Table 11 B. Fear of Crime by Economic Characteristics:                                       22
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|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        93.2|        93.4|        85.7|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        94.6|        94.9|        89.9|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        95.5|        96.2|        91.5|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        96.8|        97.0|        93.5|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        97.7|        98.2|        96.1|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        91.1|        92.2|        83.0|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        96.2|        96.5|        92.5|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        93.1|        93.2|        86.3|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        95.6|        96.1|        91.3|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        95.4|        96.1|        91.3|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        97.6|        97.5|        95.1|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        96.7|        96.7|        94.6|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        96.4|        96.9|        93.7|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        98.1|        97.8|        93.6|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        95.9|        96.7|        92.4|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        94.1|        94.9|        90.4|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        93.2|        95.1|        88.6|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        97.9|        95.4|        94.5|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        95.8|        96.6|        92.7|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        94.9|        95.1|        90.1|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        95.4|        96.2|        92.1|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        96.3|        96.7|        92.7|
|  South                   |    36,086|        96.1|        96.0|        91.5|
|  West                    |    21,614|        94.1|        94.6|        88.9|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        92.3|        94.0|        87.9|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        95.6|        96.1|        91.3|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        98.1|        96.9|        94.1|
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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."