function x = datas10
%*********************** Cost-of-Living Data ***********************
%
%Source: Beck, J.H. and Quan, N.T. (1983)
%
%Taken From: Quan, N.T. (1988), JBES, 6, 4, 501-504.
%
%Dimension: 38 observations on 8 variables
%
%Description: A study of the effects of right-to-work laws and geographic
% differences on the cost of living. Observations are for the
% following cities:
% 1 Atlanta 14 Dayton 27 New York
% 2 Austin 15 Denver 28 Orlando
% 3 Bakersfield 16 Detroit 29 Philadelphia
% 4 Baltimore 17 Green Bay 30 Pittsburgh
% 5 Baton Rouge 18 Hartford 31 Portland
% 6 Boston 19 Houston 32 St. Louis
% 7 Buffalo 20 Indianapolis 33 San Diego
% 8 Champaign-Urbana 21 Kansas City 34 San Francisco
% 9 Cedar Rapids 22 Lancaster, PA 35 Seattle
% 10 Chicago 23 Los Angeles 36 Washington
% 11 Cincinnati 24 Milwaukee 37 Wichita
% 12 Cleveland 25 Minneapolis, St. Paul 38 Raleigh-Durham
% 13 Dalas 26 Nashville
%
%Column Definition
% 1 Population density in the ith SMSA, in 1975, in terms of persons
% per square mile. From U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1978, County and
% City Data Book, 1977.
% 2 State Unionization rate in 12978. From the U. S. Bureau of Labor
% Statistics, Handbook of Labor Statistics, December 1980, p. 414.
% 3 Total population in the ith SMSA, in 1975. From the US Bureau of
% the Census, 1978, County and City Data Book, 1977.
% 4 The average cost of living for a four-person family living on an
% intermediate budget in the ith SMSA in 1978. From the US Bureau
% of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1979.
% 5 The 1972 per capita level of property taxes in the ith SMSA. From
% the US Bureau of the Census, 1978, County and City Data Book, 1977.
% Except New York and Washington, DC, data were from the U.S. Bureau
% of Census, 1974.
% 6 The 1974 per capita income in the ith SMSA. From the US Bureau of
% the Census, 1978, County and City Data Book, 1977.
% 7 Temperature is measured as average annual degree days, 1931-1960.
% From the US Weather Bureau, 1962, Decennial Census of United States
% Climate - Monthly Normals of Temperature, Precipitation, and
% Heating Degree Days.
% (Due to lack of published data for Champaign, IL, Cedar Rapids, IA,
% and Lancaster, PA, degree days for Springfield, IL, Waterloo, IA,
% and Harrisburg, PA, respectively, were used for the missing data.)
% 8 A dummy variable with a value of 1, if there is right-to-work
% legislation in the state where the ith SMSA is located, 0 otherwise
% From the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1980, Handbook of Labor
% Statistics, December 1980, p. 414.
x = [
414 13.6 1790128 169 5128 2961 1 16897
239 11 396891 143 4303 1711 1 16221
43 23.7 349874 339 4166 2122 0 17168
951 21 2147850 173 5001 4654 0 18699
255 16 411725 99 3965 1620 1 16806
1257 24.4 3914071 363 4928 5634 0 22117
834 39.2 1326848 253 4471 7213 0 19517
162 31.5 162304 117 4813 5535 0 19076
229 18.2 164145 294 4839 7224 1 18224
1886 31.5 7015251 291 5408 6113 0 18794
643 29.5 1381196 170 4637 4806 0 18354
1295 29.5 1966725 239 5138 6432 0 18987
302 11 2527224 174 4923 2363 1 16714
489 29.5 835708 183 4787 5606 0 17430
304 15.2 1413318 227 5386 5982 0 18565
1130 34.6 4424382 255 5246 6275 0 19145
323 27.8 169467 249 4289 8214 0 18490
696 21.9 1062565 326 5134 6235 0 19392
337 11 2286247 194 5084 1278 1 17114
371 29.3 1138753 251 4837 5699 0 18193
386 30 1290110 201 5052 4868 0 18262
362 34.2 342797 124 4377 5205 0 17982
1717 23.7 6986898 340 5281 1349 0 17722
968 27.8 1409363 328 5176 7635 0 20025
433 24.4 2010841 265 5206 8392 0 19389
183 17.7 748493 120 4454 3578 1 16627
6908 39.2 9561089 323 5260 4862 0 21587
230 11.7 582664 117 4613 782 1 16334
1353 34.2 4807001 182 4877 5144 0 19416
762 34.2 2322224 169 4677 5987 0 18008
201 23.1 228417 267 4123 7511 0 19186
480 30 2366542 184 4721 4809 0 17897
372 23.7 1584583 256 4837 1458 0 17707
1266 23.7 3140306 381 5940 3015 0 19427
333 33.1 1406746 195 5416 4424 0 18671
1073 21 3021801 205 6404 4224 0 20105
157 12.8 384920 206 4796 4620 1 17783
302 6.5 468512 126 4614 3393 1 18074
];
