Table 12 B. Neighborhood Conditions by Economic Characteristics:                             24
Households with No Trash or Litter in Area, No Street Repair Problems,
No Abandoned Buildings, and No Traffic Noise Problems: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |No trash or | No street  |            | No traffic |
|                          |          | litter in  |   repair   |No abandoned|   noise    |
|                          |          |    area    |  problems  | buildings  |  problems  |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        92.0|        83.6|        91.8|        78.6|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        90.0|        81.7|        88.5|        75.4|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        91.1|        82.6|        90.2|        77.6|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        91.8|        82.3|        91.5|        77.4|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        92.7|        83.8|        93.7|        79.6|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        94.6|        87.8|        95.1|        83.0|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        88.3|        79.5|        86.1|        73.4|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        92.6|        84.2|        92.6|        79.3|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        89.8|        80.5|        87.9|        76.2|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        91.8|        83.1|        92.0|        78.5|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        91.9|        83.0|        91.8|        78.0|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        94.1|        87.2|        94.4|        81.2|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        93.4|        86.9|        94.6|        81.0|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        93.3|        85.4|        93.1|        79.0|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        94.6|        86.3|        95.0|        79.7|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        92.6|        84.4|        92.9|        79.4|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        91.9|        83.0|        91.9|        76.9|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        89.8|        81.1|        88.5|        74.8|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        92.2|        83.7|        89.6|        86.0|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        91.2|        82.0|        92.5|        79.8|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        91.2|        81.1|        90.8|        77.7|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        91.9|        83.0|        90.5|        74.5|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        92.0|        84.5|        92.9|        77.8|
|  South                   |    36,086|        92.1|        83.7|        92.2|        82.3|
|  West                    |    21,614|        92.1|        83.0|        91.1|        77.1|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        91.2|        84.1|        89.8|        74.5|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        92.4|        84.2|        92.0|        78.6|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        91.2|        80.9|        92.8|        82.0|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8