Table 3 A. Consumer Durables by Social Characteristics:                                       5
Households with Videocassette Recorder, Air Conditioner,
Computer, and Cellular Phone: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |Videocassette|   Air     |            |  Cellular  |
|                          |          |  recorder  |conditioner |  Computer  |   phone    |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        85.2|        77.7|        42.0|        36.3|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        88.9|        77.4|        40.4|        35.4|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        91.8|        78.0|        53.7|        43.1|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        88.9|        77.9|        46.9|        40.9|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        66.9|        77.0|        16.8|        18.8|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        88.5|        78.5|        47.5|        40.0|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        81.2|        76.7|        35.2|        31.7|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        86.3|        78.4|        44.0|        37.7|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        77.1|        77.5|        26.3|        27.2|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        86.2|        63.0|        48.5|        34.5|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        80.6|        69.2|        25.4|        22.0|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        86.8|        79.3|        45.9|        39.2|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        71.2|        74.2|        25.0|        23.5|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        88.5|        73.0|        45.4|        39.7|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        90.7|        82.6|        45.8|        43.1|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        95.4|        81.3|        62.1|        49.6|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        81.0|        73.5|        30.9|        25.6|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        83.3|        69.3|        31.2|        23.6|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        74.3|        71.3|        27.4|        20.8|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        86.4|        78.4|        43.5|        37.9|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        82.9|        72.7|        30.0|        24.1|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        85.8|        78.9|        45.0|        39.3|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        88.4|        81.4|        47.7|        42.6|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        78.7|        70.3|        30.5|        23.4|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8