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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Urban Econ. 2010 Oct 22;69(3):253–272. doi: 10.1016/j.jue.2010.09.006

Table B1.

Summary statistics.

Mean Std. dev. Min Max
ForTables 3 and 4: N = 327, 54 metro areas
Growth rate of urban HHs, 1991–2000 0.397 0.172 −0.066 1.048
Growth rate of low educ. HHs, 1991–2000 0.536 0.196 −0.161 1.199
Growth rate of high ecu. HHs, 1991–2000 0.325 0.223 −0.255 1.294
Share small houses with water connection, 1991 0.743 0.213 0.022 1.000
ln # urban HHs, 1991 9.505 1.461 6.103 14.733
ln # low educ. HHs, 1991 8.510 1.336 5.428 13.321
ln # high educ. HHs, 1991 9.001 1.565 5.391 14.453
ln land area, 1991 5.976 1.358 2.797 12.226
ln density, 1991 5.111 1.731 0.218 9.416
Avg. education (years) in locality, 1991 4.712 1.100 2.059 8.840
Share HHs rural in locality, 1991 0.141 0.131 0.000 0.507
ForTables 58: N = 276, 50 metro areas
Share small houses with water connection, 1991 0.778 0.190 0.022 1.000
Share small houses with water connection, 2000 0.857 0.144 0.097 1.000
Share large houses with water connection, 1991 0.910 0.122 0.178 1.000
ln # urban HHs, 1991 9.253 1.407 6.297 14.523
ln # urban HHs, 1980 9.811 1.331 6.338 14.733
ln median HH income, 1980 9.517 0.388 8.412 10.440
ln median HH income, 1991 7.104 0.380 6.001 7.937
Share anti-military vote in 1982 national elections 0.585 0.152 0.029 0.941
ln density, 1980 5.104 1.639 0.636 9.360
ln density, 1991 5.466 1.643 0.846 9.416
Share all urban HHs with water, 1970 0.473 0.303 0.000 0.955
ln # urban HHs in metro area, 1980 12.188 1.569 8.916 14.886