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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 7.
Published in final edited form as: Sociol Methodol. 2012 Aug;42(1):103–154. doi: 10.1177/0081175012444105

Table 5.

Summary of Observations in L.A. FANS and Race-Ethnic and Income Composition of L.A. County

Census Tracts (1990 Census): 1627
Respondents in LA FANS Data: 2332
Mobility Decisions Total White Black Hispanic Asian
Year 1 2,178 600 227 1,186 162
Year 2 2,330 630 239 1,279 179
Total 4,508 1,230 466 2,465 341
Race-Ethnic Composition
L.A. FANS 100.00 27.29 10.38 54.77 7.56
2000 Census 100.00 31.10 10.90 44.60 13.10
Moves Between Tracts
Year 1 174 46 30 89 9
Year 2 238 43 37 147 11
Total 412 89 67 236 20
Person-Year-Options (Total)
Year 1 33,538,825 976,300 369,329 1,929,622 263,574
Year 2 3,789,289 1,026,637 388,853 2,082,566 291,233
Total 7,328,114 2,002,937 758,182 4,012,188 554,807
Person-Year-Options (Sampling the Choice Set)
Year 1 37,149 10,246 3,889 20,251 2,763
Year 2 39,797 10,753 4,100 21,890 3,054
Total 76,946 20,999 7,989 42,141 5,817