Table 18 A. Meeting Basic Needs by Social Characteristics:                                   35
Households with No Unmet Essential Expenses, No Unpaid Rent or Mortgage,
No Unpaid Utility Bills, and Not Evicted for Non-payment: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |  No unmet  | No unpaid  | No unpaid  |Not evicted |
|                          |          | essential  |  rent or   |  utility   |  for non-  |
|                          |          |  expenses  |  mortgage  |   bills    |  payment   |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        86.0|        94.6|        90.9|        99.7|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        80.5|        91.8|        86.1|        99.3|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        81.7|        92.2|        87.6|        99.7|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        87.2|        95.4|        92.0|        99.8|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        94.1|        98.9|        97.0|       100.0|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        88.9|        95.5|        93.1|        99.8|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        82.3|        93.5|        88.2|        99.7|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        87.6|        95.4|        92.4|        99.8|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        74.7|        89.6|        80.0|        99.6|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        86.6|        94.5|        92.2|        99.8|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        78.8|        89.7|        86.2|        99.3|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        88.5|        95.9|        92.9|        99.8|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        87.1|        95.5|        92.8|        99.8|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        86.4|        95.1|        92.4|        99.7|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        93.6|        97.8|        96.2|        99.9|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        85.6|        94.3|        90.0|        99.8|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        83.9|        94.2|        90.2|        99.6|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        65.9|        85.3|        74.2|        99.1|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        68.8|        88.2|        80.8|        99.3|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        87.8|        95.3|        91.9|        99.8|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        72.4|        87.8|        81.3|        99.4|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        89.3|        96.3|        93.2|        99.8|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        90.4|        96.8|        93.9|        99.9|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        77.0|        90.2|        84.7|        99.4|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8