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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 4-6. Failures in Equipment--Renter Occupied Units
(Numbers in thousands)
Housing unit characteristics
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 New con-
struction
4 years		 Manu-
factured/
mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate Black Hispanic Elderly
(65 years
and over)		 Moved in
past year		 Below
poverty
level		 Total
occupied
units		 Central
cities		 Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Total Outside
MSAs		 Total Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Northeast Midwest South West

Total		 33727 1164 1210 1168 2508 6937 5037 4270 11322 7829 33727 14736 14050 4941 29406 2604 4321 1927 2337 7345 6625 11325 8432

Water Supply Stoppage

With hot and cold piped water		 33572 1162 1210 1013 2508 6878 5020 4236 11267 7741 33572 14633 14029 4910 29288 2592 4284 1921 2318 7306 6588 11279 8399
No stoppage in last 3 months 31448 1104 1110 859 2305 6437 4702 4026 10592 7232 31448 13634 13184 4631 27460 2453 3988 1767 2178 6830 6218 10539 7861
With stoppage in last 3 months 1758 46 79 154 176 346 300 167 571 404 1758 823 710 225 1507 108 251 134 117 396 302 586 475
No stoppage lasting 6 hours or more 662 13 28 28 54 109 127 88 225 143 662 294 291 77 592 49 70 42 28 119 120 224 199
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 672 23 27 56 83 138 104 47 224 161 672 302 260 110 550 42 123 55 68 144 128 225 175
2 times 217 4 7 23 22 50 25 13 73 41 217 106 101 11 193 6 24 20 5 55 29 74 59
3 times 79 0 10 11 3 19 13 7 19 18 79 41 21 16 61 5 18 6 11 26 16 26 11
4 times or more 113 5 5 35 12 29 27 13 20 36 113 72 30 11 98 5 15 9 6 45 5 35 28
Number of times not reported 15 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 10 5 15 8 7 0 13 0 2 2 0 6 2 2 5
Stoppage not reported 366 13 21 0 26 96 19 42 104 106 366 177 135 54 321 32 45 20 22 80 68 154 63

Flush Toilet Breakdowns

With one or more flush toilets		 33558 1162 1210 999 2508 6897 5014 4239 11258 7738 33558 14616 14021 4922 29269 2598 4289 1923 2323 7290 6591 11293 8384
With at least one working toilet at all
times in last 3 months		 31308 1089 1112 822 2127 6271 4662 4054 10325 7054 31308 13563 13163 4581 27263 2390 4044 1813 2191 6830 6191 10443 7843
None working some time in last 3 months 1775 61 74 138 343 502 320 129 790 552 1775 812 707 255 1595 161 180 85 94 358 301 658 457
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 822 35 35 40 73 205 144 72 401 217 822 339 349 134 739 92 83 41 42 154 131 304 232
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 576 21 19 41 84 151 102 45 246 187 576 285 214 78 522 48 54 24 30 114 103 203 157
2 times 172 5 5 26 20 58 34 12 54 64 172 80 74 17 161 11 12 5 7 38 37 67 31
3 times 88 0 0 11 77 41 14 0 34 34 88 41 37 10 79 8 9 7 2 22 14 35 17
4 times or more 108 0 15 20 88 48 23 0 48 46 108 63 29 16 88 2 20 7 13 28 12 49 19
Number of times not reported 9 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7 5 9 4 5 0 7 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 2
Breakdowns not reported 476 13 23 40 37 124 33 55 144 131 476 240 151 85 411 48 65 25 38 102 98 193 84

Sewage Disposal Breakdowns

With public sewer		 31118 1084 558 1102 2276 6734 4873 3957 10617 7228 31118 14638 12798 3682 28912 2564 2206 1042 1118 6878 6165 10078 7997
No breakdowns in last 3 months 30437 1071 540 1048 2159 6493 4768 3922 10375 7050 30437 14275 12558 3605 28269 2497 2168 1017 1108 6765 6022 9826 7825
With breakdowns in last 3 months 681 13 19 54 117 240 105 36 241 178 681 363 240 77 643 67 38 26 10 113 143 252 172
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 241 3 10 0 26 70 38 18 87 64 241 112 95 34 226 33 15 14 2 39 44 96 62
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 280 6 6 15 45 100 30 16 106 61 280 156 100 25 261 20 19 12 4 42 70 86 82
2 times 61 4 0 13 11 20 19 2 18 18 61 38 14 8 57 4 4 0 4 9 15 23 14
3 times 43 0 0 6 18 22 8 0 14 21 43 34 8 0 43 0 0 0 0 12 8 18 5
4 times or more 56 0 2 20 16 28 10 0 17 15 56 23 23 10 56 10 0 0 0 11 8 28 9

With septic tank or cesspool		 2587 78 651 44 231 195 164 305 703 591 2587 93 1246 1248 487 41 2100 883 1208 467 458 1232 430
No breakdowns in last 3 months 2531 78 635 44 215 195 161 305 677 580 2531 93 1208 1230 473 41 2058 860 1189 463 451 1195 422
With breakdowns in last 3 months 56 0 17 0 16 0 3 0 26 11 56 0 38 18 14 0 42 23 18 5 7 37 8
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 20 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 12 5 20 0 15 5 5 0 14 10 5 2 5 7 5
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 21 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 4 21 0 9 11 7 0 14 2 11 2 2 14 2
2 times 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 times 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 times or more 13 0 9 0 7 0 0 0 9 2 13 0 11 2 0 0 13 11 2 0 0 13 0

Heating Problems

With heating equipment and
occupied last winter		 25361 631 851 989 1934 5443 3723 3911 3150 5889 25361 11192 10593 3576 22052 1749 3309 1431 1827 6288 4963 7933 6177
Not uncomfortably cold for 24 hours or
more last winter		 21870 590 688 469 1497 4522 3120 3615 2560 4918 21870 9471 9294 3105 19011 1531 2859 1240 1574 5215 4290 6987 5377
Uncomfortably cold for 24 hours or more
last winter@5		 2975 22 134 503 397 806 563 242 442 822 2975 1469 1106 400 2573 169 403 169 232 934 561 789 691
Equipment breakdowns 1094 10 37 422 116 337 207 85 137 301 1094 586 402 106 984 40 110 42 66 420 214 241 220
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours
or more		 51 0 4 0 3 8 9 7 4 22 51 23 24 4 49 2 2 0 2 17 11 15 7
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 440 10 26 22 59 104 62 39 60 118 440 206 174 60 369 17 72 28 44 137 101 123 80
2 times 199 0 2 10 47 65 39 11 22 37 199 114 69 17 182 6 18 4 11 68 44 42 46
3 times 95 0 0 95 0 42 17 11 15 19 95 60 30 5 90 2 5 2 2 58 13 14 10
4 times or more 295 0 5 295 0 112 80 18 35 102 295 176 99 21 281 13 15 7 8 128 45 45 77
Number of times not reported 14 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 3 14 7 7 0 14 0 0 0 0 11 0 2 0
Other causes 1992 13 100 150 308 493 387 168 316 558 1992 975 716 301 1692 129 300 127 173 562 368 568 494
Utility interruption 300 5 21 9 33 89 32 39 33 73 300 146 100 54 211 10 89 46 44 56 35 159 50
Inadequate heating capacity 615 5 14 49 135 178 131 38 87 190 615 325 211 78 561 44 54 19 34 192 115 149 158
Inadequate insulation 543 6 21 35 103 121 118 21 113 137 543 256 198 89 484 43 59 12 46 155 125 102 161
Cost of heating 373 0 28 20 38 59 64 23 68 103 373 146 153 74 314 41 59 25 34 78 60 73 162
Other 526 0 36 65 90 122 107 58 84 160 526 258 207 62 449 27 77 43 34 188 96 139 103
Not reported 30 0 0 4 0 5 15 5 0 12 30 16 11 2 25 0 5 2 2 9 0 12 9
Reason for discomfort not reported 39 0 0 2 0 17 9 3 6 13 39 22 17 0 37 0 2 2 0 26 8 2 2
Discomfort not reported 515 19 28 17 40 116 39 54 148 149 515 251 193 71 469 49 47 22 22 138 111 157 109

Electric Fuses and Circuit Breakers

With electrical wiring		 33720 1162 1210 1166 2508 6937 5037 4270 11320 7824 33720 14733 14046 4941 29399 2604 4321 1927 2337 7342 6623 11323 8432
No fuses or breakers blown in last
3 months		 29438 1051 1041 934 2039 6028 4479 3933 9881 6881 29438 12666 12402 4369 25694 2316 3744 1638 2054 6255 5662 9945 7576
With fuses or breakers blown in last
3 months		 3485 89 141 217 401 720 433 232 1196 704 3485 1681 1332 473 3001 240 484 249 233 881 827 1078 699
1 time 1655 54 69 69 157 303 250 127 619 321 1655 787 645 224 1440 122 216 113 102 400 380 489 387
2 times 710 16 16 48 71 165 74 60 224 139 710 365 249 96 614 38 95 35 58 213 165 223 109
3 times 343 8 27 33 42 84 33 15 111 73 343 159 137 48 280 21 64 37 27 54 98 126 65
4 times or more 764 11 30 67 131 163 73 29 238 170 764 366 295 104 656 59 108 64 44 207 181 241 136
Number of times not reported 12 0 0 0 1 5 3 1 3 1 12 4 7 2 11 0 2 0 2 6 4 0 3
Problem not reported or don't know 797 22 28 15 68 189 124 105 242 238 797 386 312 99 704 49 93 40 50 207 134 300 157
@5Other causes and equipment breakdowns may not add to total as both may be reported.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division