Crim4 Variable Description

CRIME4.DES

county year crmrte prbarr prbconv prbpris avgsen polpc density taxpc west central urban pctmin80 wcon wtuc wtrd wfir wser wmfg wfed wsta wloc mix pctymle d82 d83 d84 d85 d86 d87 lcrmrte lprbarr lprbconv lprbpris lavgsen lpolpc ldensity ltaxpc lwcon lwtuc lwtrd lwfir lwser lwmfg lwfed lwsta lwloc lmix lpctymle lpctmin clcrmrte clprbarr clprbcon clprbpri clavgsen clpolpc cltaxpc clmix

 Obs:   630

 1. county                   county identifier
 2. year                     81 to 87
 3. crmrte                   crimes committed per person
 4. prbarr                   'probability' of arrest
 5. prbconv                  'probability' of conviction
 6. prbpris                  'probability' of prison sentenc
 7. avgsen                   avg. sentence, days
 8. polpc                    police per capita
 9. density                  people per sq. mile
10. taxpc                    tax revenue per capita
11. west                     =1 if in western N.C.
12. central                  =1 if in central N.C.
13. urban                    =1 if in SMSA
14. pctmin80                 perc. minority, 1980
15. wcon                     weekly wage, construction
16. wtuc                     wkly wge, trns, util, commun
17. wtrd                     wkly wge, whlesle, retail trade
18. wfir                     wkly wge, fin, ins, real est
19. wser                     wkly wge, service industry
20. wmfg                     wkly wge, manufacturing
21. wfed                     wkly wge, fed employees
22. wsta                     wkly wge, state employees
23. wloc                     wkly wge, local gov emps
24. mix                      offense mix: face-to-face/other
25. pctymle                  percent young male
26. d82                      =1 if year == 82
27. d83                      =1 if year == 83
28. d84                      =1 if year == 84
29. d85                      =1 if year == 85
30. d86                      =1 if year == 86
31. d87                      =1 if year == 87
32. lcrmrte                  log(crmrte)
33. lprbarr                  log(prbarr)
34. lprbconv                 log(prbconv)
35. lprbpris                 log(prbpris)
36. lavgsen                  log(avgsen)
37. lpolpc                   log(polpc)
38. ldensity                 log(density)
39. ltaxpc                   log(taxpc)
40. lwcon                    log(wcon)
41. lwtuc                    log(wtuc)
42. lwtrd                    log(wtrd)
43. lwfir                    log(wfir)
44. lwser                    log(wser)
45. lwmfg                    log(wmfg)
46. lwfed                    log(wfed)
47. lwsta                    log(wsta)
48. lwloc                    log(wloc)
49. lmix                     log(mix)
50. lpctymle                 log(pctymle)
51. lpctmin                  log(pctmin)
52. clcrmrte                 lcrmrte - lcrmrte[t-1]
53. clprbarr                 lprbarr - lprbarr[t-1]
54. clprbcon                 lprbconv - lprbconv[t-1]
55. clprbpri                 lprbpri - lprbpri[t-1]
56. clavgsen                 lavgsen - lavgsen[t-1]
57. clpolpc                  lpolpc - lpolpc[t-1]
58. cltaxpc                  ltaxpc - ltaxpc[t-1]
59. clmix                    lmix - lmix[t-1]