Religion and Violence by Race and Ethnicity, United States Counties, 2006-2014 (ICPSR 36728)
Version Date: Aug 9, 2018 View help for published
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Raymond Barranco, Mississippi State University;
Casey Harris, University of Arkansas
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36728.v1
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These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
To focus on the socio-cultural (including religious) contextual features that impact violent offending, victimization, and lethal self-harm, the researchers compiled county-level data on suicides, homicides, robbery, assault, religious adherence and demographic characteristics. The collection includes a data file with 62 variables and 3,140 cases in both SPSS and Stata formats. The file Religion_and_Violence_by_Race_Ethnicity__US_Counties__2010.sav is the SPSS version and Religion_and_Violence_by_Race_Ethnicity__US_Counties__2010.dta is the Stata version.
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county
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Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.
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These data are part of NACJD's Fast Track Release and are distributed as they were received from the data depositor. The files have been zipped by NACJD for release, but not checked or processed except for the removal of direct identifiers. Users should refer to the accompanying readme file for a brief description of the files available with this collection and consult the investigator(s) if further information is needed.
Study Purpose View help for Study Purpose
The purpose of the project was to construct a nation-wide database in order to examine the contextual correlates of race/ethnic-specific violence, in particular the macro-social and religious contextual correlates of Latino and Asian homicide and suicide as they compare to those of other racial and ethnic groups.
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The researchers conducted a county-level ecological study. Using descriptive statistics they highlighted features of counties with at least 10,000 Whites (n=2,288), 10,000 Hispanics/Latinos (n=443) and 10,000 Asians (n=211), three groups of counties which they named "White," "Hispanic/Latino," and "Asian" counties. The researchers focused on differences in suicide and homicide across the three county groups, as well as differences in religious adherence and other county characteristics.
The researchers also used negative binomial regression models to examine the association of homicides and suicides with adherence to each of three religious traditions: evangelical Protestant, mainline Protestant and Catholic. For each county group, they regressed homicides and suicides (White homicides and suicides in the White counties, Hispanic/Latino homicides and suicides in the Hispanic/Latino counties and Asian homicides and suicides in the Asian counties) on religious adherence to the three traditions, geographic mobility, racial/ethnic diversity, an index of socioeconomic disadvantage and other county characteristics.
Sample View help for Sample
The data file has a record for every county and county equivalent in the United States, except Kalawao County, Hawaii, Loving County, Texas and King County, Texas.
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Universe View help for Universe
All persons, suicides, homicides and known and cleared robberies and assaults in the United States in the study time period.
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Data Source View help for Data Source
United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Multiple Cause-of-Death Mortality Detail Files for 2006-2014.
United States Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Uniform Crime Reports and Supplementary Homicide Reports for 2009-2011.
United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census: 2010 Census of Population and Housing: Summary Files 1-4 and American Community Survey 5-Year Summary File.
Clifford Grammich, et al. Religious Congregations and Membership Survey, 2010.
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Description of Variables View help for Description of Variables
Geographic identification: Census region and state and county names and FIPS codes (6 variables).
Homicide and suicide: Number of homicides and suicides by race and Hispanic/Latino origin (10 variables).
Robbery and assault: Number of reported robberies and aggravated assaults per 100,000 persons (2 variables).
Religion: Percentage of total population that are religious adherents, evangelical Protestant adherents, mainline Protestant adherents, Black Protestant adherents, Catholic adherents, and other religious adherents (6 variables).
Demographic characteristics: Population density, percentage of population in rural areas and the following population attributes broken down by race and Hispanic/Latino origin: population size, nativity, English language speaking proficiency, poverty, unemployment, female family headship with children under 18, educational attainment and one-year geographic mobility (38 variables).
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Not applicable
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None
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