Metadata

Description

Dataset name: State control variables

This dataset provides control variables that we used in our analysis. This includes information by state and year, such as gross state product, population, and partisan control of the state legislature and governorship. This enables researchers to make statements such as, ‘our findings account for the different economic conditions in Texas vs. Illinois.’

Metadata for search engines

name value
1 Knology; National Endowment for Financial Education
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State
Year
Unemployment
GDP
Population
Enrollment
UDAP_Prohibition_of_unfairness_deception
UDAP_Scope
UDAP_State_enforcement
UDAP_Remedies_for_consumers
Legislature_Party
Governor_Party
State_Control_Party

#Variables

State

U.S. State

Distribution

## 51  unique, categorical values, so not shown.

0 missing values.

Summary statistics

name label data_type ordered value_labels n_missing complete_rate n_unique top_counts
State U.S. State factor FALSE 1. Not asked,
2. REFUSED,
3. Alabama,
4. Alaska,
5. Arizona,
6. Arkansas,
7. California,
8. Colorado,
9. Connecticut,
10. Delaware,
11. Florida,
12. Georgia,
13. Hawaii,
14. Idaho,
15. Illinois,
16. Indiana,
17. Iowa,
18. Kansas,
19. Kentucky,
20. Louisiana,
21. Maine,
22. Maryland,
23. Massachusetts,
24. Michigan,
25. Minnesota,
26. Mississippi,
27. Missouri,
28. Montana,
29. Nebraska,
30. Nevada,
31. New Hampshire,
32. New Jersey,
33. New Mexico,
34. New York,
35. North Carolina,
36. North Dakota,
37. Ohio,
38. Oklahoma,
39. Oregon,
40. Pennsylvania,
41. Rhode Island,
42. South Carolina,
43. South Dakota,
44. Tennessee,
45. Texas,
46. Utah,
47. Vermont,
48. Virginia,
49. Washington,
50. West Virginia,
51. Wisconsin,
52. Wyoming,
53. American Samoa,
54. District of Columbia,
55. Guam,
56. Puerto Rico,
57. Virgin Islands
0 1 51 Ala: 121, Ala: 121, Ari: 121, Ark: 121

Year

Calendar year

Distribution

Distribution of values for Year

Distribution of values for Year

0 missing values.

Summary statistics

name label data_type n_missing complete_rate min median max mean sd hist
Year Calendar year numeric 0 1 1900 1960 2020 1959.99 34.92581 <U+2587><U+2587><U+2587><U+2587><U+2587>

Unemployment

Unemployment Rate, Percent, Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Distribution

Distribution of values for Unemployment

Distribution of values for Unemployment

3926 missing values.

Summary statistics

name label data_type n_missing complete_rate min median max mean sd hist
Unemployment Unemployment Rate, Percent, Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted numeric 3926 0.3636953 2.3 5.6 18 5.913191 2.077803 <U+2587><U+2587><U+2582><U+2581><U+2581>

GDP

Gross Domestic Product, Millions of Dollars, Annual, Current Dollars

Distribution

Distribution of values for GDP

Distribution of values for GDP

4997 missing values.

Summary statistics

name label data_type n_missing complete_rate min median max mean sd hist
GDP Gross Domestic Product, Millions of Dollars, Annual, Current Dollars numeric 4997 0.1901135 14724 167308 3137469 281819.6 367576.6 <U+2587><U+2581><U+2581><U+2581><U+2581>

Population

Resident Population, Thousands of Persons, Annual

Distribution

Distribution of values for Population

Distribution of values for Population

150 missing values.

Summary statistics

name label data_type n_missing complete_rate min median max mean sd hist
Population Resident Population, Thousands of Persons, Annual numeric 150 0.9756888 43 2359 39512 3726.003 4553.916 <U+2587><U+2581><U+2581><U+2581><U+2581>

Enrollment

Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools

Distribution

Distribution of values for Enrollment

Distribution of values for Enrollment

4742 missing values.

Summary statistics

name label data_type n_missing complete_rate min median max mean sd hist
Enrollment Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools numeric 4742 0.2314425 68681 666503 6441557 943730.6 1099826 <U+2587><U+2581><U+2581><U+2581><U+2581>

UDAP_Prohibition_of_unfairness_deception

Unfair and Deceptive Practice Laws

Distribution

Distribution of values for UDAP_Prohibition_of_unfairness_deception

Distribution of values for UDAP_Prohibition_of_unfairness_deception

6068 missing values.

Summary statistics

name label data_type n_missing complete_rate min median max mean sd hist
UDAP_Prohibition_of_unfairness_deception Unfair and Deceptive Practice Laws numeric 6068 0.0165316 0 2 3 2.25 0.7569807 <U+2581><U+2582><U+2581><U+2586><U+2587>

UDAP_Scope

Unfair and Deceptive Practice Laws

Distribution

Distribution of values for UDAP_Scope

Distribution of values for UDAP_Scope

6068 missing values.

Summary statistics

name label data_type n_missing complete_rate min median max mean sd hist
UDAP_Scope Unfair and Deceptive Practice Laws numeric 6068 0.0165316 0 3.8 5 3.294118 1.433947 <U+2583><U+2583><U+2585><U+2585><U+2587>

UDAP_State_enforcement

Unfair and Deceptive Practice Laws

Distribution

Distribution of values for UDAP_State_enforcement

Distribution of values for UDAP_State_enforcement

6068 missing values.

Summary statistics

name label data_type n_missing complete_rate min median max mean sd hist
UDAP_State_enforcement Unfair and Deceptive Practice Laws numeric 6068 0.0165316 0 1.5 2 1.45098 0.5194714 <U+2581><U+2581><U+2587><U+2585><U+2587>

UDAP_Remedies_for_consumers

Unfair and Deceptive Practice Laws

Distribution

Distribution of values for UDAP_Remedies_for_consumers

Distribution of values for UDAP_Remedies_for_consumers

6068 missing values.

Summary statistics

name label data_type n_missing complete_rate min median max mean sd hist
UDAP_Remedies_for_consumers Unfair and Deceptive Practice Laws numeric 6068 0.0165316 0 6 8 5.681373 1.387335 <U+2581><U+2581><U+2583><U+2587><U+2586>

Legislature_Party

Party controlling state legislature

Distribution

Distribution of values for Legislature_Party

Distribution of values for Legislature_Party

4749 missing values.

Summary statistics

name label data_type n_missing complete_rate n_unique empty min max whitespace
Legislature_Party Party controlling state legislature character 4749 0.2303079 3 0 3 5 0

Governor_Party

Party controlling governorship

Distribution

Distribution of values for Governor_Party

Distribution of values for Governor_Party

4720 missing values.

Summary statistics

name label data_type n_missing complete_rate n_unique empty min max whitespace
Governor_Party Party controlling governorship character 4720 0.2350081 3 0 3 3 0

State_Control_Party

Party controlling state government via both state legislature and governorship

Distribution

Distribution of values for State_Control_Party

Distribution of values for State_Control_Party

4749 missing values.

Summary statistics

name label data_type n_missing complete_rate n_unique empty min max whitespace
State_Control_Party Party controlling state government via both state legislature and governorship character 4749 0.2303079 3 0 3 5 0

Missingness report

Codebook table

JSON-LD metadata The following JSON-LD can be found by search engines, if you share this codebook publicly on the web.

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  "name": "State control variables",
  "description": "This dataset provides control variables that we used in our analysis. This includes information by state and year, such as gross state product, population, and partisan control of the state legislature and governorship. This enables researchers to make statements such as, 'our findings account for the different economic conditions in Texas vs. Illinois.'\n\n\n## Table of variables\nThis table contains variable names, labels, and number of missing values.\nSee the complete codebook for more.\n\n|name                                     |label                                                                          | n_missing|\n|:----------------------------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------:|\n|State                                    |U.S. State                                                                     |         0|\n|Year                                     |Calendar year                                                                  |         0|\n|Unemployment                             |Unemployment Rate, Percent, Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted                    |      3926|\n|GDP                                      |Gross Domestic Product, Millions of Dollars, Annual, Current Dollars           |      4997|\n|Population                               |Resident Population, Thousands of Persons, Annual                              |       150|\n|Enrollment                               |Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools                          |      4742|\n|UDAP_Prohibition_of_unfairness_deception |Unfair and Deceptive Practice Laws                                             |      6068|\n|UDAP_Scope                               |Unfair and Deceptive Practice Laws                                             |      6068|\n|UDAP_State_enforcement                   |Unfair and Deceptive Practice Laws                                             |      6068|\n|UDAP_Remedies_for_consumers              |Unfair and Deceptive Practice Laws                                             |      6068|\n|Legislature_Party                        |Party controlling state legislature                                            |      4749|\n|Governor_Party                           |Party controlling governorship                                                 |      4720|\n|State_Control_Party                      |Party controlling state government via both state legislature and governorship |      4749|\n\n### Note\nThis dataset was automatically described using the [codebook R package](https://rubenarslan.github.io/codebook/) (version 0.9.2).",
  "identifier": "https://dx.doi.org/....",
  "creator": "Knology; National Endowment for Financial Education",
  "citation": "Dwyer, Joseph de la Torre, Field, Shaun, Flinner, Kate, Attaway, Elizabeth, Norlander, Rebecca, and LaMarca, Nicole. (2020). KnologyFinEdStateSpending.",
  "url": "https://gitlab.com/knologyresearch/KnologyFinEdStateSpending",
  "datePublished": "NA",
  "temporalCoverage": "1900 - 2019",
  "spatialCoverage": "U.S. States",
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  "@type": "Dataset",
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      "@type": "propertyValue"
    },
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      "name": "GDP",
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    {
      "name": "Population",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Enrollment",
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    {
      "name": "UDAP_Prohibition_of_unfairness_deception",
      "description": "Unfair and Deceptive Practice Laws",
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      "description": "Unfair and Deceptive Practice Laws",
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      "name": "UDAP_State_enforcement",
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    {
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      "description": "Party controlling governorship",
      "@type": "propertyValue"
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      "name": "State_Control_Party",
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    }
  ]
}`