Table 17 B. Community Services by Economic Characteristics:                                  34
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|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        92.8|        92.2|        93.3|        97.4|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        93.9|        92.8|        94.4|        98.0|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        95.0|        94.0|        95.0|        98.4|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        96.0|        95.1|        95.1|        98.4|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        97.3|        96.7|        96.0|        98.7|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        91.1|        89.7|        92.3|        96.9|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        95.6|        94.8|        95.1|        98.4|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        92.8|        92.3|        93.8|        97.6|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        95.0|        94.0|        94.4|        98.0|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        94.8|        93.9|        94.8|        98.1|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        96.9|        96.0|        95.7|        98.8|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        96.3|        95.2|        95.3|        98.4|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        96.1|        95.6|        95.1|        98.6|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        97.0|        94.9|        95.5|        98.5|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        94.9|        93.1|        96.0|        98.4|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        94.3|        92.9|        94.2|        97.8|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        93.6|        91.9|        94.8|        97.8|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        95.6|        95.7|        94.7|        99.2|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        95.3|        94.2|        95.0|        98.4|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        93.7|        92.6|        93.1|        97.5|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        94.6|        93.3|        95.9|        98.2|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        95.8|        94.9|        95.9|        98.4|
|  South                   |    36,086|        95.6|        95.0|        93.9|        98.4|
|  West                    |    21,614|        93.6|        92.8|        93.7|        97.4|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        93.1|        90.9|        94.6|        97.7|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        95.1|        94.2|        95.4|        98.2|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        96.2|        96.6|        91.9|        98.5|
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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"