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

Sample Data - St. Louis

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Contents of stlouis.ZIP

ArcView shape files: stl.shp, *.shx, *.dbf
Data set as comma delimited text file: stl.txt

Source

Messner S, L. Anselin, R. Baller, D. Hawkins, G. Deane, S. Tolnay (1999). The spatial patterning of county homicide rates: an application of exploratory spatial data analysis, Journal of Quantitative Criminology 15 (4), 423-450.

Unit of Analysis

78 counties surrounding St. Louis, MO; data for three time periods, 1979-84, 1984-88 and 1988-93; selected variables also for the period 1979-95.

Variables

For variables with both a space and time dimension, the year or period is appended as two (77, 82, 87, 80, 85, 90) or four digits (7984, 8488, 8893 or 7995).

  • SHAPE: polygon (ArcView default)
  • NAME: county name
  • STATE_NAME: name of state
  • STATE_FIPS: Fips code for state (character)
  • CNTY_FIPS: Fips code for county (character)
  • FIPS: complete Fips code, state+county (character)
  • STFIPS: state Fips code (numeric)
  • COFIPS: county Fips code (numeric)
  • FIPSNO: complete Fips code, state+county (numeric)
  • ST: dummy variable (not meaningful)
  • PE**: expenditures on police protection
  • A17****: homicide rate
  • DC****: homicide count
  • PO****: population count
  • A1****: unemployment insurance
  • A2****: AFDC
  • A3****: government payments to farmers
  • A4****: building permits
  • A6****: unemployment
  • A7****: per capita income
  • A8****: teen births
  • A9****: government payments to non-profit institutions
  • A10****: government education and training programs
  • A11****: percent voting in the presidential elections
  • A12****: military employment
  • A14****: cash from crops
  • A15****: farm employment
  • A59**: percent aged 15-29
  • DM**: divorce
  • PSC**: population structure component
  • RDAC**: resource deprivation/affluence component
  • UE**: unemployment
  • X_COORD: county centroid (longitude)
  • Y_COORD: county centroid (latitude)
  • LOW****: dummy variable, 5 or fewer homicides in period

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.