Civil strife conflict magnitudes, 1955-1970

Description

This collection consists of two files of data containing variables measuring the magnitude and intensity of political civil conflict during the period from 1955 to 1970 for 115 countries. Not all countries have data for all years. Measures were derived by aggregating and weighting coded information on specific conflict events in each country. Variables include measures of ''scope,'' indexed by number of man-days of participation per 100,000 population, and ''intensity,'' indexed by number of deaths per 10 million population. These measures are given for various categories of conflict such as turmoil, rebellion, and domestic, anti-foreign, violent, and non-violent conflict. One file contains data on a yearly basis and another consists of five-year aggregates.