Table 18 B. Meeting Basic Needs by Economic Characteristics:                                 36
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|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        76.6|        90.7|        85.3|        99.5|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        81.5|        92.6|        87.2|        99.7|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        85.5|        94.8|        90.4|        99.7|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        90.4|        96.7|        93.9|        99.9|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        95.8|        98.4|        97.4|       100.0|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        69.3|        86.8|        79.8|        99.2|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        88.3|        95.7|        92.4|        99.8|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        80.7|        92.9|        87.6|        99.6|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        84.5|        93.7|        89.2|        99.7|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        84.3|        94.0|        89.9|        99.7|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        93.5|        97.8|        96.3|        99.9|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        91.0|        96.5|        94.3|        99.8|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        91.5|        97.1|        95.2|       100.0|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        87.9|        96.0|        92.6|       100.0|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        87.0|        96.0|        91.8|        99.8|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        82.6|        93.4|        88.3|        99.9|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        78.4|        90.3|        84.1|        99.5|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        86.3|        94.4|        90.1|        99.6|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        86.9|        93.5|        90.6|        99.7|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        80.9|        91.6|        87.1|        99.4|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        86.5|        95.0|        90.8|        99.9|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        86.4|        94.9|        90.6|        99.8|
|  South                   |    36,086|        85.7|        94.8|        91.0|        99.7|
|  West                    |    21,614|        85.3|        93.7|        90.8|        99.6|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        79.7|        90.9|        86.0|        99.2|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        86.9|        95.1|        91.5|        99.8|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        86.7|        95.6|        91.7|        99.8|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8