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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 23.
Published in final edited form as: Hous Stud. 2009 Dec 15;25(1):101–117. doi: 10.1080/02673030903240660

Table 1.

Average size, quality and cost of housing by tenure, eight-city sample

N Per capita space (m2) Quality index Cost per square meter
Purchase:
  Market 1177 33.2 90.2 $ 252.66
  Economic 722 24.9 85.6 $ 107.13
  Public 4594 23.6 89.5 $ 53.14
Rental:
  Market 1061 14.2 58.0 $1.39 /month
  Public 4303 17.3 72.3 $0.30 /month

Note: Exchange rate 1999: 1 dollar = 8.28 RMB.