At War, CoW

Quick info
Data type	Numeric
Scale	Binary
Value labels	0 = Not at war 1 = In at least one war during that year
Technical name	war_any_entities_cow
Category	Violent conflicts and colonial dependencies
Label	"Involved in any war(s) during that year"
Related indicators	War Names, CoW Any Wars Deaths, CoW

If at any point during the year the state was involved in an inter-, intra- or non-state war.

Coding rules

"State" includes societies prior to state formation dating back to 1818. For example, the state of "Bavaria" in 1866 is coded as "Germany"..

Bibliographic info

Citation: Correlates of War

Related publications: related publications

Misc

Project manager(s): project managers

Data release: data release

Revisions: revisions

Sources

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