Crime: Crime in North Carolina
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Crime

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Crime in North Carolina

Description

a panel of 90 observational units (counties) from 1981 to 1987

Format

A data frame containing :

county: county identifier
year: year from 1981 to 1987
crmrte: crimes committed per person
prbarr: 'probability' of arrest
prbconv: 'probability' of conviction
prbpris: 'probability' of prison sentence
avgsen: average sentence, days
polpc: police per capita
density: people per square mile
taxpc: tax revenue per capita
region: factor. One of 'other', 'west' or 'central'.
smsa: factor. (Also called "urban".) Does the individual reside in a SMSA (standard metropolitan statistical area)?
pctmin: percentage minority in 1980
wcon: weekly wage in construction
wtuc: weekly wage in transportation, utilities, communications
wtrd: weekly wage in wholesale and retail trade
wfir: weekly wage in finance, insurance and real estate
wser: weekly wage in service industry
wmfg: weekly wage in manufacturing
wfed: weekly wage in federal government
wsta: weekly wage in state government
wloc: weekly wage in local government
mix: offence mix: face-to-face/other
pctymle: percentage of young males (between ages 15 to 24)
lcrmrte: log of crimes committed per person
lprbarr: log of 'probability' of arrest
lprbconv: log of 'probability' of conviction
lprbpris: log of 'probability' of prison sentence
lavgsen: log of average sentence, days
lpolpc: log of police per capita
ldensity: log of people per square mile
ltaxpc: log of tax revenue per capita
lpctmin: log of percentage minority in 1980
lwcon: log of weekly wage in construction
lwtuc: log of weekly wage in transportation, utilities, communications
lwtrd: log of weekly wage in wholesale and retail trade
lwfir: log of weekly wage in finance, insurance and real estate
lwser: log of weekly wage in service industry
lwmfg: log of weekly wage in manufacturing
lwfed: log of weekly wage in federal government
lwsta: log of weekly wage in state government
lwloc: log of weekly wage in local government
lmix: log of offence mix: face-to-face/other
lpctymle: log of percentage of young males (between ages 15 to 24)

Details

total number of observations : 630

observation : regional

country : United States

The variables l* (lcrmrte, lprbarr, ...) contain the pre-computed logarithms of the base variables as found in the original data set. Note that these values slightly differ from what R's log() function yields for the base variables. In order to reproduce examples from the literature, the pre-computed logs need to be used, otherwise the results differ slightly.