Table 11 A. Fear of Crime by Social Characteristics:                                         21
Households with Home Considered Safe, Neighborhood Considered Safe,
and Crime Not so Bad Would Move: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |Crime not so|    Home    |Neighborhood|
|                          |          | bad would  | considered | considered |
|                          |          |   move*    |    safe    |    safe    |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        95.6|        95.9|        91.4|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        93.7|        94.5|        89.6|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        94.3|        95.5|        91.1|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        96.0|        96.1|        91.5|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        98.0|        97.1|        92.7|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        96.7|        96.8|        93.3|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        94.2|        94.9|        89.0|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        96.4|        96.4|        92.9|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        89.7|        92.6|        80.6|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        96.0|        95.4|        91.0|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        90.4|        90.8|        83.8|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        97.0|        97.0|        93.8|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        96.0|        95.6|        90.3|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        95.4|        95.1|        91.1|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        97.7|        97.8|        94.3|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        95.6|        96.3|        92.9|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        95.0|        95.4|        90.4|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        89.5|        91.8|        83.4|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        91.5|        92.9|        84.1|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        96.0|        96.3|        92.1|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        91.9|        93.1|        86.6|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        96.5|        96.6|        92.5|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        97.6|        97.4|        94.2|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        91.5|        93.0|        85.6|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8
* Answered "no" when asked if "conditions were undesirable enough you would like to move."