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Strength of correlation (R squared): NA
Share of income or consumption (%). The distribution of income is typically more unequal than the distribution of consumption.
Total recorded intentional homicides committed with a firearm. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
Source:
World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002)
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)