NCOVR.sf: Homicides in U.S. counties

In spsur: Spatial Seemingly Unrelated Regression Models

Homicides in U.S. counties

Description

Homicides and selected socio-economic characteristics for continental U.S. counties. Data for four decennial census years: 1960, 1970, 1980 and 1990.

Usage

NCOVR.sf

Format

An spatial feature (sf) object with 3085 rows and 41 variables:

NAME

County coded as a name (factor)

STATE_NAME

state fips code (factor)

FIPS

state fips code (factor)

SOUTH

dummy variable for Southern counties (South = 1)

HR60, HR70, HR80, HR90

homicide rate per 100,000 (1960, 1970, 1980, 1990)

HC60, HC70, HC80, HC90

homicide count, three year average centered on 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990

PO60, PO70, PO80, PO90

county population, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990

RD60, RD70, RD80, RD90

resource deprivation 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 (principal component, see Codebook for details)

PS60, PS70, PS80, PS90

population structure 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 (principal component, see Codebook for details)

UE60, UE70, UE80, UE90

unemployment rate 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990

DV60, DV70, DV80, DV90

divorce rate 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 (% males over 14 divorced)

MA60, MA70, MA80, MA90

median age 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990

FP59, FP69, FP79, FP89

% families below poverty 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 (see Codebook for details)

geometry

Multipolygon geometry of the spatial feature object

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) https://geodacenter.github.io/data-and-lab/ncovr/

References

• 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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