Table 10 B. Fear of Crime by Economic Characteristics:                                       20
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|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        21.1|        36.8|        18.3|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        28.1|        32.7|        23.5|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        33.6|        29.9|        28.7|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        38.5|        29.1|        34.4|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        42.2|        26.2|        43.3|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        24.1|        38.4|        16.8|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        33.9|        29.3|        31.5|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        27.9|        36.3|        17.5|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        34.5|        27.6|        25.6|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        34.5|        31.0|        32.0|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        31.8|        28.7|        40.7|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        36.5|        27.2|        40.5|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        34.2|        29.6|        39.2|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        35.9|        33.7|        33.8|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        35.7|        27.7|        33.5|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        32.4|        29.2|        28.3|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        31.7|        34.4|        22.5|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        49.5|        32.7|        18.4|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        43.5|        30.1|        27.5|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        36.3|        29.9|        20.9|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        26.1|        25.2|        30.4|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        32.9|        25.1|        28.8|
|  South                   |    36,086|        35.9|        31.4|        29.0|
|  West                    |    21,614|        33.3|        37.3|        31.0|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        24.5|        30.8|        23.9|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        31.7|        30.9|        32.7|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        43.5|        27.3|        20.9|
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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.