Table 13: Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Arizona Sample Means and Standard Deviations

Oregon Pennsylvania . Arizona

Variable:   Obs.        Mean        St. Dev.    Obs.        Mean        St. Dev.    Obs.        Mean        St. Dev.                
Gun                                                                                                                                 
Ownership                                                                                                                           
Informatio                                                                                                                          
n:                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                    
            Shall       576         0.1875      0.39065     1072        0.24627     0.4310      90          .33333      .47404      
            Issue                                                                                                                   
            Dummy                                                                                                                   
            Change in   576         0.02567     0.13706     1072        0.46508     1.2365      90          2.1393      15.02066    
            the                                                                                                                     
            (number                                                                                                                 
            of                                                                                                                      
            Right-to-c                                                                                                              
            arry                                                                                                                    
            Pistol                                                                                                                  
            Permits/Po                                                                                                              
            pulation                                                                                                                
            21 and                                                                                                                  
            over)                                                                                                                   
            between                                                                                                                 
            1988 and                                                                                                                
            each year                                                                                                               
            since the                                                                                                               
            Law was                                                                                                                 
            implemente                                                                                                              
            d,                                                                                                                      
            otherwise                                                                                                               
            zero                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
Arrests                                                                                                                             
Rates are                                                                                                                           
the ratio                                                                                                                           
of                                                                                                                                  
arrests                                                                                                                             
to                                                                                                                                  
offenses                                                                                                                            
for a                                                                                                                               
particular                                                                                                                          
crime                                                                                                                               
category:                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                    
            Arrest      567         66.17437    49.2031     1072        55.0738     21.1293                                         
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Violent                                                                                                                 
            Crimes                                                                                                                  
            Arrest      368         100.8344    97.2253     801         92.2899     64.0169                                         
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Murder                                                                                                                  
            Arrest      507         37.80920    37.8298     1031        52.5967     32.8287                                         
            for Rape                                                                                                                
            Arrest      558         76.37541    62.5568     1070        57.4422     25.6491                                         
            for                                                                                                                     
            Aggravated                                                                                                              
            Assault                                                                                                                 
            Arrest      490         50.98248    53.2559     999         53.5970     49.3320                                         
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Robbery                                                                                                                 
            Arrest      576         21.95107    7.90548     1072        21.0539     7.12458                                         
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Property                                                                                                                
            Crimes                                                                                                                  
            Arrest      566         57.17941    99.6343     1069        36.6929     63.9266                                         
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Auto Theft                                                                                                              
            Arrest      576         18.99394    11.0296     1072        18.8899     8.50639                                         
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Burglary                                                                                                                
            Arrest      576         21.71564    8.21388     1072        22.0378     7.47778                                         
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Larceny                                                                                                                 

Conviction Rates are the ratio of convictions

to arrests for a particular crime category (for

Arizona it is the ratio of convictions to

offenses):

            Conviction  542         25.93325    40.5691                                         90          16.0757     33.85482    
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Violent                                                                                                                 
            Crime                                                                                                                   
            Conviction  358         94.42969    107.128                                         90          111.8722    107.9311    
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Murder                                                                                                                  
            Conviction  444         161.7508    215.635                                         90          47.4365     81.42314    
            for Rape                                                                                                                
            Conviction  536         2.505037    5.61042                                         90          9.204778    13.66225    
            for                                                                                                                     
            Aggravated                                                                                                              
            Assault                                                                                                                 
            Conviction  420         38.51352    49.9308                                         90          17.09185    39.17454    
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Robbery                                                                                                                 
            Conviction  555         6.530883    13.8484                                         90          1.370787    1.432515    
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Property                                                                                                                
            Crime                                                                                                                   
            Conviction  539         10.1805     14.3673                                         90          1.175114    3.671085    
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Auto Theft                                                                                                              
            Conviction  544         15.56064    17.7937                                         90          2.534157    3.4627      
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Burglary                                                                                                                
            Conviction  552         2.577337    11.3266                                         90          1.070667    1.308081    
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Larceny                                                                                                                 

Prison Sentence in Months (Oregon) or

Years (Arizona):

           Prison     327        301.6697   164.55                                      90         16.0557    7.31179               
           Term                                                                                                                     
           Rate for                                                                                                                 
           Murder                                                                                                                   
           Prison     443        103.2212   50.4662                                     90         8.761905   5.974623              
           Term for                                                                                                                 
           Rape                                                                                                                     
           Prison     241        154.4647   79.7893                                     90         4.28876    1.874496              
           Term for                                                                                                                 
           Aggravate                                                                                                                
           d Assault                                                                                                                
           Prison     364        106.8709   55.4847                                     90         6.852239   3.108169              
           Term                                                                                                                     
           Rate for                                                                                                                 
           Robbery                                                                                                                  
           Prison     405        43.40494   20.7846                                     90         1.415      .3308054              
           Term                                                                                                                     
           Rate for                                                                                                                 
           Auto                                                                                                                     
           Theft                                                                                                                    
           Prison     489        65.17791   32.2003                                     90         3.937647   1.03187               
           Term                                                                                                                     
           Rate for                                                                                                                 
           Burglary                                                                                                                 
           Prison     424        46.42925   19.0075                                     90         66.64444   145.6599              
           Term                                                                                                                     
           Rate for                                                                                                                 
           Larceny                                                                                                                  

Crime Rates are Defined per 100,000 People:

            Crime       576         4079.07     1621.53     1072        2281.56     967.430     90          429.2972    254.1692    
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Violent                                                                                                                 
            Crimes                                                                                                                  
            Crime       576         4.52861     6.67245     1072        3.01319     4.12252     90          5.778778    4.413259    
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Murder                                                                                                                  
            Crime       576         31.4474     25.4623     1072        15.9726     11.6156     90          23.5        18.90888    
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Rape                                                                                                                    
            Crime       576         196.192     152.965     1072        107.332     78.5966     90          339.2977    200.0264    
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Aggravated                                                                                                              
            Assault                                                                                                                 
            Crime       576         50.5625     89.5707     1072        45.2030     86.7830     90          60.72056    71.75822    
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Robbery                                                                                                                 
            Crime       576         282.666     230.421     1072        171.485     156.683     90          4147.692    2282.633    
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Property                                                                                                                
            Crimes                                                                                                                  
            Crime       576         228.403     157.204     1072        160.831     162.572     90          351.3749    339.0281    
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Auto Theft                                                                                                              
            Crime       576         1089.5      495.926     1072        753.668     535.022     90          950.7187    563.3711    
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Burglary                                                                                                                
            Crime       576         2761.17     1098.06     1072        1367.06     569.563     90          2845.597    1569.837    
            Rate for                                                                                                                
            Larceny                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
                Rate of         270             0.1029777       0.3964781       563             0.0605199       0.3057515       
                Accidental                                                                                                      
                Gun Deaths                                                                                                      
                Rate of Total   270             53.5467918      26.2901024      563             40.9518928      14.3835381      
                Nongun                                                                                                          
                Accidental                                                                                                      
                Deaths                                                                                                          
                Rate of Gun     270             0.4956246       1.4157485       563             0.0913515       0.3162841       
                Murders                                                                                                         
                Rate of         270             2.0692518       4.612278        563             1.6444045       2.7925864       
                Nongun Murders                                                                                                  

Income Data (All $ Values in Real 1983 dollars):

                Real Per        576             11389.39        1630.47         1072            11525           2099.44         
                Capita                                                                                                          
                Personal                                                                                                        
                Income                                                                                                          
                Real Per        576             108.8037        45.9864         1072            130.560         64.0694         
                Capita                                                                                                          
                Unemployment                                                                                                    
                Ins.                                                                                                            
                Real Per        576             131.4323        40.3703         1072            149.652         69.5516         
                Capita Income                                                                                                   
                Maintenance                                                                                                     
                Real Per        576             12335.17        1278.18         1072            13398.9         2253.29         
                Capita                                                                                                          
                Retirement                                                                                                      
                Per Over 65                                                                                                     

Population Characteristics:

                County          576             74954.98        112573.3        1072            177039          274289.9        
                Population                                                                                                      
                County          576             77.46861        219.7100        1072            453.549         1516.16         
                Population                                                                                                      
                per Square                                                                                                      
                Mile                                                                                                            
                % of Pop.       576             0.051847        0.092695        1072            0.2089          0.439286        
                Black Male                                                                                                      
                Under 10                                                                                                        
                % of Pop.       576             0.049275        0.089665        1072            0.2018          0.434456        
                Black  Female                                                                                                   
                Under 10                                                                                                        
                % of Pop.       576             7.367641        0.683587        1072            6.7258          0.808574        
                White  Male                                                                                                     
                Under 10                                                                                                        
                % of Pop.       576             7.012212        0.649409        1072            6.3567          0.761709        
                White  Female                                                                                                   
                Under 10                                                                                                        
                % of Pop.       576             0.322532        0.437321        1072            0.0525          0.040573        
                Other  Male                                                                                                     
                Under 10                                                                                                        
                % of Pop.       576             0.307242        0.402487        1072            0.0536          0.039637        
                Other  Female                                                                                                   
                Under 10                                                                                                        
                % of Pop.       576             0.052283        0.084658        1072            0.2515          0.468536        
                Black  Male                                                                                                     
                Between 10-19                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.047129        0.088479        1072            0.2276          0.473586        
                Black  Female                                                                                                   
                Between 10-19                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             7.603376        0.952584        1072            7.7274          1.155154        
                White  Male                                                                                                     
                Between 10-19                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             7.140808        0.895257        1072            7.37287         1.158130        
                White  Female                                                                                                   
                Between 10-19                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.308009        0.348147        1072            0.05396         0.040844        
                Other  Male                                                                                                     
                Between 10-19                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.295728        0.286703        1072            0.05141         0.038375        
                Other  Female                                                                                                   
                Between 10-19                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.064034        0.087570        1072            0.24866         0.439191        
                Black  Male                                                                                                     
                Between 20-29                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.042044        0.082821        1072            0.22014         0.497373        
                Black  Female                                                                                                   
                Between 20-29                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             6.918945        1.613700        1072            7.53233         1.416936        
                White  Male                                                                                                     
                Between 20-29                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             6.767993        1.485155        1072            7.56037         1.094322        
                White  Female                                                                                                   
                Between 20-29                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.280987        0.322992        1072            0.05412         0.078002        
                Other  Male                                                                                                     
                Between 20-29                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.273254        0.287497        1072            0.05431         0.060281        
                Other  Female                                                                                                   
                Between 20-29                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.048262        0.073100        1072            0.19163         0.354741        
                Black  Male                                                                                                     
                Between 30-39                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.032534        0.071081        1072            0.17443         0.419096        
                Black  Female                                                                                                   
                Between 30-39                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             7.363739        0.883651        1072            6.81373         0.850949        
                White  Male                                                                                                     
                Between 30-39                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             7.333140        0.845647        1072            6.87622         0.837649        
                White  Female                                                                                                   
                Between 30-39                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.227610        0.215892        1072            0.04737         0.050606        
                Other  Male                                                                                                     
                Between 30-39                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.248852        0.221020        1072            0.05518         0.045324        
                Other  Female                                                                                                   
                Between 30-39                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.030101        0.044355        1072            0.12300         0.244123        
                Black  Male                                                                                                     
                Between 40-49                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.022872        0.043869        1072            0.12520         0.311716        
                Black  Female                                                                                                   
                Between 40-49                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             5.506716        0.817220        1072            5.27656         0.727481        
                White  Male                                                                                                     
                Between 40-49                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             5.456938        0.760387        1072            5.43223         0.650546        
                White  Female                                                                                                   
                Between 40-49                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.148190        0.127731        1072            0.03571         0.030029        
                Other  Male                                                                                                     
                Between 4049                                                                                                    
                % of Pop.       576             0.157778        0.121413        1072            0.03901         0.030711        
                Other  Female                                                                                                   
                Between 4049                                                                                                    
                % of Pop.       576             0.028558        0.045301        1072            0.13316         0.305455        
                Black  Male                                                                                                     
                Between 50-64                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.024530        0.050093        1072            0.15634         0.404990        
                Black  Female                                                                                                   
                Between 50-64                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             7.123300        1.164997        1072            7.27097         0.814601        
                White  Male                                                                                                     
                Between 50-64                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             7.396392        1.084129        1072            8.08559         1.031230        
                White  Female                                                                                                   
                Between 50-64                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.135419        0.115337        1072            0.02496         0.021059        
                Other  Male                                                                                                     
                Between 50-64                                                                                                   
                % of Pop.       576             0.158164        0.126546        1072            0.03093         0.021638        
                Other  Female                                                                                                   
                Between 50-64