Hedonic Demand for Rented House in Kohima, Nagaland

The objective of this study is to show how the demand for a rentable house can be quantitatively expressed. The data set is obtained by a primary (sample) survey of 209 households randomly selected from the households inhabiting 19 wards of the township of Kohima, the capital city of Nagaland (India) during the first half of the year 2008. Eleven households were chosen from each ward. Besides many other information, the survey collected data on the residential house of the respondent, his/her family size, family income and rent (per month) paid if the house was acquired on rent. Of 209 households, 109 were found living in a rented house. URL: [http://www.freewebs.com/nehu_economics-a/Hedonicx.pdf]