Replication data for: Pastoral conflicts and (dis)trust: Evidence from Nigeria using an instrumental variable approach.doi:10.7910/DVN/R0Z3NDHarvard Dataverse2026-02-121Tuki, Daniel, 2026, "Replication data for: Pastoral conflicts and (dis)trust: Evidence from Nigeria using an instrumental variable approach.", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/R0Z3ND, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:+xMItMhmvljHkyw8V7sqYw== [fileUNF]Replication data for: Pastoral conflicts and (dis)trust: Evidence from Nigeria using an instrumental variable approach.doi:10.7910/DVN/R0Z3NDTuki, DanielSTATAHarvard DataverseTuki, DanielTuki, Daniel2025-09-16Social SciencesConflictThe data and do-files underlying the regression results have been provided.Even though the incidence of conflicts between Fulani nomadic pastoralists and sedentary communities in Nigeria has risen significantly in the last decade, there is a notable lack of research examining how these conflicts influence distrust towards members of the Fulani ethnic group and Muslims. Using novel survey data from Kaduna, the state with the third-highest incidence of pastoral conflict in Nigeria, this study addresses that gap. Regression analyses show that exposure to pastoral conflict increases distrust towards the Fulani and Muslims. This suggests a contagion effect whereby the Fulani are conflated with the broader Muslim population, due to the Muslim identity of nomadic Fulani pastoralists. Disaggregating the data by religious affiliation reveals a pattern: conflict exposure raises distrust only among Muslim respondents, while effects are statistically insignificant among Christians. Among Muslims, the positive effect suggests that pastoral conflict erodes in-group cohesion. The null effect among Christians may reflect the way in which pastoral conflicts align with pre-existing religious fault lines.<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>Tuki, Daniel (2026). Pastoral conflicts and (dis)trust: Evidence from Nigeria using an instrumental variable approach. Environment and Development Economics, 1–30.Tuki, Daniel (2026). Pastoral conflicts and (dis)trust: Evidence from Nigeria using an instrumental variable approach. Environment and Development Economics, 1–30.data_pastoralists.tab2554text/tab-separated-valuesUNF:6:ArN+/JNweg8epcPys0wbkA==main_data_residents.tab135312text/tab-separated-valuesUNF:6:Li46SpSKEximBI4egLQpTw==What is your ethnic community, cultural group or tribe?8.5137254901960788.0.255.00.03.476412057062491533.08.017Isoko010Hausa312Idoma05Efik024Kataf014Igbo020Kagoma08Fulani24729Tiv09Gwari03Ebira0-77Don't want to answer [INTERVIEWER: Don't read out]031Yoruba030Urhobo07Etsako033Other, please specify:532Nigerian only, or 'doesn’t think of self in those terms'026Owan023Kanuri022Kalabari016Ikwere021Bajju0-66Don’t know [INTERVIEWER: Don't read out]00Awori027Shuwa-Arab013Igala011Ibibio04Edo019Jukun025Nupe01Bini015Ijaw06Esan02Birom028Tapa018Itsekiri0UNF:6:fP+SOukTYCNslC4SOKiezQ==UNF:6:PUHykPym7JvKRCwZOX783w==During the past 5 years, have your cattle been stolen?.0.95485562606908710.03.00.0255.00.00.59215686274509822Yes, two or three times340No1721Yes, one time323Yes, four or more times17UNF:6:4ss3ZfLmXeDgGRUP07KkUQ==What is your religion?1.00.0255.0.1.00.01.01.03None01Muslim2552Other00Christian0UNF:6:P7gncJhvlFCRwUnOU1oEww==Age of respondents in years14.00380526261778231.032.034.3913701741105285.01321.0.15.0UNF:6:9bSaKlofq74jO7n4qrD3Lg==Female = 1; Male = 00.0.0.496910834179298430.55715367146101441321.01.032.01.0UNF:6:+0C9wbN922wSh0C8Xe3+fA==Household socioeconomic condition.0.921076806106478855.01298.00.97765793528505410.01.04.02Money is enough for basic, but not enough for expensive durables like a motorbik2420Money is not enough for food.4391Money is enough for food, but not for other basics like clothing, education, or 5474We can afford to buy almost anything.283We can afford to buy some expensive durables like a motorbike/power generator.42UNF:6:emrcF3ZhT/7QNk8cBAUEVw==Muslim = 1; Xtian = 00.56086286594761131298.00.49647316947736261.055.01.0.0.02Other03None01Muslim7280Christian570UNF:6:BgnCxy1ceeKX3648hvNjNg==What is your ethnic community, cultural group or tribe?10.033.011.00806402947213255.01298.02.019.391371340523893.17Isoko18Fulani53-66Don’t know [INTERVIEWER: Don't read out]025Nupe224Kataf2026Owan031Yoruba205Efik021Bajju2114Igbo1727Shuwa-Arab09Gwari253Ebira11Bini0-77Don't want to answer [INTERVIEWER: Don't read out]023Kanuri233Other, please specify:4700Awori010Hausa59415Ijaw029Tiv622Kalabari018Itsekiri14Edo211Ibibio220Kagoma2616Ikwere27Etsako012Idoma1228Tapa02Birom530Urhobo219Jukun132Nigerian only, or 'doesn’t think of self in those terms'06Esan013Igala13UNF:6:o31w//18MIGaonuXA24RKQ==Trust in Muslims1.31976994711484274.01289.01.034910783553141764.01.00.0.-77Don’t want to answer02Neither trust nor distrust474Do not trust at all1143Do not trust very much1381Trust somewhat3700Trust completely620UNF:6:2bw963QAtaHo+NrnvCArSw==Trust in Fulani75.01.0.1.91705790297339520.01278.04.01.59462884130302670Trust completely315-77Don’t want to answer02Neither trust nor distrust681Trust somewhat3693Do not trust very much1594Do not trust at all367UNF:6:XITtj3ggbkIbz6EyLoX/Lw==During the last 10 years, have you or your close family members been affected by1.0.0.38327920807269460.055.00.17873651771956850.01298.00No10661Yes232UNF:6:N138f3icJO282E7YDCTxaA==Pastoral conflicts within 10km buffer (ACLED)4.1241685144124441.00.0.0.05.8555806897511181353.019.0UNF:6:nelotd9C4pOjWR2pU3fWWw==Pastoral conflicts within 10km buffer - 1 fatality (ACLED)1353.05.0899779090143080.017.0.3.61788617886180350.01.0UNF:6:2YOrViQAyX8I+pheDcmm5g==Distance to the state Government house (km)1353.082.31003345763922191.4071197509765658.333069396045666.0.84050214290618987.4973144531250.0UNF:6:CLyRM7sXoJZKznaf6H3rjg==SPEI Drought Index-0.22938901185989381353.00.06929134915450279-0.06965035200119019-0.00185656792018562560.0.-0.08929875930153434UNF:6:D1OUxFagiFO2DrEabChzjA==ACLED data_1997-2022.dtaapplication/x-stata-14ACLED_do_file.dotext/x-stata-syntaxRead me.pdfapplication/pdfregressions_codes.dotext/x-stata-syntax