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While investigating Rwandan political violence, we also engaged in some other efforts along the way to better understand the context. Two are provided below: one a survey of Rwandan citizens and another a content analysis of the international media.  We also provide information regarding Rwandan censi that are not easily obtained - specifically 1991.  Censi from 2005 are forthcoming.  We are trying to track down Belgian censi as well.  Other data is listed that was collected from others.  These will all be posted when available.


A Survey of Butare

In our efforts to better understand what took place in Rwanda during 1994 as well as how individuals remembered these events, in 2001-2002 we engaged in numerous focus groups and one survey, the latter of which we provide below. Here, you will find the codebook for this effort as well as the raw data (Stata format).  

Generating the sample for the survey required a little innovation on our part.  As census records were believed to be useless, we selected a community that our enumerators were familiar with - Butare (where the national university of Rwanda is located along with the Centre for Conflict Management with whom we were working at the time).  We then sent enumerators to one of the smallest geographic units (the commune - approximately 100 households) where they identified all households by physically walking around, writing them down and latter drawing them.  At the time, we did not have access to the military maps that identified households at the 5 meter level.  Selecting every 6th household, enumerators administered their questionaires.


    Butare Survey Codebook - Word Format
    Butare Survey - Stata Format   



Media Coverage of Rwanda and the Death Count

When we began our research, we were aware that attention to Rwanda had been unsteady over time.  This prompted us to more systematically track coverage of Rwanda.  Below you will find data relevant to the country of Rwanda (all coverage as identified by Lexis Nexus) as well as a more specific focus on the number of victims within the violence of 1994.  

    Global Rwanda News Coverage 1985 to April 1999

    What was the estimation of the number killed as reflected in the international media of the time

  • Here are the list of articles searched for number killed

    
The Rwanda Census of 1991

    Rwanda 1991 Census - PDF format

    1991 Codebook for Census Coding - Word Document

    1991 Census Data - Excel Format

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The Rwandan Census of 2002 
  • SPSS format (sorry trying to find a better format)

The Rwandan Census of 2005
  • Forthcoming

Administrative Boundaries in Rwanda - Current and Past
    old to new cells by code_sector_district_province

Geographic Information
    Satellite Images of Rwanda (Prior to the Violence)

  •      This is a sample but we have the whole country stitched together.  If interested, contact us.
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Migration data and Population data
  • Directed Dyad database from Will Moore (coded from UNHCR) - format stata
  • Asylum states 
  • General trends from UNHCR data
  • Miscellaneous information regarding movement
  • UN population estimates


Rwanda Radio Transcripts (total 727 from ICTR - forthcoming as we need to compress; sample of each provided)
  • Radio Rwanda: English, French, Kinyarwanda
  • Radio RTLM: English, French, Kinyarwanda 

Other Data

Declassified CIA documents 
  • Massacre memo April 28, 1994
  • Security deteriorating - April 8, 1994
  • Ceasefire stalled - April 18, 1994
  • Rebels Advancing - April 23, 1994


Demobase Rwanda - Using the same methods applied to Pakistan, the Census Bureau mapped Rwanda, a country with a substantial, 
dense rural population. Satellite imagery was combined with data from the 2002 Census of Rwanda to produce a geospatial distributed population layer.
  • Gridded population estimates, 2002 [ZIP - 8.5M]
  • 2000-2015 population estimates for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd administrative levels [ZIP - 6.5M]

World Data Atlas
  • Economy
    • GDP
    • GDP (PPP based)
    • GDP growth
    • GDP per capita
    • GDP per capita (PPP based)
    • CPI inflation
    • Unemployment rate
    • Current account balance, US$
    • Current account balance, % of GDP
    • General government gross debt
    • Poverty level
    • International reserves
  • Energy
    • Total primary energy production
    • Total primary energy consumption
    • Energy intensity
    • Energy imports
    • Alternative and nuclear energy
    • Fossil fuel energy consumption
    • Pump price for diesel fuel (US$ per liter)
    • Pump price for gasoline (US$ per liter)
  • Transportation
    • Passenger cars per 1,000 people
    • Air transport freight
    • Air transport, passengers carried
    • Railways, goods transported
    • Railways, passengers carried
    • Roads, goods transported
    • Roads, passengers carried
    • Rail lines
    • Road network
    • Road density
    • Roads paved
  • Telecommunication
    • Internet users per 100 inhabitants
    • Internet users, % of population
    • Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
  • National Defense
    • Military expenditure, current US$
    • Military expenditure, current 2012 US$
    • Military expenditure, % of GDP
    • Arms exports (constant 1990 US$)
    • Arms imports (constant 1990 US$)
  • Foreign Trade
    • Exports of goods and services
    • Exports of goods
    • Exports of service
    • Merchandise exports
    • Food exports
    • Fuel exports
    • High-technology exports
    • High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
    • Imports of goods and services
    • Imports of goods
    • Imports of services
    • Merchandise imports
    • Food imports
    • Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)
  • Tourism
    • Number of arrivals
    • Number of departures
    • Tourism expenditures
    • Tourism expenditures % of total imports
    • Expenditures for passenger transport items
    • Expenditures for travel items
    • Tourism receipts
    • Tourism receipts % of total exports
    • Receipts for passenger transport items
    • Receipts for travel items
  • Environment
    • CO2 emissions (kt)
    • CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)
    • CO2 emissions (kg per 2000 US$ of GDP)
    • CO2 emissions (kg per 2005 US$ of GDP)
    • CO2 emissions (kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP)
    • CO2 emissions (kg per PPP $ of GDP)
    • Municipal waste collected
  • World Rankings
    • Human Development Index
    • Ease of Doing Business
    • Global Competitiveness Rank
    • Corruption Perceptions Rank
    • Index of economic freedom
    • Press Freedom Index
    • Democracy index
    • Political Rights
    • Civil Liberties
    • International Property Rights Index
    • Prosperity Index
  • Demographics
    • Population
    • Urban population (% of total)
    • Population density
    • Population growth
    • Birth rate
    • Death rate
    • Fertility rate
    • Population ages 0-14 (% of total)
    • Population ages 15-64 (% of total)
    • Population ages 65 and above (% of total)
    • Population, female (% of total)
    • Employment to population ratio
  • Land Use
    • Land area
    • Agricultural land (% of land area)
    • Agricultural land (sq. km)
    • Forest area
  • Agriculture
    • Agriculture value added per worker
    • Food production index
    • Livestock production index
    • Crop production index
    • Cereal production
    • Cereal yield
    • Land under cereal production
    • Agricultural tractors
    • Fertilizer consumption
  • Health
    • Neonatal mortality
    • Infant mortality
    • Child mortality
    • Maternal mortality
    • Life expectancy at birth
    • Health expenditure, % of GDP
    • Health expenditure per capita
    • HIV Prevalence
    • Incidence of tuberculosis
    • Adult obesity prevalence, female
    • Adult obesity prevalence, male
  • Education
    • Public spending on education
    • Net enrollment rate, primary
    • Duration of primary education
    • Duration of secondary education
    • Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
    • Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
    • Literacy rate, adult
    • Literacy rate, youth
  • Crime Statistics
    • Homicide Rate
    • Homicides
    • Homicides by firearm, %
    • Homicides by firearm, number
    • Homicides by firearm, rate per 100,000 population
    • Assault
    • Kidnapping
    • Robbery
    • Rape
    • Burglary
    • Private Car Theft
    • Motor Vehicle Theft
    • Burglary/housebreaking
  • Poverty
    • Poverty ratio at $1.25 a day
    • Poverty ratio at $2 a day
    • Poverty ratio at national poverty line
    • Poverty ratio at rural poverty line
    • Poverty ratio at urban poverty line
    • GINI index
    • Income share held by lowest 10%
    • Income share held by highest 10%
  • Food Security
    • Prevalence of undernourishment
    • Undernourished persons
    • Food deficit of undernourished population
    • Minimum dietary energy requirement
  • Water
    • Precipitation in depth
    • Precipitation in volume
    • National Rainfall Index
    • Groundwater produced internally
    • Surface water produced internally
    • Internal renewable water resources per cap.
    • Total renewable water resources per capita
    • Dependency ratio
    • Water withdrawal
    • Water productivity
  • Research and Development
    • Research and development expenditure, % of GDP
    • Researchers in R&D
    • Technicians in R&D
    • Scientific and technical journal articles
    • Patent applications

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Aegis Trust Database (assessed from reading descriptions)

Primary question of interest
  • Survey attempted to collect the names, date and method of death for all people killed in Kigali Ville during the 1994 Genocide
Duration of time study took to complete:
  • December 2003- April 2004   
Methodology:
  • Study involved a door-to-door survey, conducted by University students, of all neighborhoods of Kigali Ville and parts of Kigali Rural.  The survey included questions regarding the date and method of death of victims in that area.
Locations/spatial domain of interest:
  • Kigali Ville and parts of Kigali Rural
Number of individuals employed:
  • 200 interviewers at the height of the project
Strengths:
  • Project was sponsored by the National Genocide Memorial which was likely increases participation and the quantity of information gathered
Limitations:
  • The project was completed in a short period of time and surveyed only people living in Kigali Ville and Kigali Rural at the time that the study was completed.  Training remains an issue throughout most large scale studies conducted in Rwanda.

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