LOWBRTH.DES

year      lowbrth   infmort   afdcprt   popul     pcinc     physic    afdcprc  
d90       lpcinc    cafdcprc  clpcinc   lphysic   clphysic  clowbrth  
cinfmort  afdcpay   afdcinc   lafdcpay  clafdcpy  cafdcinc  stateabb  state     beds     
bedspc    lbedspc   clbedspc  povrate   cpovrate  afdcpsq   cafdcpsq  
physicpc  lphypc    clphypc   lpopul    clpopul   

  Obs:   100

  1. year                     1987 or 1990
  2. lowbrth                  perc. births low weight
  3. infmort                  infant mortality rate
  4. afdcprt                  # participants in AFDC, 1000s
  5. popul                    population, 1000s
  6. pcinc                    per capita income, $
  7. physic                   Drs. per 100,000 population
  8. afdcprc                  percent of pop on AFDC
  9. d90                      =1 if year == 1990
 10. lpcinc                   log of pcinc
 11. cafdcprc                 change in afdcprc
 12. clpcinc                  change in lpcinc
 13. lphysic                  log of physic
 14. clphysic                 change in lphysic
 15. clowbrth                 change in lowbrth
 16. cinfmort                 change in infmort
 17. afdcpay                  avg monthly AFDC payment
 18. afdcinc                  afdcpay as % pcinc
 19. lafdcpay                 log of afdcpay
 20. clafdcpy                 change in lafdcpay
 21. cafdcinc                 change in afdcinc
 22. stateabb                 state postal code
 23. state                    name of state
 24. beds                     # hospital beds, 1000s
 25. bedspc                   beds per capita
 26. lbedspc                  log(bedspc)
 27. clbedspc                 change in lbedspc
 28. povrate                  % people below poverty line
 29. cpovrate                 change in povrate
 30. afdcpsq                  afdcper^2
 31. cafdcpsq                 change in afdcpsq
 32. physicpc                 physicians per capita
 33. lphypc                   log(physicpc)
 34. clphypc                  change in lphypc
 35. lpopul                   log(popul)
 36. clpopul                  change in lpopul

