Table 1.
Additional percentage likelihood of supporting education initiative (Proposition 301) when voting in a school
| Comparison precincts |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| All nonschools | School within 0.20 miles | School within 0.40 miles | Distance polynomial | |
| Baseline | 0.845***(0.184) | 0.583**(0.277) | 0.556***(0.209) | 0.427*(0.222) |
| Include demographics | 0.788***(0.185) | 0.560**(0.276) | 0.529**(0.209) | 0.424*(0.223) |
| Exclude zip-code dummies | 0.964***(0.206) | 0.628**(0.310) | 0.480**(0.234) | 0.423*(0.248) |
| Linear regression | 0.859***(0.190) | 0.599**(0.260) | 0.565***(0.203) | 0.449**(0.224) |
The first column, first row, indicates that, holding fixed revealed preferences on other initiatives, people who voted in schools were 0.845 percentage points more likely to support the school-funding initiatives. Weighted aggregate marginal effects reported for grouped logit regressions. Distance polynomial specification uses all non-schools as comparison precincts. Standard errors in parentheses, *P < 0.10, **, P < 0.05, ***, P < 0.01. Demographic information includes percentage white, percentage population 5–17 and 65+, percentage owner-occupied properties, and median household income.