Homicides and selected socio-economic characteristics for Southern U.S. counties (subset of NCOVR national data set). Data for four decennial census years: 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990.
Type = polygon shape file, unprojected, lat-lon
Observations = 1412
Variables = 69
S. Messner, L. Anselin, D. Hawkins, G. Deane, S. Tolnay, R. Baller (2000). An Atlas of the Spatial Patterning of County-Level Homicide, 1960-1990. Pittsburgh, PA, National Consortium on Violence Research (NCOVR).
Reference: Baller, R., L. Anselin, S. Messner, G. Deane and D. Hawkins (2001). Structural covariates of US county homicide rates: incorporating spatial effects. Criminology 39, 561-590.
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Variable |
Description |
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NAME |
county name |
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STATE_NAME |
state name |
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STATE_FIPS |
state fips code (character) |
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CNTY_FIPS |
county fips code (character) |
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FIPS |
combined state and county fips code (character) |
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STFIPS |
state fips code (numeric) |
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COFIPS |
county fips code (numeric) |
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FIPSNO |
fips code as numeric variable |
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SOUTH |
dummy variable for Southern counties (South = 1) |
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HR** |
homicide rate per 100,000 (1960, 1970, 1980, 1990) |
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HC** |
homicide count, three year average centered on 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 |
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PO** |
county population, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 |
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RD** |
resource deprivation 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 (principal component, see Codebook for details) |
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PS** |
population structure 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 (principal component, see Codebook for details) |
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UE** |
unemployment rate 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 |
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DV** |
divorce rate 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 (% males over 14 divorced) |
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MA** |
median age 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 |
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POL** |
log of population 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 |
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DNL** |
log of population density 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 |
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MFIL** |
log of median family income 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 |
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FP** |
% families below poverty 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 (see Codebook for details) |
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BLK** |
% black 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 |
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GI** |
Gini index of family income inequality 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 |
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FH** |
% female headed households 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 |
Prepared by Luc Anselin.
Last updated November 3, 2003