=========================================================================== 1 Format of Militarized Interstate Dispute data (1/1/96) S. Bremer 2 =========================================================================== 3 4 The MID data set is composed of three files: 5 MIDA_210.TXT - which gives the essential attributes of each dispute 6 MIDB_210.TXT - which describes the participants in each dispute 7 MIDC_210.TXT - which gives the name of each dispute that has a name 8 9 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Format of MIDA_210.TXT file 11 Data fields are separated by commas with text enclosed in double quotes 12 First record contains field names in quotes 13 One record per dispute 14 15 Field Contents 16 -------------- 17 1 Dispute number 18 2 Start day of dispute (-9 = missing) 19 3 Start month of dispute 20 4 Start year of dispute 21 5 End day of dispute (-9 = missing) 22 6 End month of dispute 23 7 End year of dispute 24 8 Outcome of dispute (see Table 1 below) 25 9 Settlement of dispute (see Table 2 below) 26 10 Fatality level of dispute (see Table 3 below) 27 11 Maximum duration of dispute 28 12 Minimum duration of dispute 29 13 Highest action in dispute (see Table 4 below) 30 14 Hostility level of dispute (see Table 5 below) 31 15 Reciprocated dispute (-1 = yes, 0 = no) 32 16 Number of states on side A 33 17 Number of states on side B 34 18 Version number of data set 35 36 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 37 Format of MIDB_210.TXT file 38 Data fields are separated by commas with text enclosed in double quotes 39 First record contains field names in quotes 40 One record per participant per dispute 41 42 Field Contents 43 -------------- 44 1 Dispute number 45 2 State abbreviation of participant 46 3 State number of participant 47 4 Start day of participation in dispute (-9 = missing) 48 5 Start month of participation in dispute 49 6 Start year of participation in dispute 50 7 End day of participation in dispute (-9 = missing) 51 8 End month of participation in dispute 52 9 End year of participation in dispute 53 10 Side A (-1 = yes; 0 = no) 54 11 Revisionist state (-1 = yes; 0 = no) 55 12 Revision type (see Table 6 below) 56 13 Fatality level (see Table 3 below) 57 14 Highest action by state in dispute (see Table 4 below) 58 15 Hostility level reached by state in dispute (see Table 5 below) 59 16 Originator of dispute (-1 = yes; 0 = no) 60 17 Version number of data set 61 62 (Note: an originator is a participant in a dispute that is 63 involved on the first day of the dispute) 64 65 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 66 Format of MIDC_210.TXT file 67 Data fields are separated by commas with text enclosed in double quotes 68 First record contains field names in quotes 69 70 Field Contents 71 -------------- 72 1 Dispute number 73 2 Dispute name 74 3 Version number of data set 75 76 Note: Not all disputes have names, and only those disputes with names are 77 found in this file. 78 79 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 80 (1) Table of Outcome Codes 81 82 Code Outcome 83 ------------- 84 1 Victory for side A 85 2 Victory for side B 86 3 Yield by side A 87 4 Yield by side B 88 5 Stalemate 89 6 Compromise 90 7 Released 91 8 Unclear 92 9 Joins ongoing war 93 -9 Missing 94 95 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 96 (2) Table of Settlement Codes 97 98 Code Settlement 99 ---------------- 100 1 Negotiated 101 2 Imposed 102 3 None 103 4 Unclear 104 -9 Missing 105 106 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 107 (3) Table of Fatality Codes 108 109 Code Fatality level 110 -------------------- 111 0 None 112 1 1-25 deaths 113 2 26-100 deaths 114 3 101-250 deaths 115 4 251-500 deaths 116 5 501-999 deaths 117 6 > 999 deaths 118 -9 Missing 119 120 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 121 (4) Table of Action Codes with Hostility Levels 122 123 Code Action [Hostility level] 124 ------------------------------ 125 1 No militarized action [1] 126 2 Threat to use force [2] 127 3 Threat to blockade [2] 128 4 Threat to occupy territory [2] 129 5 Threat to declare war [2] 130 6 Threat to use nuclear weapons [2] 131 7 Show of troops [3] 132 8 Show of ships [3] 133 9 Show of planes [3] 134 10 Alert [3] 135 11 Nuclear alert [3] 136 12 Mobilization [3] 137 13 Fortify border [3] 138 14 Border violation [3] 139 15 Blockade [4] 140 16 Occupation of territory [4] 141 17 Seizure [4] 142 18 Clash [4] 143 19 Raid [4] 144 20 Declaration of war [4] 145 21 Use of CBR weapons [4] 146 22 Interstate war [5] 147 23 Joins interstate war [5] 148 -9 Missing [-9] 149 150 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 151 (5) Table of Hostility Levels 152 153 Code Hostility Level 154 --------------------- 155 1 No militarized action 156 2 Threat to use force 157 3 Display of force 158 4 Use of force 159 5 War 160 161 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 162 (6) Table of Revision Types 163 164 Code Revision Type 165 ------------------- 166 0 Not applicable 167 1 Territory 168 2 Policy 169 3 Regime/government 170 4 Other 171 -9 Missing 172