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<table class="regular" id="BLStable_2023_8_1_13_51" style="width: 618px;"><caption> <span class="tableTitle">Table 4. Parameter estimates in the U.S. Census Bureau Northeast region in January 2023</span></caption>
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<th style="vertical-align: middle; min-width: 80px;" rowspan="1" scope="col">Variable</th>
<th style="vertical-align: middle;" scope="col">Description</th>
<th style="vertical-align: middle;" scope="col">Parameter estimate</th>
<th style="vertical-align: middle;" scope="col">Standard error</th>
<th style="vertical-align: middle;" scope="col"><em>T</em>-value</th>
<th style="vertical-align: middle;" scope="col"><em>P</em>-value > |t|</th>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Intercept</p>
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<td style="text-align: left;">Intercept</td>
<td>6.4893</td>
<td>0.0610</td>
<td>106.35</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Age</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">Current year less the year a unit was built (whether known or imputed)</td>
<td>-0.0109</td>
<td>0.0016</td>
<td>-6.77</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Age2</p>
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<td style="text-align: left;">Age squared</td>
<td>0.0001</td>
<td>0.0000</td>
<td>4.79</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Age3</p>
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<td style="text-align: left;">Age cubed</td>
<td>0.0000</td>
<td>0.0000</td>
<td>-3.90</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>AGE65PLS</p>
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<td style="text-align: left;">The percentage of the block group’s population that are ages 65 years and older</td>
<td>0.0330</td>
<td>0.0502</td>
<td>0.66</td>
<td>0.510</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Ageallrm</p>
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<td style="text-align: left;">Age times the total number of rooms</td>
<td>0.0001</td>
<td>0.0001</td>
<td>1.67</td>
<td>0.096</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Agedtchd</p>
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<td style="text-align: left;">Age for single, detached structures (0 otherwise)</td>
<td>-0.0011</td>
<td>0.0005</td>
<td>-2.22</td>
<td>0.026</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Ageold</p>
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<td style="text-align: left;">Age of structures built between 1900 and 1919 (0 otherwise)</td>
<td>0.0004</td>
<td>0.0002</td>
<td>1.52</td>
<td>0.129</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Adjavgagi</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">The average adjusted gross income for a zip code expressed as a ratio of the average adjusted gross income for the CPI pricing area</td>
<td>0.1322</td>
<td>0.0072</td>
<td>18.32</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Bath</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">Total number of full and half bathrooms</td>
<td>0.1238</td>
<td>0.0259</td>
<td>4.78</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Bathsq</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">Bath squared</td>
<td>-0.0041</td>
<td>0.0062</td>
<td>-0.66</td>
<td>0.510</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Bedn</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">Number of bedrooms</td>
<td>0.1481</td>
<td>0.0161</td>
<td>9.18</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Bedsq</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">Bedn squared</td>
<td>-0.0041</td>
<td>0.0035</td>
<td>-1.18</td>
<td>0.236</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Cntrlair</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">To indicate if a unit has central air-conditioning</td>
<td>0.1612</td>
<td>0.0136</td>
<td>11.88</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Detached</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">To indicate if a structure is single family, detached</td>
<td>0.0955</td>
<td>0.0378</td>
<td>2.53</td>
<td>0.012</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Elecheat</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">To indicate if a unit’s heating is electric</td>
<td>0.0084</td>
<td>0.0171</td>
<td>0.49</td>
<td>0.624</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Elecincl</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">To indicate if electricity is included in the rent</td>
<td>0.0294</td>
<td>0.0157</td>
<td>1.87</td>
<td>0.062</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Gasheat</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">To indicate if a unit’s heating fuel is natural gas</td>
<td>0.0311</td>
<td>0.0138</td>
<td>2.25</td>
<td>0.025</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Heatincl</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">To indicate if heating is included in the rent</td>
<td>0.0174</td>
<td>0.0108</td>
<td>1.61</td>
<td>0.107</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>LARGBLDG</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">The percentage of the block group’s housing units in structures with 50 or more units</td>
<td>0.1193</td>
<td>0.0302</td>
<td>3.96</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>LGHOCC</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">Length of occupancy, or the number of months between the month a tenant moved into a unit and the most recent month of CPI Housing Survey data collection</td>
<td>-0.0010</td>
<td>0.0000</td>
<td>-19.96</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>MOBLHOME</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">The percentage of the block group’s housing units that are mobile homes or trailer units</td>
<td>-0.2538</td>
<td>0.0967</td>
<td>-2.63</td>
<td>0.009</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Otherair</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">To indicate if a unit’s air-conditioning is swamp cooler, heat pump, or through-the-wall air conditioner</td>
<td>0.1191</td>
<td>0.0141</td>
<td>8.46</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Othrmn</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">Number of other rooms, such as living rooms, kitchens, and finished basements</td>
<td>0.0243</td>
<td>0.0075</td>
<td>3.24</td>
<td>0.001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>RENTOCCP</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">The percentage of the block group’s households that are renter households</td>
<td>0.0574</td>
<td>0.0241</td>
<td>2.38</td>
<td>0.017</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>SCHOLAGE</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">The percentage of the block group’s population that are ages 6 to 18</td>
<td>-0.2344</td>
<td>0.0625</td>
<td>-3.75</td>
<td>0.000</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>SOMCOLLG</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">The percentage of the block group’s population ages 25 years and older with at least some college attendance or completion</td>
<td>0.3231</td>
<td>0.0336</td>
<td>9.61</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>UNDRPVTY</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">The percentage of the block group’s population for whom poverty status is determined as under the poverty line</td>
<td>-0.0606</td>
<td>0.0472</td>
<td>-1.29</td>
<td>0.199</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>Wndowair</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">To indicate if a unit’s air-conditioning is window air-conditioning units</td>
<td>0.0221</td>
<td>0.0123</td>
<td>1.80</td>
<td>0.073</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>EXTRACHARGES</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">To indicate that a unit’s rent includes any extra charges</td>
<td>0.0522</td>
<td>0.0187</td>
<td>2.80</td>
<td>0.005</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>NEW_TENANT</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">To indicate that the occupant(s) moved into the unit since the last time rent was collected</td>
<td>0.0861</td>
<td>0.0123</td>
<td>7.03</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>ELEVATOR</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">To indicate if the structure has an elevator</td>
<td>0.1073</td>
<td>0.0134</td>
<td>8.01</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>MOBILEHOME</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">To indicate if a structure is a mobile home</td>
<td>-0.1880</td>
<td>0.0560</td>
<td>-3.36</td>
<td>0.001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>IN_SENIOR_CMMTY</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">To indicate that a unit is part of a senior-living residential community</td>
<td>1.0353</td>
<td>0.0558</td>
<td>18.55</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>PCT_COLLEGE</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">The percentage of the block group’s population ages 3 and older enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, or professional school</td>
<td>0.2212</td>
<td>0.0540</td>
<td>4.10</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>DENSITY</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">The log of total block group population divided by land area</td>
<td>0.0400</td>
<td>0.0037</td>
<td>10.76</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>N11B</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">Unit is in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT, CPI pricing area</td>
<td>-0.3263</td>
<td>0.0199</td>
<td>-16.42</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>N11C</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">Unit is in the Springfield, MA, CPI pricing area</td>
<td>-0.3835</td>
<td>0.0205</td>
<td>-18.71</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>N12C</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">Unit is in the Pittsburgh, PA, CPI pricing area</td>
<td>-0.6956</td>
<td>0.0201</td>
<td>-34.54</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>N12D</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">Unit is in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY, CPI pricing area</td>
<td>-0.6079</td>
<td>0.0231</td>
<td>-26.30</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>N12E</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">Unit is in the Rochester, NY, CPI pricing area</td>
<td>-0.5745</td>
<td>0.0218</td>
<td>-26.36</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>N12F</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">Unit is in the Reading, PA, CPI pricing area</td>
<td>-0.5227</td>
<td>0.0216</td>
<td>-24.23</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>S12A</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">Unit is in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, CPI pricing area</td>
<td>-0.0354</td>
<td>0.0155</td>
<td>-2.28</td>
<td>0.022</td>
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<th scope="row">
<p>S12B</p>
</th>
<td style="text-align: left;">Unit is in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, CPI pricing area</td>
<td>-0.3289</td>
<td>0.0164</td>
<td>-20.02</td>
<td><.0001</td>
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<p>Note: CPI = Consumer Price Index.</p>
<p>Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.</p>
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