Table 10 A. Fear of Crime by Social Characteristics:                                         19
Households with a Dog in the Household, Dog in Household for Safety,
and Alarm or Safety Lights: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |            |            |  Alarm or  |
|                          |          |   Dog in   | Dog is for |   safety   |
|                          |          | household  |  safety*   |   lights   |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        32.7|        30.1|        29.6|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        27.6|        29.8|        19.0|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        38.8|        33.0|        29.0|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        36.3|        28.0|        33.5|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        20.6|        27.5|        31.0|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        35.2|        29.0|        30.8|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        29.7|        31.8|        28.2|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        35.3|        29.7|        30.2|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        17.9|        35.7|        26.3|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        23.2|        31.8|        29.2|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        28.5|        44.0|        20.0|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        35.9|        28.4|        31.2|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        18.7|        31.8|        26.0|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        30.2|        30.7|        25.3|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        35.5|        26.4|        37.7|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        46.5|        30.5|        31.7|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        29.3|        28.6|        24.1|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        30.3|        37.9|        18.1|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        32.3|        34.5|        22.0|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        32.8|        29.7|        30.5|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        32.8|        35.4|        18.6|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        32.7|        28.8|        32.4|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        39.3|        29.0|        37.1|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        19.4|        34.6|        14.7|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8
* Universe includes only households with dogs.