Table 7 A. Housing Conditions by Social Characteristics:                                     13
Households with Satisfactory Coolness in Summer, Satisfactory Warmth in Winter,
Satisfactory Furniture, and Satisfactory Privacy: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |Satisfactory|Satisfactory|Satisfactory|Satisfactory|
|                          |          |  coolness* |   warmth*  | furniture* |  privacy*  |
|                          |  Total   |------------|------------|------------|------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   101,944|        90.4|        94.3|        93.9|        94.1|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,413|        87.1|        92.6|        92.6|        90.3|
|  30 to 44                |    34,344|        88.3|        93.5|        92.0|        91.9|
|  45 to 64                |    33,441|        91.4|        94.7|        94.5|        95.4|
|  65 or older             |    21,746|        94.0|        96.1|        96.9|        97.6|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,092|        91.3|        95.4|        94.6|        94.6|
|  Female                  |    45,852|        89.2|        93.1|        93.2|        93.4|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    85,665|        90.9|        94.9|        94.5|        94.5|
|  Black                   |    12,396|        87.8|        91.9|        91.1|        91.8|
|  Other                   |     3,884|        87.0|        90.5|        90.9|        92.5|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,718|        85.6|        90.5|        90.8|        91.9|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    77,677|        91.4|        95.3|        94.8|        94.7|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    27,799|        90.4|        94.3|        94.3|        94.9|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,584|        86.2|        94.3|        92.4|        92.3|
|  Married, no children    |    27,241|        94.0|        96.8|        96.8|        96.8|
|  Married with children   |    26,788|        90.6|        94.4|        93.9|        93.4|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,767|        89.0|        93.0|        93.2|        94.1|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,765|        82.7|        88.8|        86.9|        87.3|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,608|        84.5|        90.3|        89.5|        91.2|
|  Not disabled            |    92,336|        91.0|        94.8|        94.4|        94.4|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,261|        85.5|        91.1|        90.0|        90.2|
|  Insured                 |    81,684|        91.6|        95.1|        94.9|        95.0|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,366|        92.8|        96.0|        95.4|        96.2|
|  Renter                  |    33,579|        85.4|        90.9|        91.0|        89.8|
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* Universe excludes households (less than one percent, except satisfaction with warmth with 3
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