@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {9142},
      author = {Kang, Megan and Rasich, Elizabeth},
      title = {State-level household gun ownership proxy dataset,  1949–2020},
      journal = {Data in Brief},
      address = {2023-09-07},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {This dataset expands an existing proxy for U.S. household  gun ownership rates, known as the rate of firearm suicides  divided by all suicides (FSS), covering 1949–2020, with  newly added data for the 1949–1972 period. For each state  and year, the dataset provides the count and  population-adjusted rate of suicides, firearm suicides,  homicides, and firearm homicides, among other figures. The  first 30 years of firearm suicide/homicide counts were  transcribed from scanned National Center for Health  Statistics reports; later figures come from the CDC's  WONDER and WISQARS systems. Unlike other measures of gun  prevalence that focus on national or regional variation,  this proxy captures trends in household gun ownership at  the state level. Moreover, it does not rely on  self-reported data, which are susceptible to social  desirability bias. To the best of our knowledge, this  extended proxy dataset represents the longest-ranging  collection of state-level gun ownership rates available to  date. By utilizing the FSS proxy, researchers can examine  long-term patterns and changes in household gun ownership  rates. This dataset also opens up opportunities to explore  the effects of gun ownership on public health, social  dynamics, policy, and other relevant areas of research.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/9142},
}