URL: http://ssdc.ucsd.edu/ssdc/icp07767.html

TITLE: Conflict and Peace Data Bank (COPDAB), 1948-1978

• STUDYNO = 07767 (Third ICPSR Release, February 1993)
• INVESTIGATOR = Azar, Edward E.
• DATA SOURCE = Public sources such as newspapers, chronologies, and other historical sources
• DATE-UPDATED-SSDC = June 28, 2006

STUDY DESCRIPTION: The Conflict and Peace Data Bank (COPDAB) is a longitudinal computer-based library of daily international and domestic events or interactions. The event records in this file describe the actions of approximately 135 countries in the world, both toward one another and within their domestic environments. A typical descriptive event record, such as an international border clash or domestic press censorship, is coded in nine variables. A COPDAB event record includes date of event, actor initiating the event, target of the event, source from which information was gathered about the event, issue area(s), and textual information about the activity. The event record also contains an evaluation by the coder regarding the type and scale value of the event.

EXTENT OF COLLECTION: documentation + data menu + data file

• ICPSR CODEBOOK: These data are documented by an ASCII text codebook, CONFLICT AND PEACE DATA BANK (COPDAB), 1948-1978 (3rd ICPSR release, Feb 1993). Users of these data should ignore the data file format and variable column locations in the ICPSR codebook and use the SSDC data menu to document the SSDC data file.
• SSDC DATA MENU: This SSDC text file is used to create the variable pick list for the SSDC data file. This file can also read the SSDC ASCII data file into statistical analysis software. Users can edit this file to meet their specific requirements. Users are also advised to check the syntax to make sure that the statements are compatible with their software installations, and if they are not, to make the appropriate changes.
• SSDC DATA FILE: This study has one data file.
• FILE FORMAT = Rectangular ASCII
• NUMBER OF RECORDS = 431263
• RECORD DELIMITER = Line Feed
• RECORD LENGTH = 77 (Includes Line Feed Character)

RESTRICTIONS: All users of these data should acknowledge ICPSR assistance.

RELATED PUBLICATIONS: Publications related to these data.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION: Azar, Edward E. CONFLICT AND PEACE DATA BANK (COPDAB), 1948-1978 [Computer file]. 3rd release. College Park, MD: University of Maryland, Center for International Development and Conflict Management [producer], 1993. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1993.