Table 17 A. Community Services by Social Characteristics:                                    33
Households with Satisfactory Neighborhood, Neighborhood Not so Bad Would Move,
Satisfactory Public Services, and Services Not so Bad Would Move: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |            |Neighborhood|Satisfactory|  Services- |
|                          |          |Satisfactory| would not  |   public   | would not  |
|                          |          |neighborhood|   move*    |  Services  |   move*    |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        95.0|        94.2|        94.7|        98.2|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        93.5|        90.5|        93.7|        97.6|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        94.2|        92.5|        94.6|        97.7|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        95.2|        95.1|        94.2|        98.2|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        97.0|        97.5|        96.5|        99.2|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        96.0|        95.1|        95.2|        98.5|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        93.8|        93.0|        94.1|        97.7|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        95.8|        95.0|        95.2|        98.5|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        89.8|        88.4|        91.8|        96.2|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        94.4|        94.6|        94.6|        97.8|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        91.2|        89.6|        95.2|        97.2|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        96.2|        95.5|        95.1|        98.6|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        95.3|        95.1|        95.5|        98.6|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        94.1|        93.5|        94.2|        98.5|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        96.6|        96.6|        95.3|        98.8|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        95.3|        93.7|        94.8|        98.0|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        94.4|        93.8|        94.1|        98.0|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        90.1|        87.1|        91.8|        96.0|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        91.4|        90.7|        90.6|        96.1|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        95.4|        94.5|        95.2|        98.4|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        92.1|        90.2|        92.7|        96.8|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        95.7|        95.2|        95.2|        98.5|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        96.5|        96.5|        94.9|        98.7|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        92.0|        89.5|        94.3|        97.2|
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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"