RUNNING ON FAITH README FILE

This folder contains replication data and syntax files for Lindberg, Jo-Eystein (2008): 'Running on Faith? A Quantitative Analysis of the Effect of Religious Cleavages on the Intensity and Duration of Internal Conflicts'. Oslo: University of Oslo, Department of Political Science. Master's Thesis.

Indicators added for this study are located behind a blank column. Data left of this column are from: Gleditsch, Nils Petter; Håvard Hegre & Håvard Strand (forthcoming): ‘Democracy and Civil War’, in Manus I. Midlarsky, (ed.): Handbook of War Studies III. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

For information on operationalizations and methodological issues, please refer to Running_on_Faith.pdf.

To replicate intensity results from table 3, run table3.sps while Running_on_Faith_int.sav is open. To replicate duration results from table 4, run table4.sps while Running_on_Faith_dur.sav is open. 

For questions or comments, please contact the author at:

je_lindberg@yahoo.no.


Jo-Eystein Lindber