These data are in Table 9.1 of the 3rd edition of Agresti and Finlay's Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences. The data are from Statistical Abstract of the United States and most variables were measured in 1993.
Format
A data frame with 51 observations on the following 8 variables.
statea character vector for the state
violenta numeric vector for the violent crime rate (per 100,000 people in population)
murdera numeric vector for the murder rate (per 100,000 people in population)
povertya numeric vector for the percent with income below the poverty level
singlea numeric vector for the percent of families headed by a single parent
metroa numeric vector for the percent of population in metropolitan areas
whitea numeric vector for the percentage of the state that is white
highschoola numeric vector for the percent of state that graduated from high school