Testing Estimates of Housing Cost Differences among US Metropolitan Areas

Table 1

Predicting the 1990 to 2000 change in the shelter portion of the CPI

Housing cost measure	Constant		Slope			SEE	Areas in sample
A	0.203^*	(0.040)	0.438^*	(0.129)	0.333	0.0545	25
B	0.254^*	(0.044)	0.233	(0.123)	0.135	0.0621	25
C	0.227^*	(0.030)	0.294^*	(0.076)	0.395	0.0520	25
D	0.104^*	(0.033)	0.546^*	(0.076)	0.693	0.0370	25
E	0.184^*	(0.032)	0.525^*	(0.106)	0.514	0.0466	25

In this and subsequent tables, an asterisk following a coefficient indicates that it has a -value less than .05 in a two-tail test.