Table 3.
Summary statistics for variables used in the ACS analysis, including variable’s names (Name), types (Type), the number of levels for nominal variables (# Level), as well as the mean (Mean) and standard deviation (Standard deviation). Here NA means “Not applicable”.
| Name | Type | # Level | Mean (Standard deviation) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||
| AGE | empirical | NA | 50.80 (19.17) |
| REGION | nominal | 9 | NA |
| METPOP10 | empirical | NA | 3.30 × 106 (5.00 × 106) |
| METRO | nominal | 5 | NA |
| MORTGAGE | nominal | 3 | NA |
| SEX | binary | NA | 0.50 (0.50) |
| MARST | nominal | 6 | NA |
| RACE | nominal | 6 | NA |
| HISPAN | binary | NA | 0.12 (0.32) |
| SPEAKENG | nominal | 3 | NA |
| HCOVANY | binary | NA | 0.93 (0.26) |
| EDUCD | nominal | 7 | NA |
| EMPSTAT | nominal | 3 | NA |
| OCC | nominal | 13 | NA |
| MIGRATE1 | nominal | 3 | NA |
| VETSTAT | binary | NA | 0.08 (0.28) |
| INCTOT | continuous | NA | 51365.44 (69097.25) |