Version
Data version
Year
State definitions and policies for calendar year
DocumentsConfirmed
State confirmed documents used as sources for coding information for SCAN Policies Database
Verified
State participated in verification of coding information for SCAN Policies Database
RegionCode
Census regional code for all states except Puerto Rico, which is given a unique identifier of 999
StateFIPS
State Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code
State
State abbreviation
Technical appendix excel workbook
The workbook provides the fact sheet findings in an Excel format.
2019 Data Collection Protocol
The protocol has the questions used to collect information about states’ statutes and policies for the 2019 data set.
2021 Codebook
The codebook provides information about each variable in the 2021 data set, including variable names, labels, definitions, protocol number, variable type, and frequencies. The codebook has four appendices.