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PEOPLE LIKE WHERE THEY LIVE, CENSUS BUREAU SURVEY SHOWS
More than half of all householders rated their homes and neighborhoods
8 or better on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the highest in 1997,
according to a report released today from the Commerce Department's Census
Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
The 8-or-better satisfaction level is reflected almost equally in every
U.S. region. The proportion who scored their homes and neighborhoods at 8
or better was 59 percent in the Midwest and South; 58 percent in the
Northeast; and 53 percent in the West.
The report, American Housing Survey for the United States: 1997,
also presents data on the size and composition of the nation's housing
inventory, characteristics of its occupants, housing costs and equipment
and fuels. Other subjects covered are mortgages, rent subsidies, previous
housing unit of recent movers and reasons for moving. Summary data are
provided for the nation and the regions, as well as for inside and outside
metropolitan statistical areas.
Statistics from sample surveys are subject to sampling and nonsampling
error.
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