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ACLED Data Columns Reference

The document describes the various data columns contained in ACLED datasets, including columns for event identifiers, date, location, actors involved, interaction type between actors, sources of the event data, and fatalities. Specifically, it provides definitions for columns containing codes for countries, unique event IDs, event date down to year, level of date certainty, event type, named actors and their roles, actor types, interaction between actor types, location of the event down to specific administrative region, latitude and longitude, location certainty, sources used and their scale, and number of reported fatalities.

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ACLED Data Columns Reference

The document describes the various data columns contained in ACLED datasets, including columns for event identifiers, date, location, actors involved, interaction type between actors, sources of the event data, and fatalities. Specifically, it provides definitions for columns containing codes for countries, unique event IDs, event date down to year, level of date certainty, event type, named actors and their roles, actor types, interaction between actor types, location of the event down to specific administrative region, latitude and longitude, location certainty, sources used and their scale, and number of reported fatalities.

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ACLED

Data Columns

ISO: A numeric code for each individual country.

EVENT_ID_CNTY: An individual event identifier by number and country acronym.

EVENT_ID_NO_CNTY: An individual event numeric identifier.

EVENT_DATE: Recorded as Day / Month / Year.

YEAR: The year in which an event took place.

TIME_PRECISION: A numeric code indicating the level of certainty of the date coded for
the event (1-3).

EVENT_TYPE: The type of event.

SUB_EVENT_TYPE: The type of sub-event.

ACTOR1: A named actor involved in the event.

ASSOC_ACTOR_1: The named actor associated with or identifying with ACTOR1 in one
specific event.

INTER1: A numeric code indicating the type of ACTOR1.

ACTOR2: The named actor involved in the event. If a dyadic event, there will also be an
“Actor 1”.

ASSOC_ACTOR_2: The named actor associated with or identifying with ACTOR2 in one
specific event.

INTER2: A numeric code indicating the type of ACTOR2.

INTERACTION: A numeric code indicating the interaction between types of ACTOR1 and
ACTOR2. Coded as an interaction between actor types, and recorded as lowest joint
number.

REGION: The region of the world where the event took place.

COUNTRY: The country in which the event took place.

ADMIN1: The largest sub-national administrative region in which the event took place.



ADMIN2: The second largest sub-national administrative region in which the event took
place.

ADMIN3: The third largest sub-national administrative region in which the event took
place.

LOCATION: The location in which the event took place.

LATITUDE: The latitude of the location.

LONGITUDE: The longitude of the location.

GEO_PRECISION: A numeric code indicating the level of certainty of the location coded
for the event.

SOURCE: The source(s) used to code the event.

SOURCE SCALE: The geographic scale of the sources used to code the event.

NOTES: A short description of the event.

FATALITIES: Number or estimate of fatalities due to event. These are frequently
different across reports.

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