US Crime Datafile Datafile Name: US Crime Datafile Subjects: Social science Story Names: US Crime Reference: Vandaele, W. (1978) Participation in illegitimate activities: Erlich revisited. In Deterrence and incapacitation, Blumstein, A., Cohen, J. and Nagin, D., eds., Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 270-335. Methods: A Primer, New York: Chapman & Hall, 11. Also found in: Hand, D.J., et al. (1994) A Handbook of Small Data Sets, London: Chapman & Hall, 101-103. Authorization: Contact author Description: These data are crime-related and demographic statistics for 47 US states in 1960. The data were collected from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report and other government agencies to determine how the variable crime rate depends on the other variables measured in the study. Number of cases: 47 Variable Names: R: Crime rate: # of offenses reported to police per million population Age: The number of males of age 14-24 per 1000 population S: Indicator variable for Southern states (0 = No, 1 = Yes) Ed: Mean # of years of schooling x 10 for persons of age 25 or older Ex0: 1960 per capita expenditure on police by state and local government Ex1: 1959 per capita expenditure on police by state and local government LF: Labor force participation rate per 1000 civilian urban males age 14-24 M: The number of males per 1000 females N: State population size in hundred thousands NW: The number of non-whites per 1000 population U1: Unemployment rate of urban males per 1000 of age 14-24 U2: Unemployment rate of urban males per 1000 of age 35-39 W: Median value of transferable goods and assets or family income in tens of $ X: The number of families per 1000 earning below 1/2 the median income The Data: R Age S Ed Ex0 Ex1 LF M N NW U1 U2 W X 79.1 151 1 91 58 56 510 950 33 301 108 41 394 261 163.5 143 0 113 103 95 583 1012 13 102 96 36 557 194 57.8 142 1 89 45 44 533 969 18 219 94 33 318 250 196.9 136 0 121 149 141 577 994 157 80 102 39 673 167 123.4 141 0 121 109 101 591 985 18 30 91 20 578 174 68.2 121 0 110 118 115 547 964 25 44 84 29 689 126 96.3 127 1 111 82 79 519 982 4 139 97 38 620 168 155.5 131 1 109 115 109 542 969 50 179 79 35 472 206 85.6 157 1 90 65 62 553 955 39 286 81 28 421 239 70.5 140 0 118 71 68 632 1029 7 15 100 24 526 174 167.4 124 0 105 121 116 580 966 101 106 77 35 657 170 84.9 134 0 108 75 71 595 972 47 59 83 31 580 172 51.1 128 0 113 67 60 624 972 28 10 77 25 507 206 66.4 135 0 117 62 61 595 986 22 46 77 27 529 190 79.8 152 1 87 57 53 530 986 30 72 92 43 405 264 94.6 142 1 88 81 77 497 956 33 321 116 47 427 247 53.9 143 0 110 66 63 537 977 10 6 114 35 487 166 92.9 135 1 104 123 115 537 978 31 170 89 34 631 165 75.0 130 0 116 128 128 536 934 51 24 78 34 627 135 122.5 125 0 108 113 105 567 985 78 94 130 58 626 166 74.2 126 0 108 74 67 602 984 34 12 102 33 557 195 43.9 157 1 89 47 44 512 962 22 423 97 34 288 276 121.6 132 0 96 87 83 564 953 43 92 83 32 513 227 96.8 131 0 116 78 73 574 1038 7 36 142 42 540 176 52.3 130 0 116 63 57 641 984 14 26 70 21 486 196 199.3 131 0 121 160 143 631 1071 3 77 102 41 674 152 34.2 135 0 109 69 71 540 965 6 4 80 22 564 139 121.6 152 0 112 82 76 571 1018 10 79 103 28 537 215 104.3 119 0 107 166 157 521 938 168 89 92 36 637 154 69.6 166 1 89 58 54 521 973 46 254 72 26 396 237 37.3 140 0 93 55 54 535 1045 6 20 135 40 453 200 75.4 125 0 109 90 81 586 964 97 82 105 43 617 163 107.2 147 1 104 63 64 560 972 23 95 76 24 462 233 92.3 126 0 118 97 97 542 990 18 21 102 35 589 166 65.3 123 0 102 97 87 526 948 113 76 124 50 572 158 127.2 150 0 100 109 98 531 964 9 24 87 38 559 153 83.1 177 1 87 58 56 638 974 24 349 76 28 382 254 56.6 133 0 104 51 47 599 1024 7 40 99 27 425 225 82.6 149 1 88 61 54 515 953 36 165 86 35 395 251 115.1 145 1 104 82 74 560 981 96 126 88 31 488 228 88.0 148 0 122 72 66 601 998 9 19 84 20 590 144 54.2 141 0 109 56 54 523 968 4 2 107 37 489 170 82.3 162 1 99 75 70 522 996 40 208 73 27 496 224 103.0 136 0 121 95 96 574 1012 29 36 111 37 622 162 45.5 139 1 88 46 41 480 968 19 49 135 53 457 249 50.8 126 0 104 106 97 599 989 40 24 78 25 593 171 84.9 130 0 121 90 91 623 1049 3 22 113 40 588 160