Table 2 B. Consumer Durables by Economic Characteristics:                                     4
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|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        24.1|        96.0|        97.0|        79.0|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        31.1|        98.4|        98.3|        88.7|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        35.6|        99.1|        99.0|        93.5|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        39.9|        99.1|        99.5|        95.4|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        44.0|        99.5|        99.6|        96.9|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        22.0|        95.2|        96.7|        77.3|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        36.8|        98.9|        99.0|        92.6|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        31.9|        96.7|        97.7|        81.2|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        38.2|        98.7|        98.6|        91.5|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        35.4|        98.8|        98.9|        93.1|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        32.5|        98.6|        99.3|        93.7|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        34.9|        99.3|        99.4|        95.6|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        32.2|        98.3|        99.5|        93.5|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        32.8|        98.6|        98.8|        93.8|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        34.6|        98.9|        99.0|        93.8|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        30.2|        98.8|        99.0|        93.3|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        27.9|        98.2|        98.4|        89.0|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        52.5|        97.1|        97.6|        87.7|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        40.6|        98.9|        98.5|        93.1|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        34.5|        98.8|        98.8|        91.1|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        28.5|        98.1|        98.1|        86.9|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        41.4|        98.8|        99.1|        94.2|
|  South                   |    36,086|        37.3|        98.5|        98.7|        90.2|
|  West                    |    21,614|        29.4|        98.1|        98.6|        91.0|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        17.6|        98.0|        98.1|        85.9|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        32.7|        98.5|        98.7|        91.4|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        58.4|        98.1|        99.1|        91.6|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8