Table 19 B. Meeting Basic Needs by Economic Characteristics:                                 38
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|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        97.6|        92.9|        88.8|        88.2|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        98.1|        94.4|        91.7|        89.0|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        98.7|        96.5|        94.1|        91.4|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        99.2|        98.0|        96.4|        94.6|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        99.8|        99.0|        98.3|        97.3|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        96.3|        89.9|        85.9|        85.7|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        99.0|        97.0|        95.0|        93.0|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        98.2|        94.0|        90.5|        89.9|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        98.5|        95.5|        93.7|        91.6|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        98.5|        96.1|        93.4|        90.9|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        99.5|        98.6|        97.1|        95.6|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        99.3|        98.5|        96.2|        94.8|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        99.4|        98.0|        95.9|        94.2|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        99.2|        96.4|        95.6|        94.8|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        98.9|        96.5|        94.7|        91.6|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        98.4|        95.6|        94.1|        90.8|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        97.6|        93.2|        90.4|        86.2|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        98.4|        95.2|        90.4|        90.6|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        98.6|        95.8|        94.4|        92.4|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        98.0|        94.0|        92.6|        89.8|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        99.0|        96.8|        95.6|        93.3|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        98.5|        96.5|        94.2|        93.1|
|  South                   |    36,086|        98.7|        95.4|        93.0|        91.4|
|  West                    |    21,614|        98.5|        96.4|        93.4|        91.0|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        97.5|        92.8|        90.8|        88.3|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        98.8|        96.6|        94.5|        92.7|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        99.0|        96.7|        93.6|        92.5|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8