darfur {sensemakr}

Data from survey of Darfurian refugees in eastern Chad.

Description

Data on attitudes of Darfurian refugees in eastern Chad. The main "treatment" variable is directlyharmed, which indicates that the individual was physically injured during attacks on villages in Darfur, largely between 2003 and 2004. The main outcome of interest is peacefactor, a measure of pro-peace attitudes.

Key covariates include herder_dar (whether they were a herder in Darfur), farmer_dar (whether they were a farmer in Darfur), age, female (indicator for female), and past_voted (whether they report having voted in an earlier election, prior to the conflict).

Usage

darfur

Format

A data frame with 1276 rows and 14 columns.

wouldvote

If elections were held in Darfur in the future, would you vote? (0/1)

peacefactor

A measure of pro-peace attitudes, from a factor analysis of several questions. Rescaled such that 0 is minimally pro-peace and 1 is maximally pro-peace.

peace_formerenemies

Would you be willing to make peace with your former enemies? (0/1)

peace_jjindiv

Would you be willing to make peace with Janjweed individuals who carried out violence? (0/1)

peace_jjtribes

Would you be willing to make peace with the tribes that were part of the Janjaweed? (0/1)

gos_soldier_execute

Should Government of Sudan soldiers who perpetrated attacks on civilians be executed? (0/1)

directlyharmed

A binary variable indicating whether the respondent was personally physically injured during attacks on villages in Darfur largely between 2003-2004. 529 respondents report being personally injured, while 747 do not report being injured.

age

Age of respondent in whole integer years. Ages in the data range from 18 to 100.

farmer_dar

The respondent was a farmer in Darfur (0/1). 1,051 respondents were farmers, 225 were not.

herder_dar

The respondent was a herder in Darfur (0/1). 190 respondents were farmers, 1,086 were not.

pastvoted

The respondent reported having voted in a previous election before the conflict (0/1). 821 respondents reported having voted in a previous election, 455 reported not having voted in a previous election.

hhsize_darfur

Household size while in Darfur.

village

Factor variable indicating village of respondent. 486 unique villages are accounted for in the data.

female

The respondent identifies as female (0/1). 582 respondents are female-identified, 694 are not.

References

Cinelli, C. and Hazlett, C. (2020), "Making Sense of Sensitivity: Extending Omitted Variable Bias." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B (Statistical Methodology).

Hazlett, Chad. (2019) "Angry or Weary? How Violence Impacts Attitudes toward Peace among Darfurian Refugees." Journal of Conflict Resolution: 0022002719879217.