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Download sample data for use with SpaceStat and the SpaceStat extension.

Sample Data - Police

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Contents of Police.ZIP

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

Source

H. Kelejian and D. Robinson (1992), Spatial correlation: a new computationally simple test with an application to per capita county police expenditures, Regional Science and Urban Economics 22(3), 317–331.

Unit of Analysis

82 counties of Mississippi

Variables

  • SHAPE: polygon
  • AREA: polygon area (computed by ArcView)
  • PERIMETER: 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 county resident for 1982 (dollars per person) 1982 Census of Governments
  • POP: population (numbers of people) 1982, REIS (BEA, 1990)
  • TAX: total taxes paid per county resident for 1982 (dollars per person). 1982 Census of Governments
  • TRANSFER: revenues from state and federal government per county resident for 1982 (thousands of dollars per person), 1982 Census of Governments
  • INC: total personal income per county resident for 1982 (dollars per person) REIS 1982 (BEA, 1990)
  • CRIME: number of serious crimes per 100,000 county residents as of July 1, 1981.FBI, 1981 Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program
  • UNEMP: percent of county residents in the labor force that were unemployed for 1980 (numbers or people per 100 labor force participants), US Census
  • OWN: percent of county housing units that were either owner-occupied or for sale during 1980 (number of units per 100 total housing units), US Census
  • COLLEGE: percent of county residents that ever attended college for 1980 (number of people per 100 county residents), US Census
  • WHITE: percent of county residents that are white for 1980 (number of people per 100 county residents), US Census
  • COMMUTE: percent of county workers that commuted to jobs outside their county of residence during 1980 (number of people per 100 county workers), US Census

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.