Date of origination: 8/10/95
Collected by:  Michele Claibourn 
Last modified:  08/10/95 by MPC
	           08/11/95 by MPC
		9/25/95 by PSM

Description:  These are data on education rates and education 
    expenditures for the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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

Number of observations: 51

Variables:  There are 16 variables in this data file.
1.  state = state name (alphabetic, 20 characters)
2.  stcode = state code
3.  region = region of country
	1. Northeast
	2. Midwest
	3. South
	4. West
4.  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
5.  culture = Elazar's state political culture assignments
	1 = moralistic
	2 = individualistic
	3 = traditionalistic
6.  nohs90 = population without a high school degree, of those 25 years or 
    older, 1990
7.  hsgrad90 = population with a high school degree, of those 25 years or 
    older, 1990
8.  somcol90 = population with some college, but no college degree, of 
    those 25 years or older, 1990
9.  asscdg90 = population with an associate's degree, of those 25 years 
    or older, 1990
10. bachdg90 = population with a bachelor's degree, of those 25 years 
    or older, 1990
11. edupop90 = population 25 years or older, 1990
12. teachsal = average elementary and secondary teacher salary (in thousands
    of dollars), 1993
13. totedexp = public elementary and secondary school expenditure (in millions 
    of dollars), 1993
14. ppedexp = average per pupil expenditure in public elementary and secondary
    schools, 1993
15. unemp93 = unemployment rate, 1993
16. pcinc93 = per capita personal income, 1993
17. nohspct = percent of population with no high school degree
	Calculated as: (nohs90/edupop90)*100
18. hsdgpct = percent of population with high school degree only
	Calculated as: (hsgrad90/edupop90)*100
19. badgpct = percent of population with bachelor's degree
	Calculated as: (bachdg90/edupop90)*100

First three observations:
"Alabama"          3          6          3     843638   749591     427062     126450     258231    2545969         27       2865     3779        7.5      17234   33.13622   29.44227   10.14274
"Alaska"          4          9          2      43244    92925      89319      23444      48617     323429         46       1058     9290        7.6      22846   13.37048   28.73119   15.03174
"Arizona"          4          8          3     491080   601440     584328     157456     306554    2301177       31.4       3508     4140        6.2      18121   21.34038   26.13619   13.32162


Last three observations:
"WestVirginia"          3          5          3     398527   429123     155089      44509      88136    1171766       30.3       1890     5689       10.8      16209    34.0108    36.6219   7.521638
"Wisconsin"          2          3          1     662072  1147697     515310     220177     375603    3094226       35.9       5609     6500        4.7      19811   21.39701   37.09157   12.13883
"Wyoming"          4          8          2      47113    92081      67231      19149      36354     277769       30.1        621     5932        5.4      19539   16.96122   33.15021   13.08785