Police expenditures, crime and socio-economic characteristics for Mississippi counties, 1982.
Type = polygon shape file, unprojected, lat-lon
Observations = 82
Variables = 21
Original data made available by Harry Kelejian, Department of Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, kelejian@econ.bsos.umd.edu.
Reference: Kelejian, H.H. and D.P. Robinson (1992). Spatial autocorrelation: a new computationally simple test with application to per capita county police expenditures. Regional Science and Urban Economics 22 (3), 317-331.
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| AREA | county polygon area (computed by ArcView) |
| PERIMETER | county polygon perimeter (computed by ArcView) |
| CNTY_ | county internal ID |
| CNTY_ID | county ID |
| NAME | county name |
| STATE_NAME | state name |
| STATE_FIPS | FIPS code for state (character) |
| CNTY_FIPS | FIPS code for county (character) |
| FIPS | complete FIPS code, state combined with county (character) |
| FIPSNO | FIPS code (numeric) |
| POLICE | police expenditures per capita, 1982 (dollars per person) |
| POP | county population, 1982 |
| TAX | total taxes per capita, 1982 (dollars per person) |
| TRANSFER | state and federal revenues per capita, 1982 (1,000 dollars per person) |
| INC | personal income per county resident, 1982 (dollars per person) |
| CRIME | number of serious crimes per 100,000 residents, 1981 |
| UNEMP | percent unemployed in 1980 |
| OWN | percent owner-occupied housing units, 1980 |
| COLLEGE | percent county residents that attended college, 1980 |
| WHITE | percent county residents that are white, 1980 |
| COMMUTE | percent county workers that commuted outside county, 1980 |
Prepared by Luc Anselin
UIUC-ACE Spatial Analysis Laboratory
Last updated September 30, 2003