Domestic migration, home rentals, and crime rates in China

The Journal of Chinese Sociology

Table 1 Measures of variables

Variables^d	Notes	Expected influence^c
Dependent variables
arre	Arrest rate (according to that approved by procuratorates)(persons/100,000 population)
pros	Prosecution rate (according to procuratorates)(persons/100,000 population)
Independent variables
migr	Domestic immigrants/total regional population (decimal form)	+
rent	Rental households/all households (decimal form)	+
edu	Average education for population above 6 years old (years)	−
unwr^a	Population able to work yet do not work among those aged 16 or above/total regional population	+
hc	Retired and self-home-caring population among those aged 16 or above/total regional population (decimal form)	−
youth	Population aged 15–29/total regional population (decimal form)	+
sex	Number of males/number of females (aged 15–29) (decimal form)	+
urban	Population living in urban areas/total regional population (decimal form)	/
pgdp	Per capita GDP (10,000 yuan)	+
pgex^b	Per capita general budget expenditure of a regional fiscal year (1,000 yuan)	/

^aIncludes unemployment from four sources: unemployment since graduating from college, unemployment attributed to employer, unemployment attributed to personal reasons, and unemployment attributed to the expropriation of agricultural land
^bCan be the proxy for legal spending, which measures the scope of regional crime control and their gross effect
^c“+”, positive; “−”, negative; “/” indicates that the direction of a relationship is uncertain
^d“arre”, arrest rate; “pros”, prosecution rate; “migr”, domestic immigration rate; “rent”, rental household rate; “edu”, education level; “unwr”, unworked rate; “hc”, home-caring population rate; “youth”, young population rate; “sex”, sex ratio; “urban”, urban population ratio; “pgdp”, per capita GDP; “pgex”, per capita general expenditure