Date of origination: 8/10/95
Collected by:  Michele Claibourn 
Last modified:  08/10/95 by PSM
	           08/11/95 by MPC
		9/21/95 by PSM
		3/14/96 by PSM made region into dummy

Description: This data set contains data on the density of the 50 states, 
    along with incarceration rates, divorce rates, death rates, suicide rates 
    and party composition of the US Congress members for the states.  

Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 
    1994.

Number of observations: 50

Variables:  There are 15 variables in this data file.
1. state = state name (alphabetic, 20 characters)
2. region = region of country
	1= non - South
	2= South
3. division = division within region
	1. Northeast-New England
	2. Northeast-Middle Atlantic
	3. Midwest-East North Central
	4. Midwest-West North Central
	5. South-South Atlantic
	6. South-East South Central
	7. South-West South Central
	8. West-Mountain
	9. West-Pacific
4. dens90 = population per square mile of land area, 1990
5. prison90 = population in correction institutions, 1990
6. pop90 = population, 1990
7. prsnpct = percent of population in prison
	Calculated as: (prison90/pop90)*100
8. divorce90 = divorces per 1000 population, 1990
9. death91 = number of deaths per 100,000 population, 1991
10. suicid91 = number of deaths by suicide per 100,000 population, 1991
11. demrep93 = number of democratic U.S. Represenatives, 1993 
12. reprep93 = number of republican U.S. Representatives, 1993
13. totrep93 = total number of U.S. Representatives, 1993
	Calculated as:  demrep93 + reprep93
14. dempct = percent of U.S. Representatives that are democrats
	Calculated as:  (demrep93/totrep93)*100
15. reppct = percent of U.S. Representatives that are republican
	Calculated as:  (reprep93/totrep93)*100



Note:  Vermont produced missing variables for dempct and reppct because the 
       values for reprep93 and demrep93 were 0; correct.

First three observations:
 "Alabama"          3          6       79.6      19226  4040587   .4758219        6.1      979.8       13.2          4          3        7   57.14286   42.85714
 "Alaska"          4          9          1       2630   550043   .4781444        5.5        386       12.8          0          1        1          0        100
 "Arizona"          4          8       32.3      22636  3665228   .6175877        6.9      787.9       17.7          3          3        6         50         50

Last three observations:
"WestVirginia"          3          5       74.5       4439  1793477    .247508        5.3     1108.5       13.3          3          0        3        100          0
"Wisconsin"          2          3       90.1      13748  4891769   .2810435        3.6      870.6       11.6          4          5        9   44.44444   55.55556
"Wyoming"          4          8        4.7       1556   453588   .3430426        6.6      686.7       18.9          0          1        1          0        100