covid_data: State-level Covid-19 Data
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covid_data

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State-level Covid-19 Data

Description

A panel dataset containing Covid-19 related data for 46 states. This data comes from Callaway and Li (2021). See the paper for additional descriptions.

Usage

covid_data

Format

A data frame with 1656 rows and 9 variables:

positive: The cumulative number of cases per million individuals in a particular state by a particular time period.
time.period: Time period
group: The group that a state belongs to. It is based on the time period when they enacted the shelter-in-place order
state: State abbreviation
totalTestResults: The total Covid-19 number of tests run per million individuals in a particular state by a particular time period.
state_id: Numeric state identfier
region: Census region for particular state
retail_and_recreation_percent_change_from_baseline: The percentage change in retail and recreational travel from pre-Covid baseline. This is from Google's Mobility report (see paper for details).
current: The current number of cases per million individuals in a particular state by a particular time period. This variable is constructed from positive (see paper for details on how it is constructed).