Table 8 A. Housing Conditions by Social Characteristics:                                     15
Households with More Than One Room per Person, Satisfactory Space,
Overall Satisfactory Housing, and Housing Not so Bad Would Move: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          | More than  |            |            |Housing not |
|                          |          |one room per|Satisfactory|Satisfactory|so bad would|
|                          |          |   person   |   space*   |  housing   |   move**   |
|                          |  Total   |------------|------------|------------|------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        91.8|        90.2|        95.7|        92.1|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        86.9|        86.7|        94.1|        86.1|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        86.9|        86.2|        94.7|        89.6|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        94.9|        91.7|        96.1|        94.1|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        97.6|        96.1|        97.5|        96.7|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        91.8|        90.7|        96.3|        92.7|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        91.8|        89.5|        95.0|        91.4|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        92.9|        90.8|        96.2|        92.8|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        87.8|        86.7|        92.6|        87.9|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        79.5|        86.3|        93.4|        90.8|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        69.5|        85.9|        92.8|        88.0|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        95.4|        91.3|        96.6|        93.3|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        97.6|        93.1|        96.1|        93.9|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        94.4|        89.1|        95.1|        90.2|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        98.6|        93.7|        97.5|        95.5|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        82.3|        86.8|        95.7|        90.5|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        94.2|        90.9|        95.2|        92.4|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        81.1|        81.8|        90.6|        84.0|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        91.5|        87.0|        92.1|        88.2|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        91.8|        90.5|        96.1|        92.6|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        80.1|        85.2|        92.0|        87.4|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        94.7|        91.4|        96.6|        93.3|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        95.6|        92.8|        97.4|        95.5|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        84.1|        84.8|        92.2|        85.4|
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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.

** Answered "no" when asked if "conditions were undesirable enough you would like to move"

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