How to identify the source (initiating) actor:
Locate the subject of the main clause of the report to be coded. This is, almost always, the source (initiating) actor.
The source actor, or initiating actor, is the "who" of the sentence; that is, the person, place or thing that takes the action within a sentence.
The initiating actor in the main clause will, generally, occur at the beginning of the sentence.
Record the entire noun phrase occurring in the subject position as the literal, "source value."
Note that passive voice sentences are constructed without source actors; therefore, it is possible that no source exists in the report being coded.
Specifics for the source actor are identified via 2 additional indicators (variables). Assign these micro-level values for the source actor:
"Source association" is the highest administrative unit information available about the source actor's administrative unit (national, regional or local).
"Source sector" conveys the noun class sector of the source of the interaction.