{
    "geoid": {
        "var_label": "Geographic area identifier",
        "var_desc": "The first three digits show the summary level of the data (040 for state and 050 for county). The FIPS code for the state or state/county is listed after \"US\". These GEOIDs match the ones used by data.census.gov.",
        "var_type": "string"
    },
    "geo_name": {
        "var_label": "Geographic area name",
        "var_type": "string"
    },
    "state_fips": {
        "var_label": "2-digit state FIPS code",
        "var_type": "string"
    },
    "estimation_type": {
        "var_label": "Type of aggregation during estimation",
        "var_desc": "To protect the identities and characteristics of people whose data are used to create JOE statistics, some geographies have been aggregated together during estimation. All state-level statistics were estimated without aggregation. Small counties may be aggregated before estimation. See Technical Documentation for a discussion of how aggregation was used.",
        "var_type": "int8",
        "val_label": {
            "0": "No aggregation",
            "1": "No within-state county aggregation, with cross-state rounding",
            "2": "Within-state county aggregation and cross-state rounding"
        }
    },
    "estimation_type_label": {
        "var_label": "Meaning of Type of aggregation during estimation",
        "var_type": "string"
    },
    "cj_event_type": {
        "var_label": "Cohort criminal justice event type",
        "var_desc": "The criminal justice event used to identify the cohort.",
        "var_type": "string",
        "val_label": {
            "adj_mi_chrg": "Misdemeanor charge",
            "adj_fe_chrg": "Felony charge",
            "pro_bgn": "Probation start",
            "inc_exit": "Prison release",
            "par_bgn": "Parole start"
        }
    },
    "cj_event_type_label": {
        "var_label": "Meaning of Cohort criminal justice event type",
        "var_type": "string"
    },
    "cj_event_year": {
        "var_label": "Criminal justice event year",
        "var_desc": "The year during which the outcome is measured, or is first measured if the cohort event window is two years.",
        "var_type": "int16"
    },
    "cj_event_window_length": {
        "var_label": "Criminal justice event window length, in years",
        "var_desc": "The number of years over which cohort events were used to identify cohorts. Two-year windows were used for county-level statistics with any demographic disaggregation (using sex, race/ethnicity, or age group). Other county-level statistics and all state-level statistics use one-year cohort event windows.",
        "var_type": "int16"
    },
    "outcome_type": {
        "var_label": "Economic or health outcome type",
        "var_desc": "The type of economic or health outcome measured.",
        "var_type": "string",
        "val_label": {
            "any_w2": "% employed in a year",
            "w2_wages": "Average annual employment earnings",
            "above_poverty": "% with annual employment earnings above poverty threshold",
            "hud": "% receiving HUD rental housing assistance",
            "ssi": "% receiving Supplemental Security Income",
            "medicaid": "% enrolled in Medicaid",
            "medicare": "% enrolled in Medicare",
            "mortality": "% who have died since the event"
        }
    },
    "outcome_type_label": {
        "var_label": "Meaning of Economic or health outcome type",
        "var_type": "string"
    },
    "outcome_year": {
        "var_label": "Outcome year",
        "var_desc": "The year during which the outcome is measured.",
        "var_type": "int16"
    },
    "outcome_period": {
        "var_label": "Years after event that outcome is measured",
        "var_desc": "Outcomes are measured 1, 3, and 5 years after criminal justice events, and only as available based on data used to estimate outcomes.",
        "var_type": "int8"
    },
    "offense_type": {
        "var_label": "Offense type at disposition",
        "var_desc": "Offense type is only recorded for misdemeanor and felony charge events.",
        "var_type": "int8",
        "val_label": {
            "0": "All offenses",
            "1": "Violent",
            "2": "Property",
            "3": "Drug"
        }
    },
    "offense_type_label": {
        "var_label": "Meaning of Offense type at disposition",
        "var_type": "string"
    },
    "repeat_contact": {
        "var_label": "Repeat criminal justice contact",
        "var_desc": "Identified whether individuals in a cohort had prior justice contact, as can be measured in CJARS.",
        "var_type": "int8",
        "val_label": {
            "0": "All histories",
            "1": "1st event",
            "2": "Repeat event"
        }
    },
    "repeat_contact_label": {
        "var_label": "Meaning of Repeat criminal justice contact",
        "var_type": "string"
    },
    "age_group": {
        "var_label": "Age group",
        "var_type": "int8",
        "val_label": {
            "0": "All ages (18+)",
            "1": "Ages 18-24",
            "2": "Ages 25-39",
            "3": "Ages 40+"
        }
    },
    "age_group_label": {
        "var_label": "Meaning of Age group",
        "var_type": "string"
    },
    "sex": {
        "var_label": "Sex",
        "var_type": "int8",
        "val_label": {
            "0": "All sexes",
            "1": "Male",
            "2": "Female"
        }
    },
    "sex_label": {
        "var_label": "Meaning of Sex",
        "var_type": "string"
    },
    "race_ethnicity": {
        "var_label": "Combined race/ethnicity",
        "var_desc": "A mutually exclusive combined race/ethnicity variable.",
        "var_type": "int8",
        "val_label": {
            "0": "All races/ethnicities",
            "1": "White, non-Hispanic",
            "2": "Black, non-Hispanic",
            "3": "Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic",
            "4": "Hispanic",
            "5": "American Indian/Alaska Native",
            "6": "Other races/ethnicities"
        }
    },
    "race_ethnicity_label": {
        "var_label": "Meaning of Combined race/ethnicity",
        "var_type": "string"
    },
    "statistic": {
        "var_label": "Estimated statistic (in $ for earnings, all others in %)",
        "var_desc": "Estimated statistics are recorded in dollars for annual W-2 earnings, and in percentages for all other economic and health outcomes.",
        "var_type": "float"
    }
}