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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.

Source: 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.

Variable Description
NAME County name
STATE_NAME State name
STATE_FIPS State fips code (character)
CNTY_FIPS County fips code (character)
FIPS Combined state and county fips code (character)
STFIPS State fips code (numeric)
COFIPS County fips code (numeric)
FIPSNO FIPS code as numeric variable
SOUTH Dummy variable for Southern counties (South = 1)
HR** Homicide rate per 100,000 population (1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990)
HC** Homicide count, three year average centered on 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990
PO** County population in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990
RD** Resource deprivation in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990 (principal component, see Codebook for details)
PS** Population structure in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990 (principal component, see Codebook for details)
UE** Unemployment rate in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990
DV** Divorce rate in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990 (pct of males over 14 divorced)
MA** Median age in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990
POL** Log of population in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990
DNL** Log of population density in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990
MFIL** Log of median family income in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990
FP** Percentage of families below poverty in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990 (see Codebook for details)
BLK** Percentage of black in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990
GI** Gini index of family income inequality in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990
FH** Percentage of female headed households in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990

Prepared by Luc Anselin. Last updated October 4, 2003. Data provided “as is,” no warranties.