Wooldridge Source: W.C. Hunter and M.B. Walker (1996), “The Cultural Affinity Hypothesis and Mortgage Lending Decisions,” Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 13, 57-70. Professor Walker kindly provided the data. Data loads lazily.

data('loanapp')

Format

A data.frame with 1989 observations on 59 variables:

  • occ: occupancy

  • loanamt: loan amt in thousands

  • action: type of action taken

  • msa: msa number of property

  • suffolk: =1 if property in suffolk co.

  • appinc: applicant income, $1000s

  • typur: type of purchaser of loan

  • unit: number of units in property

  • married: =1 if applicant married

  • dep: number of dependents

  • emp: years employed in line of work

  • yjob: years at this job

  • self: =1 if self employed

  • atotinc: total monthly income

  • cototinc: coapp total monthly income

  • hexp: propose housing expense

  • price: purchase price

  • other: other financing, $1000s

  • liq: liquid assets

  • rep: no. of credit reports

  • gdlin: credit history meets guidelines

  • lines: no. of credit lines on reports

  • mortg: credit history on mortgage paym

  • cons: credit history on consumer stuf

  • pubrec: =1 if filed bankruptcy

  • hrat: housing exp, percent total inc

  • obrat: other oblgs, percent total inc

  • fixadj: fixed or adjustable rate?

  • term: term of loan in months

  • apr: appraised value

  • prop: type of property

  • inss: PMI sought

  • inson: PMI approved

  • gift: gift as down payment

  • cosign: is there a cosigner

  • unver: unverifiable info

  • review: number of times reviewed

  • netw: net worth

  • unem: unemployment rate by industry

  • min30: =1 if minority pop. > 30percent

  • bd: =1 if boarded-up val > MSA med

  • mi: =1 if tract inc > MSA median

  • old: =1 if applic age > MSA median

  • vr: =1 if tract vac rte > MSA med

  • sch: =1 if > 12 years schooling

  • black: =1 if applicant black

  • hispan: =1 if applicant Hispanic

  • male: =1 if applicant male

  • reject: =1 if action == 3

  • approve: =1 if action == 1 or 2

  • mortno: no mortgage history

  • mortperf: no late mort. payments

  • mortlat1: one or two late payments

  • mortlat2: > 2 late payments

  • chist: =0 if accnts deliq. >= 60 days

  • multi: =1 if two or more units

  • loanprc: amt/price

  • thick: =1 if rep > 2

  • white: =1 if applicant white

Source

https://www.cengage.com/cgi-wadsworth/course_products_wp.pl?fid=M20b&product_isbn_issn=9781111531041

Notes

These data were originally used in a famous study by researchers at the Boston Federal Reserve Bank. See A. Munnell, G.M.B. Tootell, L.E. Browne, and J. McEneaney (1996), “Mortgage Lending in Boston: Interpreting HMDA Data,” American Economic Review 86, 25-53.

Used in Text: pages 263-264, 300, 339-340, 624

Examples

str(loanapp)
#> 'data.frame': 1989 obs. of 59 variables: #> $ occ : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ... #> $ loanamt : int 89 128 128 66 120 111 141 276 100 267 ... #> $ action : int 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ... #> $ msa : int 1120 1120 1120 1120 1120 1120 1120 1120 1120 1120 ... #> $ suffolk : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ... #> $ appinc : int 72 74 84 36 59 63 72 90 72 144 ... #> $ typur : int 0 0 3 0 8 9 1 6 1 0 ... #> $ unit : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ... #> $ married : int 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 ... #> $ dep : int 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 ... #> $ emp : int 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ... #> $ yjob : int 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 ... #> $ self : int 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 ... #> $ atotinc : num 5849 4583 2666 3000 2583 ... #> $ cototinc: num 0 1508 4416 0 2358 ... #> $ hexp : num 1031 1391 1371 839 1341 ... #> $ price : num 118 160 143 110 134 ... #> $ other : num 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... #> $ liq : num 34.5 52 37 19 31 169 38 142 24.5 111 ... #> $ rep : int 1 3 6 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 ... #> $ gdlin : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ... #> $ lines : num 15 19 18 25 15 10 9 5 2 15 ... #> $ mortg : int 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 ... #> $ cons : int 1 2 2 6 1 6 1 1 1 1 ... #> $ pubrec : int 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... #> $ hrat : num 17.6 22.5 19 24 25.1 ... #> $ obrat : num 34.5 34.1 26 37 32.1 ... #> $ fixadj : int 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ... #> $ term : num 360 360 180 360 360 360 360 360 360 360 ... #> $ apr : num 118 175 145 110 135 144 162 365 105 422 ... #> $ prop : int 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 ... #> $ inss : int 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 ... #> $ inson : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... #> $ gift : int 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... #> $ cosign : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... #> $ unver : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... #> $ review : int 1 999 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 ... #> $ netw : num 99.6 847 40 158 69 ... #> $ unem : num 3.2 3.2 3.9 3.1 4.3 ... #> $ min30 : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... #> $ bd : int 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 ... #> $ mi : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ... #> $ old : int 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 ... #> $ vr : int 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 ... #> $ sch : int 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 ... #> $ black : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... #> $ hispan : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... #> $ male : int NA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ... #> $ reject : int 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... #> $ approve : int 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ... #> $ mortno : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ... #> $ mortperf: int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 ... #> $ mortlat1: int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... #> $ mortlat2: int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... #> $ chist : int 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 ... #> $ multi : int 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... #> $ loanprc : num 0.754 0.8 0.895 0.6 0.896 ... #> $ thick : int 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ... #> $ white : int 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ... #> - attr(*, "time.stamp")= chr "25 Jun 2011 23:03"