Table 1 Conflict variables and definitions
From: Exposure to conflict and child health outcomes: evidence from a large multi-country study
Types of violence× categorized by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) | |
Type 1 (State-based conflict) | The use of armed force between two parties, of which at least one is the government of a state |
Type 2 (Non-state conflict) | The use of armed force between two organized armed groups, neither of which is the government of a state |
Type 3 (One-sided conflict) | The use of armed force by the government of a state or by a formally organized group against civilians |
Constructed measures of conflict for the current study# | |
Conflict1 | = 1 if the child was exposed to at least 1 violent event (including all types of violence), 0 otherwise |
Conflict2 | Number of years between the earliest and the latest violent events (including all types of violence) |
Conflict3 | Observations with positive deaths per year between the earliest and the latest violence events (including all types of violence) are categorized into 3 terciles from 1 to 3, otherwise 0 |
Conflict3_cat1 | = 1 if Conflict3 = 1, 0 otherwise |
Conflict3_cat2 | = 1 if Conflict3 = 2, 0 otherwise |
Conflict3_cat3 | = 1 if Conflict3 = 3, 0 otherwise |
Conflict4 | = 1 if the child was exposed to at least 1 violent event of Type 1, 0 otherwise |
Conflict5 | = 1 if the child was exposed to at least 1 violence event of Type 3, 0 otherwise |