Sudip Chattopadhyay, "Divergence in Alternative Hicksian Welfare Measures:
The Case of Revealed Preference for Public Amenities",  Journal of Applied
Econometrics, Vol. 17, No. 6, 2002, pp. 641-666.

The data are in two files, headdata1.dat and headdata2.dat. These are both
ASCII (text) files in DOS format. They are zipped in the file ch-data.zip.
Unix users should use "unzip -a".

Data description: Dwelling, neighborhood, air quality, city-specific fiscal
variables, and socioeconomic information of individual homeowner pertaining
to Cook and Dupage counties of Chicago, for the years 1989-90. Category of
dwelling is single-family detached.

Total number of observations: 3044
Total number of variables:  26
Total number of files:   2 (Two)
File names: "headdata1.dat" (Size = 163 KB), "headdata2.dat" (Size = 196 KB)


"headdata1.dat" description

Number of observations:  3044
Number of variables:   12

Column Name  Description

1  SPRICE Contract sales price of the house ($). Source: FHA.

2  NROOMS Total number of habitable room enclosures (number). Source: FHA.

3  LVAREA Total living area (ft2.). Source: FHA.

4  HAGE  Age of the dwelling (years). Source: FHA.

5  LSIZE  Total area of the lot (ft2). Source: FHA

6  AIRCON If the dwelling has central air-conditioning = 2, if window
   or wall air-conditioning = 1, if no air conditioning =0. Source: FHA.

7  NBATH Numbar of bathrooms in the dwelling unit. Source: FHA.

8  GARAGE If built-in garage = 4, if carport = 3, if not built-in garage =
   2, if on-site parking =1, if none = 0. Source: FHA.

9  PTAXES Property tax rate prevailing during the year of purchase in
   the city where the unit is located (%). Source: Illinois Department of
   Revenue.

10 COOK  Dummy variable  = 1 if the unit is in Cook county, if in
   Dupage County = 0.

11 SSPEND Operating expenses per pupil in the school district where
   the dwelling unit is located ($). Source: Annual Statistical Report
   1989 and 1990 of Illinois State Board of Education.

12 MSPEND Expenditure per-capita by the municipal government during
   1987 ($). Source: Census of Government 1987


"headdata2.dat" description

Number of observations:  3044
Number of variables:   14

Column Name  Description

1  PCTWHT Percentage of white population in 1990 in the census tract in
   which the unit is located (%). Source: U.S. Bureau of Census (1990).

2  MEDINC Median 1990 income of the census tract in which the dwelling unit
   is located ($). Source: U.S. Bureau of Census (1990).

3  DFCL  Distance from the Loop area in downtown Chicago (0.1 mile).
   Source: Contemporary city maps.

4  DFNI  Distance from the Loop area in downtown Chicago (0.1 mile).
   Source: Contemporary city maps.

5  PMD  Distance of the unit from the nearest PM-10 monitoring station
   (0.1 mile). Source: Contemporary city map.

6  SOD  Distance of the unit from the nearest PM-10 monitoring station
   (0.1 mile). Source: Contemporary city map.

7  PARTICLE Annual mean readings obtained for the years 1989 and 1990 from
   different monitoring stations in the Chicago metropolis (in mg/m3).
   Source: Illinois Annual Air Quality Report.

8  SULFUR Annual mean readings obtained for the years 1989 and 1990 from
   different monitoring stations in the Chicago metropolis (parts per million
   (ppm)). Source: Illinois Annual Air Quality Report.

9  RACE  Race of the purchaser, =1 if white, = 0 otherwise. Source: FHA

10 CHILDREN Number of dependent children in the household (number).
   Source: FHA

11 PURINC Total annual income of the purchaser ($). Source: FHA

12 OHARE Dummy variable, =1 if the housing unit is within five miles radius
   of O'Hare business district and = 0 otherwise.

13 MARSTAT Dummy variable indicating Marital status of the head of
   household, = 1, if married, = 0 if not married.

14 RATE  Mortgage interest rate published monthly. Each home is assigned a
   rate based on the month in which it was purchased.


Sudip Chattopadhyay, Ph. D.
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94132
Ph: (415) 587-1630
Email: sudip@sfsu.edu
URL: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~sudip