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Colombia violence data

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posted on 2024-03-16, 16:49 authored by Kelsey CarlstonKelsey Carlston

Data on violence, literacy, population, percent of population with electricity, and violence annually from 1980 to 2012. Variables have are municipality-level values.

From Centro Nacional (2023):

  • Dead - people killed by all violence in Colombia
  • FARC dead - people killed by FARC violence
  • UP Killed - number of members of the UP party assassinated

From Manson et al. (2023):

  • Population, unemployment, pct literate, pct with electricity - demographic variables

From El Centro de Estudios:

  • Number of UP candidates and percent of vote going to UP

El Centro de Estudios sobre Desarrollo Economico - CEDE de la Universidad de los Andes. “Resultados Electorales.” https://ainteractivo.net/cedaesite/descarga-los-datos-re/ (November 7, 2023).

Centro Nacional de Memoria Historica. 2012. “Basta Ya Bases de Datos.” https://www.centrodememoriahistorica.gov.co/micrositios/informeGeneral/basesDatos.html.

Manson, Steven et al. 2023. IPUMS Intergenerational Historical Geographic Information System: Version 2. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. http://doi.org/10.18128/D120.V2.

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