Metadata Information

Overview

Originator:
Pauli Murray
Title:
Jim Crow Laws
Abstract:
The Jim Crow polity consisted of the District of Columbia and the 21 states whose state laws, prior to enactment of the 1964 US Civil Rights Act, legalized racial discrimination in one or more of the following domains: education, transportation, hospital and penal institutions, welfare institutions (pauper homes), employment, marriage, public accommodation, other public venues, and voting. Jim Crow is a dichotomous variable of '0' for no, and '1' for yes.
Time Period of Content Date:
Prior to the passage of the 1964 US Civil Rights Act
Theme Keywords:
Data is available for U.S. states.
Contact Person Information:
NA

Data Quality

Completeness:
Data are available for the United States.
Missing Data:
NA
Lineage:
From Krieger, Nancy, Jarvis T. Chen, Brent Coull, Pamela D. Waterman, and Jason Beckfield. “The Unique Impact of Abolition of Jim Crow Laws on Reducing Inequities in Infant Death Rates and Implications for Choice of Comparison Groups in Analyzing Societal Determinants of Health.” American Journal of Public Health 103, no. 12 (2013): 2234–44.

Murray, Pauli. States’ Laws on Race and Color. University of Georgia Press, 1997.

Distribution

Publisher:
Pauli Murray
Publication Date:
1997

Attributes

Column Type Label Description
state character State name NA
statefips numeric State FIPS code NA
jimcrow numeric Jim Crow code 0 = no Jim Crow Laws prior to enactment of the 1964 US Civil Rights Act; 1= yes Jim Crow Laws prior to enactment of the 1964 US Civil Rights Act