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Sample Data - Columbus

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Contents of columbus.zip

Data description: Columbus.txt
ArcView shape files: Columbus.shp, *.shx, *.dbf
SpaceStat data set: Columbus.dat, *.dht
Contiguity weights: rook.gal, queen.gal

Source

Anselin, Luc. 1988. Spatial econometrics: methods and models. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic, Table 12.1 p. 189.

Unit of Analysis

49 neighborhoods in Columbus, OH, 1980 data

Variables

  • SHAPE: polygon (ArcView default)
  • AREA: computed by ArcView
  • PERIMETER: computed by ArcView
  • COLUMBUS_: internal polygon ID (ignore)
  • COLUMBUS_I: another internal polygon ID (ignore)
  • POLYID: yet another polygon ID
  • NEIG: neighborhood id value (1-49);used in Spatial
  • Econometrics.
  • HOVAL: housing value (in $1,000)
  • INC: household income (in $1,000)
  • CRIME: residential burglaries and vehicle thefts per thousand
  • households in the neighborhood
  • OPEN: open space in neighborhood
  • PLUMB: % housing units without plumbing
  • DISCBD: distance to CBD
  • X: x coordinate (in arbitrary digitizing units)
  • Y: y coordinate (in arbitrary digitizing units)
  • AREA: neighborhood area (computed by SpaceStat)
  • NSA: north-south dummy (North=1)
  • NSB: north-south dummy (North=1)
  • EW: east-west dummy (East=1)
  • CP: core-periphery dummy (Core=1)
  • THOUS: constant=1,000
  • NEIGNO: NEIG+1,000, alternative neighborhood id value
  • PERIM: polygon perimeter (computed by SpaceStat)

All data sets are provided as is, and no warranties, expressed or implied are made as to the correctness and fitness for a purpose. Proper citation of the source of the data in published work would be appreciated.