Table 3.
OLS: Relationship between Puerto Rican segregation and the average price per expected pure gram of heroin
| Price Per Pure Gram 1990 to 1992 |
Price Per Pure Gram 1993 to 2000 |
Price Per Pure Gram 2001 to 2008 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| High P.R. Segregation City | −1193* (583) |
−479 (892) |
−512* (257) |
−158 (389) |
−375 (218) |
−326 (357) |
| Low P.R. Segregation City | −509 (710) |
−101 (806) |
−411 (312) |
−209 (352) |
−385 (265) |
−357 (310) |
| Hispanic Dis. Index 1990 | −3044 (1161) |
−1508 (1257) |
−208 (1109) |
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| R-Squared | 0.1908 | 0.2406 | 0.2091 | 0.0001 | 0.1876 | 0.1893 |
| Observations | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
Notes: Standard errors are reported in parentheses. The dependent variable is the estimated price per expected per gram in each MSA averaged over the corresponding time period. The Hispanic Dissimilarity Index is for Hispanic/Latino with white non-Hispanic as the reference group. High Puerto Rican Segregation Cities are Boston, Chicago, Newark, and Philadelphia. Low Puerto Rican Segregation Cities are Los Angeles, Miami, and San Diego. The omitted region is West. East = Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Miami, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Center = Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, New Orleans, and St. Louis. West = Denver, Los Angeles, Oakland, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle.
p<0.1,
p<0.05,
p<0.01