The effectiveness and effects of alcohol regulation: evidence from India

Table 2 Summary statistics of state-year panel data on crimes, mortality, and controls

Variable	Mean	Std. dev.	Min	Max	Obs.
Crime rates of
Cruelty by husbands and relatives	436.88	379.60	0.00	1972.47	358
Molestation	340.59	249.31	7.14	1169.66	358
Sexual harassment	111.45	278.23	0.00	2777.26	358
Rape	156.26	166.27	20.64	984.13	420
Murder	339.82	164.30	98.96	1963.11	420
Robbery	210.13	138.79	4.91	961.18	420
Communal violence	1220.4	1268.1	0	10,307.4	420
Dacoity	88.72	133.07	0.00	2000.00	420
Road accidents deaths	814.78	537.42	79.49	2356.18	497
Firearm deaths	13.32	26.88	0.00	178.45	497
Alcohol deaths	36.73	38.36	0.00	306.36	272
Spurious liquor deaths	12.84	21.42	0.00	236.11	450
Other state characteristics
Literacy rate	61.55	14.34	29.27	90.92	510
Percent urban	32.82	18.31	10.47	97.50	510
GDP per capita	11,907.46	6834.85	1800.00	41,487.83	517
Unemployment rate	2.99	2.41	0.28	14.30	510
Police per capita	1.61	1.43	0.55	10.99	480

Underlying data on crime and police per capita are from the National Crimes Records Bureau, 1990–2010. Crime and mortality rates are measured per 10,000 population. State real GDP per capita are from the Reserve Bank of India. State-level unemployment rates, urbanization, and literacy rates are interpolated from the Decennial Census of India, collected in 1981, 1991, 2001, and 2011