Table 2 A. Consumer Durables by Social Characteristics:                                       3
Households with Food Freezer, Television,
Stove, and Microwave: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |Food freezer| Television |   Stove    | Microwave  |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        34.9|        98.4|        98.7|        90.7|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        17.5|        97.9|        98.3|        87.5|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        32.3|        98.7|        98.8|        92.2|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        40.5|        98.6|        98.8|        92.6|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        40.8|        97.9|        98.6|        87.2|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        38.2|        98.4|        98.7|        91.7|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        30.9|        98.4|        98.7|        89.4|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        36.1|        98.6|        98.8|        91.9|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        30.0|        97.7|        98.2|        83.0|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        24.5|        97.3|        98.0|        88.1|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        14.0|        98.4|        98.4|        82.2|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        38.4|        98.5|        98.8|        92.8|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        21.9|        96.9|        97.6|        84.3|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        21.2|        98.0|        98.6|        89.8|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        48.5|        99.3|        99.5|        95.6|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        42.3|        99.3|        99.4|        95.0|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        31.3|        97.7|        96.9|        87.8|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        22.8|        98.2|        98.7|        85.9|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        33.5|        96.9|        97.7|        84.4|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        35.1|        98.6|        98.8|        91.4|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        25.3|        97.4|        97.9|        85.5|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        37.3|        98.6|        98.9|        92.0|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        44.6|        99.0|        99.3|        94.7|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        15.3|        97.1|        97.4|        82.6|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8