Table 4 B. Consumer Durables by Economic Characteristics:                                     8
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|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        70.3|        90.1|         6.2|        59.7|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        74.5|        94.9|        10.3|        73.3|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        79.7|        97.7|        19.3|        81.4|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        81.2|        98.8|        32.8|        89.2|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        82.7|        99.5|        52.8|        93.7|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        67.7|        87.0|         7.2|        56.2|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        79.1|        97.5|        26.7|        82.7|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        70.6|        91.6|         5.0|        68.3|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        77.8|        95.4|        16.9|        80.0|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        78.7|        97.1|        27.4|        81.0|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        81.4|        99.4|        43.7|        84.9|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        83.6|        99.0|        46.2|        87.5|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        80.7|        99.0|        42.5|        84.0|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        82.8|        99.0|        33.0|        83.5|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        81.9|        98.3|        36.0|        82.6|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        79.3|        97.3|        27.6|        77.7|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        72.4|        93.7|        15.6|        70.7|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        69.3|        93.1|        17.2|        79.4|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        78.2|        96.2|        25.2|        84.3|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        75.8|        93.9|        16.2|        77.2|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        68.4|        97.3|        23.1|        74.7|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        82.9|        96.8|        24.6|        81.7|
|  South                   |    36,086|        94.0|        94.9|        23.8|        82.0|
|  West                    |    21,614|        53.0|        96.6|        25.8|        77.1|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        75.1|        93.8|        22.1|        62.8|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        78.4|        96.8|        26.2|        80.7|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        76.7|        95.5|        17.5|        87.1|
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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