Table 1 City characteristics in pre-soda tax periods in California
Characteristic | Soda tax cities and corresponding synthetic controls | All control cities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Berkeley | Synthetic Berkeley | Albany | Synthetic Albany | Oakland | Synthetic Oakland | San Francisco | Synthetic San Francisco | |
Males, % | 48.6(1.2) | 48.1(1.9) | 48.6(0.2) | 48.3(1.9) | 48.9(0.7) | 48.3(2.0) | 50.9(0.1) | 48.3(1.9) | 49.4(1.3) |
Married, % | 33.1(0.0) | 50.2(0.9) | 58.3 (1.4) | 50.3(1.0) | 38.0(0.6) | 50.3(0.9) | 39.1(1.1) | 50.3(1.0) | 47.1(5.3) |
Unemployed, % | 8.7(0.1) | 6.9(0.5) | 4.6(0.3) | 6.2(0.6) | 9.3(3.2) | 6.5(0.6) | 5.8(1.6) | 6.2(0.6) | 8.2(2.8) |
Non-Whites, % | 44.6(0.3) | 50.5(22.4) | 50.9(1.5) | 51.7(21.6) | 72.8(0.8) | 50.5(22.1) | 59.1(0.5) | 51.7(21.6) | 63.6(19.4) |
Bachelor’s degree or higher, % | 70.2(2.2) | 52.8(11.1) | 73.0(1.3) | 54.9(10.9) | 39.6(1.0) | 54.3(10.5) | 55.2(2.0) | 54.9(10.9) | 31.0(15.9) |
Aged 18 years and older, % | 87.3(0.1) | 82.3(1.2) | 73.5(0.5) | 82.2(0.8) | 79.4(0.7) | 82.3(1.1) | 86.6(0.0) | 82.2(0.8) | 75.7(3.8) |
Taking public transportation to work, % | 22.0(1.9) | 15.9(3.8) | 23.9(1.3) | 15.9(3.7) | 20.5(1.8) | 15.9(3.8) | 33.9(0.8) | 15.9(3.7) | 3.5(3.3) |
Log median income, $ | 11.1(0.1) | 11.3(0.1) | 11.3(0.1) | 11.4(0.1) | 10.9(0.1) | 11.3(0.1) | 11.4(0.2) | 11.4(0.1) | 11.1(0.3) |
Log population size | 11.7(0.02) | 11.3(0.2) | 9.9(0.02) | 11.3(0.2) | 13.0(0.02) | 11.3(0.2) | 13.7(0.02) | 11.3(0.2) | 11.7(0.6) |
Below poverty, % | 14.0(0.5) | 8.3(1.4) | 10.7(0.4) | 8.2(1.2) | 19.7(1.6) | 8.4(1.3) | 12.2(1.4) | 8.2(1.2) | 13.5(5.8) |