The document describes a dataset containing traffic fatality rates and related economic and policy variables for U.S. states from 1982 to 1988. It includes variables such as the number of traffic deaths, beer taxes, drinking ages, and mandatory sentencing laws. The data was obtained from various government agencies and provided to researchers by Professor Christopher Ruhm.
The document describes a dataset containing traffic fatality rates and related economic and policy variables for U.S. states from 1982 to 1988. It includes variables such as the number of traffic deaths, beer taxes, drinking ages, and mandatory sentencing laws. The data was obtained from various government agencies and provided to researchers by Professor Christopher Ruhm.
The document describes a dataset containing traffic fatality rates and related economic and policy variables for U.S. states from 1982 to 1988. It includes variables such as the number of traffic deaths, beer taxes, drinking ages, and mandatory sentencing laws. The data was obtained from various government agencies and provided to researchers by Professor Christopher Ruhm.
The document describes a dataset containing traffic fatality rates and related economic and policy variables for U.S. states from 1982 to 1988. It includes variables such as the number of traffic deaths, beer taxes, drinking ages, and mandatory sentencing laws. The data was obtained from various government agencies and provided to researchers by Professor Christopher Ruhm.
The data are for the lower 48 U.S. states (excluding Alaska and Hawaii),
annually for 1982 through 1988. The traffic fatality rate is the number of traffic deaths in
a given state in a given year, per 10,000 people living in that state in that year. Traffic
fatality data were obtained from the U.S. Department of Transportation Fatal Accident
Reporting System. The beer tax is the tax on a case of beer, which is an available
measure of state alcohol taxes more generally. The drinking age variables in Table 8.1
are binary variables indicating whether the legal drinking age is 18, 19, or 20. The two
binary punishment variables in Table 8.1 describe the states minimum sentencing
requirements for an initial drunk driving conviction: Mandatory jail? equals one if the
state requires jail time and equals zero otherwise, and Mandatory community service?
equals one if the state requires community service and equals zero otherwise. Total
vehicle miles traveled annually by state was obtained from the Department of
Transportation. Personal income was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Economic
Analysis, and the unemployment rate was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
These data were graciously provided to us by Professor Christopher J. Ruhm of
the Department of Economics at the University of North Carolina.
Data Series:
Series Descriptions state State ID (FIPS) Code year Year spircons Spirits Consumption unrate Unemployment Rate perinc Per Capita Personal Income emppop Employment/Population Ratio beertax Tax on Case of Beer sobapt % Southern Baptist mormon % Mormon mlda Minimum Legal Drinking Age dry % Residing in Dry Counties yngdrv % of Drivers Aged 15-24 vmiles Ave. Mile per Driver breath Prelim. Breath Test Law jaild Mandatory Jail Sentence comserd Mandatory Community Service allmort # of Vehicle Fatalities (#VF) mrall Vehicle Fatality Rate (VFR) allnite # of Night-time VF (#NVF) mralln Night-time VFR (NFVR) allsvn # of Single VF (#SVN) a1517 #VF, 15-17 year olds mra1517 VFR, 15-17 year olds a1517n #NVF, 15-17 year olds mra1517n NVFR, 15-17 year olds a1820 #VF, 18-20 year olds a1820n #NVF, 18-20 year olds mra1820 VFR, 18-20 year olds mra1820n NVFR, 18-20 year olds a2124 #VF, 21-24 year olds mra2124 VFR, 21-24 year olds a2124n #NVF, 21-24 year olds mra2124n NVFR, 21-24 year olds aidall # of alcohol-involved VF mraidall Alcohol-Involved VFR pop Population pop1517 Population, 15-17 year olds pop1820 Population, 18-20 year olds pop2124 Population, 21-24 year olds miles total vehicle miles (millions unus U.S. unemployment rate epopus U.S. Emp/Pop Ratio gspch GSP Rate of Change
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