Summary Statistics for the Dependent and Control Variables for the Full Data Set (n = 22,159) and for Opposed Municipalities (n = 19,683) and Unopposed Municipalities (n = 2,476)
| Variable | Description | Full Sample | Opposed | Unopposed | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Std. Dev. | Min. | Max. | Mean | Std. Dev. | Mean | Std. Dev. | ||
| Price | Sale price of property (Canadian dollars) | 230,725 | 100,057 | 50,000 | 650,000 | 226,139 | 96,288 | 267,184 | 120,013 |
| Lot size | Size of property (acres) | 1.640 | 6.893 | 0.030 | 224.570 | 1.604 | 7.094 | 1.929 | 5.013 |
| Age | Age of house (years) | 35.986 | 30.826 | 0.000 | 188.000 | 35.702 | 31.196 | 38.239 | 27.613 |
| Living area | Living area of house (sq. ft.) | 1,481.598 | 517.749 | 326.000 | 8,511.000 | 1,456.370 | 496.162 | 1,682.146 | 630.023 |
| Basement area | Area of basement (sq. ft.) | 878.343 | 558.281 | 0.000 | 3,750.000 | 863.311 | 538.183 | 997.840 | 686.267 |
| Stories | Number of stories | 1.405 | 0.461 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1.412 | 0.463 | 1.346 | 0.433 |
| Bedrooms | Number of bedrooms | 3.045 | 0.737 | 1.000 | 20.000 | 3.032 | 0.728 | 3.144 | 0.799 |
| Bathrooms | Number of bathrooms | 1.608 | 0.647 | 0.500 | 13.500 | 1.595 | 0.635 | 1.714 | 0.727 |
| Fireplaces | Number of fireplaces | 0.395 | 0.566 | 0.000 | 4.000 | 0.378 | 0.555 | 0.527 | 0.632 |
| Pool | =1 if property has a pool | 0.043 | 0.203 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.038 | 0.191 | 0.084 | 0.277 |
| Air conditioning | =1 if house has air conditioning | 0.338 | 0.473 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.312 | 0.463 | 0.543 | 0.498 |
| Quality | House quality index (1–10) | 5.992 | 0.539 | 1.000 | 9.500 | 5.976 | 0.528 | 6.119 | 0.604 |
| Garage | =1 if property has a garage | 0.733 | 0.442 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.726 | 0.446 | 0.795 | 0.404 |
| Other structures | Area of secondary structures (sq. ft.) | 189.011 | 684.447 | 0.000 | 14,691.000 | 166.048 | 646.524 | 371.560 | 912.422 |
| Industrial | =1 if abutting industrial property | 0.006 | 0.078 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.005 | 0.071 | 0.014 | 0.118 |
| Commercial | =1 if abutting commercial property | 0.021 | 0.142 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.019 | 0.135 | 0.037 | 0.189 |
| Mobile home | =1 if residence is a mobile home | 0.001 | 0.031 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.001 | 0.032 | 0.000 | 0.020 |
| Seasonal | =1 if seasonal property | 0.052 | 0.222 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.057 | 0.232 | 0.010 | 0.098 |
| Waterfront: lake | =1 if lakefront property | 0.020 | 0.141 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.023 | 0.149 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Waterfront: other | =1 if other waterfront property | 0.016 | 0.124 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.017 | 0.128 | 0.008 | 0.087 |
| GTA | Distance to the Greater Toronto Area (km) | 103.592 | 79.374 | 18.381 | 318.043 | 95.710 | 70.926 | 166.253 | 109.444 |
| City | Distance to the nearest city (km) | 18.048 | 21.730 | 0.000 | 110.415 | 19.101 | 22.714 | 9.681 | 6.757 |
| Highway | Distance to the nearest highway (km) | 48.168 | 34.704 | 0.097 | 205.001 | 50.887 | 35.563 | 26.551 | 14.099 |
| Density 1 km | Number of turbines within 1 km | 0.030 | 0.298 | 0.000 | 7.000 | 0.030 | 0.296 | 0.032 | 0.315 |
| Density 2 km | Number of turbines within 2 km | 0.153 | 1.150 | 0.000 | 24.000 | 0.153 | 1.149 | 0.152 | 1.157 |
| Density 5 km | Number of turbines within 5 km | 1.142 | 5.029 | 0.000 | 113.000 | 1.155 | 5.074 | 1.042 | 4.657 |