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Conclusion <br /> The most important result of this study is evidence that the student generation rate for <br /> new housing units in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District is higher than that calculated for <br /> the Technical Report using data from the 1990 Census. As a result, the Technical Report, and <br /> possibly the impact fee itself, should be updated to reflect the higher student generation rate. <br /> For the Orange County School District, this study suggests use of a lower student generation <br /> rate than that based on the 1990 Census. <br /> While there may be a difference in student generation rates by type of housing, better <br /> data would be needed to determine this. The other housing characteristics examined here, <br /> especially the area and value of the housing unit, have a statistically insignificant or weak <br /> relationship with the number of public school children per housing unit. The strongest <br /> relationship found was between the number of bedrooms and the number of public school <br /> children in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District. In this case, the largest difference in <br /> average number of children was about .5 children, and was between housing with 4 or more <br /> bedrooms and housing with 3 or fewer bedrooms. <br /> 19 <br />