Table 6 A. Housing Conditions by Social Characteristics:                                     11
Households with No Cracks in Walls, No Plumbing Problems,
No Holes in Floor, and Overall Satisfactory Repair: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |No cracks in|No plumbing |No holes in |Satisfactory|
|                          |          |   walls    |  problems  |   floor    |   repair*  |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------|------------+
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        96.0|        97.4|        99.1|        92.5|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        95.3|        97.3|        99.2|        90.9|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        95.1|        96.8|        99.0|        91.5|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        96.3|        97.8|        99.1|        92.9|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        97.4|        97.9|        99.4|        94.2|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        96.4|        97.9|        99.2|        93.7|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        95.5|        96.8|        99.0|        90.9|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        96.4|        97.7|        99.3|        93.2|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        94.3|        96.4|        98.5|        87.7|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        93.8|        95.5|        97.7|        90.5|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        93.3|        95.4|        98.8|        88.5|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        96.6|        97.9|        99.3|        93.7|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        96.1|        97.5|        98.9|        92.5|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        95.1|        97.4|        98.8|        91.8|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        97.7|        98.6|        99.6|        95.4|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        96.1|        97.5|        99.2|        93.1|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        95.3|        96.0|        99.3|        90.5|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        92.1|        95.0|        98.6|        84.5|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        91.8|        95.2|        97.6|        86.7|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        96.5|        97.7|        99.3|        93.1|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        93.0|        95.3|        98.4|        87.3|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        96.8|        98.0|        99.3|        93.8|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        96.9|        97.8|        99.3|        94.2|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        94.2|        96.7|        98.8|        89.0|
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* Universe excludes households (less than one percent) that did not live in their home long
enough to be able to answer the question.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8