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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.