_victim: An integer class variable that denotes whether the actor was also a victim of the violence.
event_context: A character class variable that records the context in which the violence took place.
target: A character class variable that records the primary target of the violence
deaths_best: An integer class variable that records the best estimated number of deaths.
deaths_low: An integer class variable that records the lowest estimated number of deaths.
deaths_high: An integer class variable that records the highest estimated number of deaths.
injuries_best: An integer class variable that records the best estimated number of injured people.
injuries_low: An integer class variable that records the lowest estimated number of injured people.
injuries_high: An integer class variable that records the highest estimated number of injured people.
displacement: An integer class variable that denotes whether the event resulted in displacement.
damage: An integer class variable that denotes whether the event resulted in material destruction.
source: A character class variable that records the source.
number_of_sources: An integer class variable that records the number of sources the event is based on. Only relevant once the dataset is aggregated to the event level.
source_author: A character class variable that records the author of the source.
source_type: A character class variable that records the type of source.
source_classification: An integer class variable that denotes how reputable the source is considered.
sampling: An integer class variable that denotes whether the report was sampled from Factiva or another secondary source.
unit_of_analysis: A character class variable that records the unit of analysis.
aggregation: A character class variable that records the chosen aggregation model. Only relevant once the data is aggregated to the event level.