Datafile Name: US Crime
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.
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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:
  1. R: Crime rate: # of offenses reported to police per million population
  2. Age: The number of males of age 14-24 per 1000 population
  3. S: Indicator variable for Southern states (0 = No, 1 = Yes)
  4. Ed: Mean # of years of schooling x 10 for persons of age 25 or older
  5. Ex0: 1960 per capita expenditure on police by state and local government
  6. Ex1: 1959 per capita expenditure on police by state and local government
  7. LF: Labor force participation rate per 1000 civilian urban males age 14-24
  8. M: The number of males per 1000 females
  9. N: State population size in hundred thousands
  10. NW: The number of non-whites per 1000 population
  11. U1: Unemployment rate of urban males per 1000 of age 14-24
  12. U2: Unemployment rate of urban males per 1000 of age 35-39
  13. W: Median value of transferable goods and assets or family income in tens of $
  14. 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