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Table C.1 (continued)<br />

Poor<br />

<strong>Low</strong>-<br />

<strong>Income</strong><br />

Higher-<br />

<strong>Income</strong><br />

those with zero income)b<br />

Ratio of mean transportation expenditures to mean total expenditures 14% 16% 15%<br />

Ratio of mean transportation expenditures to mean before tax income 37% 24% 11%<br />

Ratio of mean transportation expenditures to mean after tax income 39% 25% 12%<br />

7. Using income to categorize the households, recoding negative and zero<br />

income values to $1, and excluding households with total expenditure to<br />

income ratios greater than 1.5 (n = 7,363)b<br />

Mean transportation expenditures $1,892 $3,153 $7,659<br />

Median transportation expenditures $1,137 $2,462 $6,660<br />

Median transportation budget share 10% 14% 15%<br />

Median ratio of transportation expenditures to before-tax income 10% 13% 11%<br />

Median ratio of transportation expenditures to after-tax income 10% 13% 12%<br />

SOURCES: CES 1999–2001, metropolitan <strong>California</strong> sample.<br />

aNegative, zero, or missing values for income were recoded to $1.<br />

averages rather than the average of the ratios (which allows us to include<br />

6. Using income to categorize the households and using the ratio of the<br />

bConsumer units with incomplete income data were not included in this analysis (complete income reporters = 8,989).

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