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Peace and Conflict Studies

Rutgers Data Resources

Statistics Databases

Statista 
Statista integrates statistical data from over 80,000 topics. Statista gathers data from over 18,000 sources, including market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases. The reports, charts, infographics, and statistics found in the database can be downloaded in Excel, PDF, PNG, or PowerPoint formats or embedded in web pages. Rutgers-restricted Access
Sage Data
A collection of U.S. and international datasets sourced from governmental, commercial, and private organizations. You can search and browse billions of datasets, compare and contrast variables of interest, and create customized exportable charts and tables. Rutgers-restricted Access
UNdata
Official statistics produced by countries and compiled by the United Nations data system.

ICPSR

ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research)
The largest repository of social science data in the world. Contains over 15,000 studies with accompanying data files, most of which are already prepared for use with statistical software such as SPSS and SAS. As Rutgers is an ICPSR member institution, Rutgers users are able to download ICPSR datasets. (You will first need to create an ICPSR personal account.)

Data Sets

SIPRI Databases
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute compilations on arms, military expenditures, and on multilateral peace operations.
UCDP Data
Data sets on organized violence and peacemaking.
Correlates of War Project: Data Sets
Data on Armed Conflict
United Nations Register of Conventional Arms

Conflict and Peace Data Bank

Conflict and Peace Data Bank (1948-1978)
"The event records in this file describe the actions of approximately 135 countries in the world, both toward one another and within their domestic environments."

Manipulating Data

Using SPSS Guide
Includes an Introduction to SPSS video.