This dataset contains information on terrorist attacks by Fulani Extremists and Boko Haram in Nigeria, starting from the year 2014. The attack data is sourced from the Global Terrorism Database, while other variables are derived from the UCDP PRIO-Grid data. The dataset includes geographic coordinates, population data, and information about mountainous areas relevant to the attacks.
Usage
data(NigeriaTerrorism_df)Format
A data frame with 312 observations and 6 variables:
- att.ful
Number of attacks by Fulani Extremists (numeric).
- att.bok
Number of attacks by Boko Haram (numeric).
- xcoord
X-coordinate of the attack location (numeric).
- ycoord
Y-coordinate of the attack location (numeric).
- pop
Population of the area (numeric).
- mtns
Indicator of whether the location is mountainous (numeric).
Details
The dataset name has been changed to 'NigeriaTerrorism_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the crimedatasets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a traditional data frame in R. The original content has not been modified in any way.