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Table 5 Descriptive statistics

From: Benefit measures for noise abatement: calculations for road and rail traffic noise

Variable

Description

Mean value

Price

Property price in thousand SEK and 2004 price level

1,917.913 (675.549)

Living space

Living space in square meters

130.144 (47.606)

Quality index

Index of indoor-quality

29.016 (5.517)

Terraced

Dummy equals one if terraced house

0.063

Linked

- ” - if house linked by a garage

0.093

Detached

- ” - if detached house

0.844

Aspen 1

- ” - if < 1 km from nearest stn Aspen

0.026

Aspen 2

- ” - if 1–2 km from nearest stn Aspen

0.043

Aspedalen 1

- ” - if < 1 km from nearest stn Aspedalen

0.049

Aspedalen 2

- ” - if 1–2 km from nearest stn Aspedalen

0.088

Lerum 1

- ” - if < 1 km from nearest stn Lerum

0.063

Lerum 2

- ” - if 1–2 km from nearest stn Lerum

0.252

Countryside

- ” - if > 2 km from nearest station

0.112

Stenkullen 1

- ” - if < 1 km from nearest stn Stenkullen

0.019

Stenkullen 2

- ” - if 1–2 km from nearest stn Stenkullen

0.067

Floda 1

- ” - if < 1 km from nearest stn Floda

0.035

Floda 2

- ” - if 1–2 km from nearest stn Floda

0.246

E20 150 m

- ” - if within 150 m from motorway

0.136

Dist. station

Distance to nearest railway station in km

1.672 (1.320)

Dist. entrance

Distance to nearest motorway entrance in km

1.960 (1.005)

Road noise

Road noise in dB exceeding 45 dB

7.566 (4.17)

Rail noise

Rail noise in dB exceeding 45 dB

3.005 (4.888)

  1. Standard deviations in brackets below mean values. For dummies, std.dev..
  2. EUR 1 = SEK 9.13, www.riksbank.se, 9/16/2008