Table 2

Linear regression on the per cent of crime guns (July 1996 to April 1997) banned by 1988 Maryland law

Explanatory variableCoefficientStandard errorp Value
R2 = 0.61.
% Of adults below poverty line 0.580.540.31
% Of city population that are black males age 15–24 years 0.411.010.70
Regional dummy variable (north, south = 1) 4.712.320.07
Baltimore dummy variable (Baltimore = 1)−12.664.200.01
Constant 7.095.500.22