TABLE 1—

Descriptive Statistics of All Variables Used to Estimate the Effect of the New Closing-Time Law: Diadema, Brazil, January 1995–July 2005

	Minimum	Maximum	Mean (SD)
Homicides, monthly rate per 1000 residents	0.005	0.117	0.061 (0.025)
Assaults against women, monthly rate per 1000 residents	0.026	0.198	0.094 (0.048)
Unemployment rate, %	12.100	20.700	17.406 (2.142)

Note. N = 127 months (January 1995 through July 2005) for homicides and unemployment rates.

^aN = 61 months (July 2000 through July 2005) for assaults against women.