means.def

   cityid 1-10 cityname 13-52 d  53-58                 
   izlaw  60-65   izlaw_d  67-72 izyear  75-80         
   avgprice  83-92  lnprice 95-115  units  120-130           
   lnunits  140-150 hhlds  165-176 lnhhlds  180-200     
   pop  205-215 lpop 230-250  density  260-280       
   medhhinc  290-300    lmedhhinc 310-330  educattain 340-360  
   proppoverty  370-390    meantttw 400-420   prop65  430-450        
   dlnprice  460-480   dlnunits  490-510   dlmedhhinc  520-540   
   ddensity  550-570   deducattain 680-700  dproppoverty  710-730 
   dmeantttw  740-760   dprop65 770-780  dpop 790-810  dlpop 820-840
  
	Obs:   311 cities for 2 years   622
 
 	cityid    	city id 
   	cityname    	city name 
   	d    		1 for year 2000 
   	izlaw    	iz law passed 1986-1995 
   	izlaw_d    	izlaw*d interaction 
   	izyear    	year city passed policy 
   	avgprice    	average home price 
   	lnprice    	log(avgprice) 
   	units    	# of units  
   	lnunits    	log(units) 
   	hhlds    	# of households 
   	lnhhlds    	log(hhlds) 
   	pop    		population in 1000s 
   	lpop    	log(pop) 
   	density    	people/acre 
   	medhhinc    	median household income 
   	lmedhhinc    	log(medhhinc) 
   	educattain    	proportion w/college degree 
   	proppoverty    	proportion below poverty level 
   	meantttw    	mean travel time to work 
   	prop65    	proportion >  age 65 
   	dlnprice    	lnprice[2000]-lnprice[1990] 
   	dlnunits    	lnunits[2000]-lnunits[1990] 
   	dlmedhhinc    	lnmedhhinc[2000]-lnmedhhinc[1990] 
   	ddensity    	density[2000]-density[1990] 
   	deducattain    	educattain[2000]-educattain[1990] 
   	dproppoverty    proppoverty[2000]-proppoverty[1990] 
   	dmeantttw    	meantttw[2000]-meantttw[1990] 
   	dprop65    	prop65[2000]-prop65[1990] 
   	dpop    	pop[2000]-pop[1990] 
   	dlpop    	lpop[2000]-lpop[1990] 
			           

    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
      cityid |       622    643564.8    24758.99     600296     687042
    cityname |         0
           d |       622          .5    .5004024          0          1
       izlaw |       622    .1061093    .3082254          0          1
     izlaw_d |       622    .0530547    .2243229          0          1
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
      izyear |       100        1994     4.64062       1986       2003
    avgprice |       622    244096.2    188632.6      49151    2253218
     lnprice |       622    12.22153    .5747269   10.80265   14.62787
       units |       622    27091.44    83673.85       1468    1337668
     lnunits |       622    9.530669    .9673002   7.291656   14.10644
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
       hhlds |       622     25728.2    79320.36       1408    1276609
     lnhhlds |       622    9.474429    .9725172   7.249926   14.05972
         pop |       622    74.86069    226.1905      4.499   3694.834
        lpop |       622    3.654345    .9573289   1.503855   8.214691
     density |       622    7.444147    5.962402   .2222599   37.32389
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
    medhhinc |       622     46208.1    19520.91      16888     193157
   lmedhhinc |       622    10.66869    .3692653   9.734359   12.17126
  educattain |       622    .2016863    .1520974   .0033831   .7784514
 proppoverty |       622    .1151569    .0711162   .0099768   .3992895
    meantttw |       622    25.55441    5.044765   11.69704   43.69799
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
      prop65 |       622    .1095674    .0551502   .0298894   .5664434
    dlnprice |       311    .2558305    .2728853  -.6968927   1.661104
    dlnunits |       311    .1239177    .1987338   -.731493   1.452658
  dlmedhhinc |       311    .2923853    .1009969   .0254517   .5723829
    ddensity |       311    .8256387    1.005061  -6.195725   4.983041
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
 deducattain |       311    .1092033    .0708644  -.0116293   .3092856
dproppoverty |       311    .0170168    .0247012   -.070595   .1630218
   dmeantttw |       311    3.007186    2.599436  -3.656197   26.72733
     dprop65 |       311    .0057785    .0209855  -.0850816   .0688678
        dpop |       311     9684.64    18441.13     -28688     209436
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
       dlpop |       311     .171527    .2235745  -.7308068   1.664763


Source: The authors thank Tom Means for the data and his assitance.