Table 13 A. Neighborhood Conditions by Social Characteristics:                               25
Households with Good Relations with Neighbors, No Smoke or Odors,
No Problem Industry or Business, and No Overall Neighborhood Problems: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |    Good    |            |            |            |
|                          |          | relations  |            |            |     No     |
|                          |          |    with    |No smoke or |No industry |neighborhood|
|                          |          | neighbors  |   odors    |  business  |  problems  |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        95.1|        95.1|        92.7|        62.0|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        92.2|        94.5|        91.0|        57.8|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        94.3|        94.7|        92.6|        60.2|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        95.4|        95.1|        92.6|        62.8|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        97.3|        96.1|        94.0|        66.0|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        95.6|        95.6|        93.4|        63.2|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        94.4|        94.5|        91.9|        60.5|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        95.3|        95.2|        92.9|        63.0|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        93.5|        94.1|        91.2|        54.8|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        94.6|        94.9|        93.5|        62.9|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        93.1|        92.9|        91.3|        56.5|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        95.5|        95.5|        93.1|        63.6|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        95.4|        95.7|        91.9|        61.6|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        93.8|        94.0|        90.2|        56.8|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        96.5|        95.6|        93.7|        64.8|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        94.8|        95.3|        93.8|        63.3|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        95.1|        94.6|        92.2|        60.7|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        91.6|        92.5|        90.7|        55.2|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        92.1|        92.5|        90.5|        51.8|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        95.4|        95.4|        93.0|        63.1|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        93.1|        93.2|        91.4|        55.7|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        95.5|        95.6|        93.0|        63.6|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        96.3|        95.8|        93.9|        65.0|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        92.6|        93.7|        90.4|        55.9|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8