Table 4 A. Consumer Durables by Social Characteristics:                                       7
Households with Air Conditioner, Telephone,
Electronic Appliances, and Basic Appliances: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |    Air     |            | Electronic | Basic four |
|                          |          |conditioner | Telephone  |appliances**|appliances* |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        77.7|        96.2|        24.3|        79.5|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        77.4|        92.7|        21.1|        62.4|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        78.0|        95.8|        31.8|        80.1|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        77.9|        96.8|        28.2|        84.3|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        77.0|        97.8|         8.1|        81.0|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        78.5|        96.3|        28.0|        81.9|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        76.7|        96.0|        19.8|        76.5|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        78.4|        97.0|        25.5|        82.4|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        77.5|        90.9|        15.9|        62.8|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        63.0|        94.9|        25.3|        68.4|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        69.2|        93.7|        12.9|        64.3|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        79.3|        97.3|        26.7|        84.1|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        74.2|        94.8|        11.9|        64.6|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        73.0|        95.2|        25.1|        66.4|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        82.6|        98.7|        28.5|        91.6|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        81.3|        97.5|        39.2|        89.9|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        73.5|        95.6|        14.5|        76.0|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        69.3|        90.5|        13.7|        67.8|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        71.3|        91.2|        12.0|        69.2|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        78.4|        96.7|        25.6|        80.5|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        72.7|        91.1|        13.8|        67.3|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        78.9|        97.4|        26.9|        82.5|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        81.4|        98.2|        29.7|        93.6|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        70.3|        92.0|        13.4|        51.0|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8
* Refrigerator, Stove, Clothes Washer, Telephone
** Computer, Cell Phone, VCR, Television