Replication Data for: US Strikes in Somalia and Targeted Civilian Killings by Al-Shabaab: An Empirical Investigation (doi:10.7910/DVN/HJYIYD)

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Replication Data for: US Strikes in Somalia and Targeted Civilian Killings by Al-Shabaab: An Empirical Investigation

doi:10.7910/DVN/HJYIYD

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2023-07-18

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Reeder, Bryce; Smith, John, 2023, "Replication Data for: US Strikes in Somalia and Targeted Civilian Killings by Al-Shabaab: An Empirical Investigation", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HJYIYD, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:WcHRRjIHjK/VX+yra8R4+g== [fileUNF]

Replication Data for: US Strikes in Somalia and Targeted Civilian Killings by Al-Shabaab: An Empirical Investigation

doi:10.7910/DVN/HJYIYD

Reeder, Bryce (University of Missouri)

Smith, John (University of Missouri)

Harvard Dataverse

Reeder, Bryce

Reeder, Bryce

2018-09-12

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/HJYIYD

Social Sciences

This study investigates the relationship between US strikes targeting Al-Shabaab and civilian victimization using spatially disaggregated data. We find that US strikes make it approximately 5.5 times more likely that civilians are murdered -- an effect that is comparable to battles and periods of territorial loss. Disaggregating based on the target of each strike, however, reveals a more nuanced relationship: strikes that destroy Al-Shabaab military assets are associated with more civilian killings, whereas there is some evidence that strikes that kill members significantly reduce this form of violence. This implies an ability of the US to continue current policy while also minimizing the human costs that directly result from intervention. Notably, however, this would require a policy-shift that avoids destroying Al-Shabaab’s war-fighting capabilities, thereby reducing the ability of the US to undermine the organization’s capacity to wage war.

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• Number of cases: 11

• No. of variables per record: 3

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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• Number of cases: 112778

• No. of variables per record: 22

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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replication data

• year - year
• killings - killings
• strikes - strikes
• gridid - gridid
• xcoord - xcoord
• ycoord - ycoord
• mo - mo
• wk - wk
• yr - yr
• time - time
• tarkil_dum - tarkil_dum
• sommil_lag - sommil_lag
• amisom_lag - amisom_lag
• kenya_lag - kenya_lag
• ethiopia_lag - ethiopia_lag
• capture_lag - capture_lag
• ter_lag - ter_lag
• pcewks - pcewks
• ttime_mean - ttime_mean
• borders - borders
• capital - capital
• strike_lag - strike_lag
• assets_lag - assets_lag
• decap_lag - decap_lag
• memb_lag - memb_lag

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Summary Statistics: Max. 2016.0; Min. 2006.0; Mean 2011.0; Valid 11.0; StDev 3.3166247903554

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:eUjjw21dOrrQjrir4RFgQQ==

f3221276 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 11.0; Mean 222.81818181818184; Max. 540.0; StDev 220.18983545196545; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:C/epMqdj5VULiJA3uWFj7w==

f3221276 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 12.878452758563252; Mean 8.363636363636365; Min. 0.0; Valid 11.0; Max. 41.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:uUw5ytIO4nv4kpd2I92GJw==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 112778.0; StDev 5020.542090692733; Min. 127884.0; Max. 146622.0; Mean 138446.62149532198

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:lv3ljn398njM2nPZ/9ZP8A==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 112778.0; StDev 2.613729080025314; Mean 45.86448598131004; Max. 50.75; Min. 41.25

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:62L2xVt1tQQqYizknENixA==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 112778.0; Min. -1.25; Max. 11.75; Mean 6.079439252341352; StDev 3.483973698831481;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:gqxZ5p1qCPlfeC/NRzLpPA==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 112778.0; StDev 3.447009572813472; Max. 12.0; Mean 6.510436432637571; Min. 1.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:jWybHMBRRO8oKyH8XHLxdA==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 1.0; Max. 4.0; Valid 112778.0; StDev 1.1171863910257638; Mean 2.5028462998102468

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:i4hXX0hSUBMBtTiFg1ax+g==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 2016.0; Valid 112778.0; StDev 3.1577738049895174; Min. 2006.0; Mean 2011.0094876660341;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Jj4PpI+41TMiaDewjiNyKg==

f3221279 Location:

Variable Format: character

Notes: UNF:6:awTMUTZKsodx+WShfIYs9A==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.00788274308818369; Max. 1.0; Valid 112778.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.08843457918328945

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:jmaT3lPOcUKAYkYrg/06bw==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Max. 18.0; StDev 0.37984855060457595; Mean 0.04698611431316006; Valid 112778.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:pXakixxZIMI0WAfTiTnJgA==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 112778.0; StDev 0.23793346230362186; Max. 9.0; Min. 0.0; Mean 0.02703541470856348

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:OuMl5gsPVS4I3FgUlk4lCA==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 0.055831143657359666; Valid 112778.0; Mean 0.002021670893258262; Max. 4.0; Min. 0.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:yXhBItwRmGYx0ykp2VZYWA==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; StDev 0.08347855793182063; Mean 0.004309351114574814; Valid 112778.0; Max. 5.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:62nzqV7FIoHYr0fDFRnnzg==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 0.03415559772296013; Valid 112778.0; StDev 0.1816295278373415; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:DQ/Px/J7orv0SRLshdmgIQ==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 112778.0; Mean 5.408856337229995E-4; Max. 1.0; Min. 0.0; StDev 0.023250760631043785;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Vz/il2IO0KonavrNzAmIRQ==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: StDev 153.20656182803913; Mean 199.7908457323369; Min. 0.0; Max. 526.0; Valid 112778.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:bHwWYHMzfXmmWO29S6ocWg==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Max. 1352.845; Mean 594.7046624299128; Valid 112778.0; Min. 76.21136; StDev 257.6256760410941;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:CKZM3vsZbEamF5Xpcrw0Qw==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 112778.0; Min. 0.3692352; Mean 67.4970498584129; StDev 46.17652872498371; Max. 186.8806

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Uy8acTseSoaJ3HE4HVE6Wg==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Valid 112778.0; Min. 24.0702; StDev 306.3068681656113; Max. 1224.716; Mean 581.0872773363955

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:2POC+T0tGyDBcOQogQoDIA==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 8.157619393851267E-4; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.02855002100432275; Valid 112778.0; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:Zc4EsIF3ffa8RdNGwEOIGg==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 3.8128003688636566E-4; StDev 0.01952275702767019; Min. 0.0; Max. 1.0; Valid 112778.0

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:oZXVUDtu71qj6o9CLoNMSQ==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Min. 0.0; Mean 3.10344216070378E-4; Max. 1.0; Valid 112778.0; StDev 0.017613933505198458

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:zbkq/3kfgC+5HqaJYPe6ww==

f3221279 Location:

Summary Statistics: Mean 1.4187164163237214E-4; Valid 112778.0; Max. 1.0; StDev 0.011910196130801083; Min. 0.0;

Variable Format: numeric

Notes: UNF:6:lzJXhTeOIETO9StiAp4nUQ==

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