BALTIM

Data provided "as is," no warranties

Description

House sales price and characteristics for a spatial hedonic regression, Baltimore, MD 1978.

Type = point shape file, projected, X,Y on Maryland grid, projection type unknown.

Observations = 211

Variables = 17

Source

Original data made available by Robin Dubin, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Research University, Cleveland, OH, Robin.Dubin@weatherhead.cwru.edu.

Reference: Dubin, Robin A. (1992). Spatial autocorrelation and neighborhood quality. Regional Science and Urban Economics 22(3), 433-452.

Variables

Variable Description
STATION ID variable
PRICE sales price of house iin $1,000 (MLS)
NROOM number of rooms
DWELL 1 if detached unit, 0 otherwise
NBATH number of bathrooms
PATIO 1 if patio, 0 otherwise
FIREPL 1 if fireplace, 0 otherwise
AC 1 if air conditioning, 0 otherwise
BMENT 1 if basement, 0 otherwise
NSTOR number of stories
GAR number of car spaces in garage (0 = no garage)
AGE age of dwelling in years
CITCOU 1 if dwelling is in Baltimore County, 0 otherwise
LOTSZ lot size in hundreds of square feet
SQFT interior living space in hundreds of square feet
X x coordinate on the Maryland grid
Y y coordinate on the Maryland grid


Prepared by Luc Anselin

UIUC-ACE Spatial Analysis Laboratory

Last updated June 16, 2003