Datafile Name: State Public Expenditures
Datafile Subjects: Government , Economics , Finance
Story Names:
State Public Expenditures
State Spending and Ability to Pay
Reference:
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Government Finances
in 1960, Census of Population, 1960, Census of Manufactures, 1958, Statistical
Abstract of the United States, 1961.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Statistics, 1961.
U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Yearbook, 1960.
Description: Per capita state and local public expenditures and associated state demographic and economic characteristics, 1960.
Number of cases: 48
Variable Names:
1.EX: Per capita state and local public expenditures ($)
2.ECAB: Economic ability index, in which income, retail sales, and the value of output (manufactures, mineral, and agricultural) per capita are equally weighted.
3.MET: Percentage of population living in standard metropolitan areas
4.GROW: Percent change in population, 1950-1960
5.YOUNG: Percent of population aged 5-19 years
6.OLD: Percent of population over 65 years of age
7.WEST: Western state (1) or not (0)
The Data:
ex ecab met grow young old West State
256 85.5 19.7 6.9 29.6 11.0 0 ME
275 94.3 17.7 14.7 26.4 11.2 0 NH
327 87.0 0.0 3.7 28.5 11.2 0 VT
297 107.5 85.2 10.2 25.1 11.1 0 MA
256 94.9 86.2 1.0 25.3 10.4 0 RI
312 121.6 77.6 25.4 25.2 9.6 0 CT
374 111.5 85.5 12.9 24.0 10.1 0 NY
257 117.9 78.9 25.5 24.8 9.2 0 NJ
257 103.1 77.9 7.8 25.7 10.0 0 PA
336 116.1 68.8 39.9 26.4 8.0 0 DE
269 93.4 78.2 31.1 27.5 7.3 0 MD
213 77.2 50.9 21.9 28.8 7.3 0 VA
308 108.4 73.1 22.2 28.0 8.2 0 MI
273 111.8 69.5 21.8 26.9 9.2 0 OH
256 110.8 48.1 18.3 27.5 9.6 0 IN
287 120.9 76.9 15.5 25.4 9.7 0 IL
290 104.3 46.3 14.9 27.4 10.2 0 WI
217 85.1 30.9 -7.4 30.0 9.3 0 WV
198 76.8 34.1 0.3 29.4 9.6 0 KY
217 75.1 45.8 8.1 28.9 8.7 0 TE
195 78.7 24.6 12.4 30.8 6.9 0 NC
183 65.2 32.2 12.9 32.9 6.3 0 SC
222 73.0 46.0 14.4 30.0 7.4 0 GA
283 80.9 65.6 77.2 25.5 11.2 0 FL
217 69.4 45.6 7.0 30.5 8.0 1 AL
231 57.4 8.6 0.5 32.1 8.7 1 MS
329 95.7 51.3 14.4 28.8 10.4 1 MN
294 100.2 33.2 5.3 27.3 11.9 1 IA
232 99.1 57.9 9.8 25.6 11.7 1 MO
369 93.4 10.6 2.9 30.2 9.3 1 ND
302 88.2 12.7 4.6 28.9 10.5 1 SD
269 99.1 37.6 6.8 26.6 11.6 1 NB
291 102.2 37.4 13.7 26.8 11.0 1 KS
323 86.0 5.0 21.9 30.3 7.4 1 LA
198 68.6 19.1 -6.2 29.4 10.9 1 AR
282 84.9 43.9 6.4 27.4 10.7 1 OK
246 98.8 63.4 24.1 28.8 7.8 1 TX
309 86.2 27.6 39.4 31.5 5.4 1 NM
309 90.2 71.4 74.3 29.7 6.9 1 AZ
334 97.6 22.6 13.4 28.9 9.7 1 MT
284 93.9 0.0 13.3 30.7 8.7 1 ID
454 125.8 0.0 13.7 29.1 7.8 1 WY
344 98.0 6.8 31.5 28.0 9.0 1 CO
307 92.5 67.5 28.7 31.9 6.7 1 UT
333 100.4 63.1 19.9 27.5 9.8 1 WA
343 98.0 50.4 15.7 27.7 10.4 1 OR
421 205.0 74.2 77.8 25.6 6.4 1 NV
380 112.6 86.5 48.5 26.2 8.8 1 CA