Table 1 A. Consumer Durables by Social Characteristics:                                       1
Households with Clothes Washer, Clothes Dryer,
Dish Washer, and Refrigerator: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |  Clothes   |  Clothes   |            |            |
|                          |          |   washer   |   dryer    |Dish washer |Refrigerator|
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        82.0|        77.8|        56.0|        99.3|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        66.2|        62.6|        47.4|        99.1|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        83.0|        79.5|        59.2|        99.4|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        86.5|        82.6|        60.6|        99.4|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        82.9|        76.6|        49.0|        99.2|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        84.2|        80.8|        60.2|        99.3|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        79.4|        74.2|        51.0|        99.4|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        84.7|        81.1|        59.1|        99.4|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        67.5|        58.6|        34.8|        98.9|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        70.9|        67.1|        55.1|        98.8|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        67.8|        54.2|        32.8|        99.3|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        86.2|        83.7|        61.8|        99.4|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        67.4|        62.6|        43.7|        98.9|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        68.8|        66.6|        53.4|        99.3|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        93.0|        90.1|        68.4|        99.8|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        92.3|        89.0|        67.5|        99.6|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        79.2|        72.5|        42.6|        98.1|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        73.0|        64.9|        36.3|        99.0|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        73.9|        66.9|        37.7|        98.8|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        82.9|        79.0|        58.0|        99.4|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        72.7|        64.6|        38.6|        99.0|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        84.4|        81.1|        60.4|        99.4|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        95.5|        92.2|        66.0|        99.6|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        54.8|        48.7|        35.9|        98.7|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8