Table 7 B. Housing Conditions by Economic Characteristics:                                   14
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|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,313|        87.2|        91.5|        91.8|        92.4|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,380|        88.4|        92.6|        92.8|        93.4|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,402|        90.4|        94.4|        93.8|        94.0|
|  4th quintile            |    20,412|        91.8|        96.0|        95.2|        94.4|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,434|        93.9|        97.1|        96.2|        96.2|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,481|        84.5|        89.6|        88.9|        90.4|
|  Income above poverty    |    89,464|        91.2|        95.0|        94.6|        94.6|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,635|        87.3|        91.8|        92.0|        93.3|
|  High school graduate    |    30,910|        90.5|        94.1|        93.8|        94.0|
|  Some college            |    28,783|        90.0|        94.1|        93.6|        93.3|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,616|        92.8|        96.8|        95.9|        95.7|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,842|        93.3|        97.0|        95.5|        95.2|
|  Professional            |    11,315|        91.8|        95.6|        95.2|        94.8|
|  Technical               |     2,302|        91.6|        95.2|        94.2|        93.0|
|  Sales                   |     7,883|        90.5|        95.9|        94.8|        93.8|
|  Administrative support  |     9,244|        88.4|        93.3|        93.1|        92.7|
|  Service                 |     8,232|        86.3|        92.8|        91.4|        91.7|
|  Farm                    |     1,889|        88.0|        90.9|        92.0|        93.4|
|  Craft                   |     8,594|        90.3|        93.9|        93.7|        93.8|
|  Labor                   |    10,207|        88.4|        92.4|        92.4|        92.2|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,651|        89.5|        93.4|        93.8|        93.4|
|  Midwest                 |    24,891|        91.1|        94.6|        94.3|        93.9|
|  South                   |    35,975|        93.7|        95.5|        94.4|        95.3|
|  West                    |    21,427|        84.7|        92.9|        92.9|        92.9|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    12,787|        87.5|        93.6|        91.7|        91.6|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,594|        90.6|        94.5|        94.2|        94.3|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,563|        91.4|        94.0|        94.5|        94.9|
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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