Table 19 A. Meeting Basic Needs by Social Characteristics:                                   37
Households with No Disconnected Utility Service, No Disconnected Phone Service,
No Unmet Need for Doctor, and No Unmet Need for Dentist: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |     No     |     No     |  No unmet  |  No unmet  |
|                          |          |disconnected|disconnected|  need for  |  need for  |
|                          |          |  utility   |   phone    |   doctor   |  dentist   |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        98.7|        96.2|        93.9|        92.1|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        97.3|        92.7|        92.1|        88.2|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        98.1|        94.7|        92.6|        90.1|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        99.1|        97.0|        93.6|        92.6|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        99.7|        99.2|        97.3|        96.8|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        99.1|        97.1|        94.9|        93.2|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        98.2|        95.0|        92.6|        90.8|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        98.9|        97.0|        94.4|        92.5|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        97.1|        90.3|        90.5|        89.3|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        98.5|        96.7|        93.5|        92.2|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        97.7|        92.4|        91.1|        89.1|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        99.0|        97.4|        94.6|        92.8|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        98.9|        96.9|        93.3|        92.3|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        99.0|        96.0|        90.9|        88.3|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        99.6|        98.9|        96.7|        95.8|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        98.7|        96.1|        94.4|        92.0|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        98.5|        95.8|        91.9|        90.6|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        95.7|        88.0|        88.7|        84.5|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        97.1|        91.7|        83.9|        83.5|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        98.8|        96.6|        94.9|        93.0|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        96.9|        90.3|        83.7|        81.3|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        99.1|        97.6|        96.4|        94.8|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        99.3|        97.9|        95.8|        94.5|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        97.5|        92.6|        90.0|        87.2|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8