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Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2019 Oct;56(5):1665–1692. doi: 10.1007/s13524-019-00810-5

Table 4.

Coefficient estimates for conventional choice model and choice set formation model

Conditional Logit (CL) Model Choice Set Formation (CSF) Model CSF Coefficient In/Out of CL 95 % Confidence Interval?
Staying in Current House
 Household head is black 0.969** 0.115 Out
 Household head is Asian 0.519 −0.24 In
 Household head is Hispanic 2.966** 2.065** Out
 Household head has <high school education 0.519* 0.423 In
 Household head’s age 1.440 1.428 In
 Household head’s age squared 2.436 3.329 In
 Number of children −0.138* −0.140* In
 Number of school-aged children 0.304* 0.311 In
 End of a cohabitation relationship −0.436 −0.603* In
 Start of a cohabitation relationship −1.203** −1.377** In
 Loss of job −0.381* −0.445 In
 Gain of job −0.309 –0.190 In
 Job change −0.316** –0.357** In
 Ln[Duration of tenure (days)] 0.176** 0.164* In
What Neighborhoods to Consider
 Region consideration likelihood
  Average propensity to consider any geographic region 2.756**
  Average propensity to include current housing unit in choice set 10 (––)a
  Distance in miles from origin region −11.776**
 Affordability stratum likelihood
  Tau 1 0 (––)a
  Tau 2 1.764**
  Tau 3 3.711**
  Household income 3.400**
  Ratio of household income to household size 1.1
Region scale factors (natural logarithm)
  Antelope Valley –0.502**
  Downtown 0.351**
  San Fernando Valley −0.007
  San Gabriel Valley −0.043
  Westside −0.011
  South Bay −0.04
  South Central 0.229*
  Stay at current residence 0 (––)a
 Affordability stratum scale factors (natural logarithm)
  Stratum 1 −0.215
  Stratum 2 −0.144
  Stratum 3 −0.097
  Stratum 4 0 (––)a
Neighborhood Choice Conditional on Choice Set
 Intercept −11.298** −10.660** In
 Median income 5.824** 2.894 Out
 Income surplus −1.483* −1.234 In
 Income deficit 1.099 3.015** Out
 Median housing unit price −5.211** 0.235 Out
 % <High school education 2.375* 1.509 In
 <High school education × % <high school education 1.978** 1.595* In
 % Black −5.985** −2.239 Out
 % Black, squared 5.488* 1.268 In
 % Hispanic −0.555 0.113 In
 % Hispanic, squared −2.321 −1.783 In
 % Asian −4.795** −1.459 Out
 % Asian, squared 5.628* 1.717 In
 Household head is black × % Black 10.698** 4.543 Out
 Household head is black × % Black, squared −10.819* −2.165 In
 Household head is Hispanic × % Hispanic 9.024** 5.788** In
 Household head is Hispanic × % Hispanic, squared −5.998** −3.247 In
 Household head is Asian × % Asian 7.747* 1.698 In
 Household head is Asian × % Asian, squared −10.760 −0.702 In
 Origin 1.540** 1.367** In
 Distance from origin community area −25.428** −27.906** In
 Distance from origin community area, squared 30.219** 34.945** In
 Size 1 (––)a 1 (––)a
N 1,298 1,298

Note: Observations are individual two-year interval-potential destinations.

a

The coefficient is fixed by the analyst.

p ≤ .10;

*

p ≤ .05;

**

p ≤ .01