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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 5-6. Failures in Equipment--Occupied Units With Black Householder
(Numbers in thousands)
Housing unit characteristics
Tenure
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 Owner Renter New con-
struction
4 years		 Manu-
factured/
mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate 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		 13223 6286 6937 594 691 469 1175 2067 2544 3324 13223 6924 4797 1502 11582 698 1641 801 804 2391 2471 7162 1199

Water Supply Stoppage

With hot and cold piped water		 13142 6264 6878 594 689 388 1175 2041 2529 3276 13142 6885 4781 1476 11528 690 1614 791 786 2371 2460 7114 1196
No stoppage in last 3 months 12478 6041 6437 566 659 331 1087 1973 2361 3093 12478 6511 4556 1411 10934 666 1543 761 745 2247 2351 6743 1138
With stoppage in last 3 months 483 137 346 22 19 55 59 47 131 128 483 267 159 57 427 24 57 23 33 107 76 244 56
No stoppage lasting 6 hours or more 143 33 109 6 7 9 12 17 49 30 143 78 52 13 133 9 10 6 4 27 23 75 18
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 197 58 138 5 6 22 34 25 45 66 197 100 62 35 174 15 22 3 20 46 33 98 20
2 times 71 21 50 6 3 7 3 3 15 18 71 37 27 7 58 0 13 5 7 14 14 36 7
3 times 19 0 19 0 0 3 3 0 7 0 19 19 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 11 3 5 0
4 times or more 49 20 29 5 3 14 8 2 14 11 49 31 16 2 40 0 9 7 2 10 3 24 12
Number of times not reported 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 0
Stoppage not reported 181 86 96 6 11 3 29 21 37 55 181 108 66 8 167 0 14 6 8 17 33 128 3

Flush Toilet Breakdowns

With one or more flush toilets		 13169 6273 6897 594 691 416 1175 2048 2534 3292 13169 6896 4783 1491 11547 696 1622 793 795 2374 2466 7131 1199
With at least one working toilet at all
times in last 3 months		 12288 6017 6271 566 645 316 966 1949 2242 2982 12288 6331 4534 1422 10735 665 1552 761 757 2212 2292 6652 1132
None working some time in last 3 months 651 149 502 22 33 70 177 63 248 243 651 422 184 45 603 21 48 24 24 136 130 330 55
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 273 68 205 15 16 23 36 34 123 72 273 188 70 15 245 5 28 18 10 50 43 153 27
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 215 64 151 7 6 23 43 25 74 78 215 130 67 18 205 11 10 3 7 44 48 102 21
2 times 64 7 58 0 3 12 12 0 7 39 64 44 16 5 62 3 2 0 2 19 15 27 3
3 times 46 5 41 0 0 4 42 2 18 23 46 25 21 0 44 0 2 2 0 9 12 21 4
4 times or more 51 3 48 0 8 8 43 0 26 30 51 34 9 8 45 2 6 0 6 14 12 25 0
Number of times not reported 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Breakdowns not reported 231 107 124 6 14 30 31 36 45 66 231 143 65 23 208 9 22 9 14 26 44 150 11

Sewage Disposal Breakdowns

With public sewer		 12012 5278 6734 438 265 427 1008 1772 2459 2998 12012 6849 4182 980 11392 694 620 319 287 2345 2427 6056 1183
No breakdowns in last 3 months 11659 5166 6493 428 252 388 923 1738 2348 2876 11659 6630 4082 947 11054 669 606 313 278 2293 2329 5890 1148
With breakdowns in last 3 months 352 112 240 10 13 40 84 34 111 123 352 219 100 33 338 24 15 6 9 53 99 166 35
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 124 54 70 4 8 3 20 17 41 36 124 72 34 17 117 13 7 3 4 17 31 65 11
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 144 44 100 6 3 15 37 17 45 42 144 90 43 11 137 6 8 3 5 22 41 60 20
2 times 27 7 20 0 0 6 6 0 3 14 27 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 1 11 11 4
3 times 27 5 22 0 0 2 13 0 14 18 27 19 8 0 27 0 0 0 0 7 7 13 0
4 times or more 30 3 28 0 2 14 8 0 9 13 30 11 14 5 30 5 0 0 0 6 8 17 0

With septic tank or cesspool		 1195 1000 195 156 427 25 167 285 85 318 1195 72 610 513 190 5 1005 477 508 45 44 1089 16
No breakdowns in last 3 months 1178 983 195 156 427 23 165 280 85 316 1178 72 599 508 185 5 993 470 503 45 44 1073 16
With breakdowns in last 3 months 16 16 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 16 0 12 5 5 0 11 7 5 0 0 16 0
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 7 7 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 7 0 7 0 3 0 4 4 0 0 0 7 0
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 5 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 7 0
2 times 2 2 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Heating Problems

With heating equipment and
occupied last winter		 11441 5998 5443 462 641 428 1019 1976 799 2804 11441 5878 4203 1360 9920 590 1521 715 770 2153 2134 6143 1011
Not uncomfortably cold for 24 hours or
more last winter		 9875 5353 4522 411 573 190 793 1789 635 2304 9875 4955 3709 1212 8521 531 1355 637 681 1748 1817 5440 871
Uncomfortably cold for 24 hours or more
last winter@5		 1355 549 806 45 57 227 188 157 133 437 1355 800 416 139 1202 57 153 71 82 374 275 579 127
Equipment breakdowns 536 199 337 13 10 198 63 56 53 159 536 322 168 46 495 19 41 14 27 177 136 174 49
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours
or more		 18 10 8 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 18 7 11 0 18 0 0 0 0 5 0 13 0
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 237 133 104 10 8 9 29 37 18 65 237 132 73 32 208 12 29 9 20 64 66 85 22
2 times 91 25 65 2 0 2 27 5 6 23 91 79 7 4 84 0 7 2 4 16 36 24 13
3 times 54 12 42 0 0 54 0 5 6 10 54 26 24 4 52 2 2 0 2 28 3 19 5
4 times or more 130 18 112 0 2 130 0 9 21 51 130 74 51 5 127 5 3 3 0 59 31 30 9
Number of times not reported 6 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 4 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0
Other causes 860 366 493 35 49 46 135 100 79 298 860 514 249 96 741 38 118 60 59 208 145 420 87
Utility interruption 233 144 89 19 21 3 10 33 20 59 233 116 73 44 167 14 66 36 30 19 20 178 16
Inadequate heating capacity 242 64 178 1 10 11 56 19 34 110 242 167 61 14 231 7 11 5 7 72 52 96 22
Inadequate insulation 179 58 121 3 5 9 40 17 31 67 179 122 46 12 165 5 14 7 7 61 44 46 28
Cost of heating 112 54 59 3 2 0 16 5 9 43 112 57 43 13 102 8 11 5 6 31 23 28 30
Other 198 76 122 9 11 20 37 28 12 54 198 122 54 22 176 7 22 6 16 54 30 94 21
Not reported 7 2 5 0 1 3 0 4 0 3 7 6 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 0
Reason for discomfort not reported 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 17 10 7 0 17 0 0 0 0 14 3 0 0
Discomfort not reported 212 96 116 6 11 11 38 29 31 63 212 123 79 10 198 2 14 6 8 32 43 124 13

Electric Fuses and Circuit Breakers

With electrical wiring		 13208 6271 6937 594 691 467 1163 2067 2544 3311 13208 6911 4795 1502 11569 698 1639 798 804 2391 2471 7148 1199
No fuses or breakers blown in last
3 months		 11479 5451 6028 535 620 367 954 1829 2189 2864 11479 5907 4201 1371 10001 645 1478 716 725 2058 2053 6319 1049
With fuses or breakers blown in last
3 months		 1393 673 720 49 59 90 175 174 286 344 1393 798 477 118 1252 50 141 73 68 288 343 641 121
1 time 636 333 303 25 20 27 63 95 127 126 636 343 225 68 559 30 77 39 38 131 138 306 62
2 times 350 185 165 21 24 25 46 40 83 83 350 211 123 16 319 0 31 16 16 64 90 177 19
3 times 140 56 84 3 12 24 9 20 37 49 140 77 43 20 130 14 9 3 6 19 40 64 17
4 times or more 257 94 163 0 3 15 56 17 40 82 257 158 84 14 234 7 24 16 8 70 75 91 21
Number of times not reported 10 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 10 9 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 3
Problem not reported or don't know 336 147 189 9 12 10 34 63 68 103 336 206 116 13 316 2 20 9 10 45 75 187 29
@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