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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 6-6. Failures in Equipment--Occupied Units With Hispanic 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		 9720 4684 5037 409 435 315 709 1094 2312 1920 9720 4465 4455 801 8781 388 940 518 413 1490 739 3596 3895

Water Supply Stoppage

With hot and cold piped water		 9686 4666 5020 409 425 281 709 1080 2301 1901 9686 4443 4449 794 8759 388 927 512 406 1484 737 3584 3881
No stoppage in last 3 months 9191 4490 4702 389 392 234 669 1036 2180 1781 9191 4175 4251 766 8330 383 862 471 383 1374 704 3402 3712
With stoppage in last 3 months 445 145 300 20 34 47 37 42 108 100 445 247 172 27 388 6 57 36 21 104 30 167 145
No stoppage lasting 6 hours or more 170 44 127 7 11 10 20 10 44 37 170 92 67 11 154 0 16 5 11 26 11 74 60
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 159 55 104 9 16 18 6 19 44 30 159 86 60 13 134 6 25 17 7 36 15 52 55
2 times 54 29 25 0 4 4 4 10 8 11 54 30 24 0 42 0 12 12 0 12 2 22 18
3 times 20 7 13 0 0 6 2 0 3 6 20 11 7 2 18 0 2 0 2 10 2 8 0
4 times or more 36 8 27 4 0 9 5 3 6 13 36 25 10 0 36 0 0 0 0 17 0 8 10
Number of times not reported 7 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 7 2 4 0 5 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2
Stoppage not reported 50 31 19 0 0 0 2 2 14 20 50 22 26 2 41 0 9 5 2 6 4 15 25

Flush Toilet Breakdowns

With one or more flush toilets		 9685 4671 5014 409 425 280 709 1083 2301 1902 9685 4440 4449 796 8756 388 929 512 408 1474 737 3586 3887
With at least one working toilet at all
times in last 3 months		 9140 4478 4662 393 396 237 638 1049 2114 1746 9140 4190 4224 726 8275 344 866 476 382 1408 711 3391 3630
None working some time in last 3 months 468 148 320 16 27 38 66 27 172 123 468 209 194 64 419 44 48 28 20 55 20 166 226
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 211 66 144 13 22 13 16 10 81 64 211 68 101 41 187 32 23 14 9 18 12 79 101
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 156 54 102 3 5 7 10 12 65 31 156 77 63 17 139 12 17 12 5 20 4 60 72
2 times 55 20 34 0 0 5 8 5 18 7 55 31 21 2 50 0 5 2 2 8 2 8 37
3 times 19 5 14 0 0 5 14 0 2 4 19 15 4 0 19 0 0 0 0 4 3 8 4
4 times or more 25 2 23 0 0 8 17 0 6 14 25 17 5 3 22 0 3 0 3 6 0 11 9
Number of times not reported 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Breakdowns not reported 77 44 33 0 2 5 5 7 14 34 77 41 30 6 62 0 15 7 6 12 6 29 31

Sewage Disposal Breakdowns

With public sewer		 9019 4147 4873 353 265 301 683 999 2219 1766 9019 4425 4045 550 8540 380 479 303 170 1415 688 3284 3633
No breakdowns in last 3 months 8806 4039 4768 349 262 289 655 980 2168 1727 8806 4319 3959 529 8339 365 467 298 164 1391 673 3184 3558
With breakdowns in last 3 months 213 108 105 4 2 12 28 19 51 38 213 106 86 21 201 15 12 4 6 24 15 100 74
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 75 37 38 0 2 2 9 8 25 15 75 34 36 5 71 5 4 2 0 7 7 33 27
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 78 48 30 0 0 3 7 8 14 11 78 35 33 10 73 7 6 2 3 7 6 46 19
2 times 27 8 19 4 0 2 4 0 9 5 27 17 8 2 25 0 2 0 2 7 2 11 8
3 times 16 8 8 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 16 16 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 11
4 times or more 16 7 10 0 0 2 5 3 2 6 16 4 10 3 16 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 9

With septic tank or cesspool		 696 532 164 56 165 8 26 89 93 149 696 40 404 251 240 8 455 209 243 75 52 306 263
No breakdowns in last 3 months 679 517 161 56 163 8 26 88 88 147 679 38 397 244 236 8 442 204 235 73 50 304 252
With breakdowns in last 3 months 17 14 3 0 2 0 0 1 5 2 17 2 8 8 4 0 13 5 8 2 2 2 11
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 7 5 3 0 2 0 0 1 5 0 7 2 0 5 2 0 5 0 5 0 2 0 5
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 5 2 0 0 7 5 2 2 0 0 5
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		 8013 4291 3723 284 350 265 593 1048 686 1556 8013 3659 3751 603 7216 257 797 442 346 1323 611 2861 3219
Not uncomfortably cold for 24 hours or
more last winter		 7033 3912 3120 276 301 111 463 957 584 1274 7033 3131 3396 506 6348 226 684 397 280 1054 534 2634 2811
Uncomfortably cold for 24 hours or more
last winter@5		 906 343 563 7 44 153 129 87 82 251 906 489 322 95 799 32 107 43 64 255 71 209 371
Equipment breakdowns 310 102 207 3 12 128 24 38 22 98 310 188 94 27 286 8 24 4 19 106 20 57 126
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours
or more		 25 15 9 0 0 0 3 2 2 7 25 16 5 4 21 0 4 0 4 9 0 6 10
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 106 44 62 3 3 6 13 14 14 23 106 64 27 15 92 5 15 4 10 30 10 27 39
2 times 59 20 39 0 0 2 7 10 2 14 59 27 26 5 56 2 3 0 3 18 3 21 16
3 times 22 5 17 0 0 22 0 3 0 7 22 17 5 0 22 0 0 0 0 17 2 0 3
4 times or more 98 19 80 0 9 98 0 9 3 47 98 64 31 3 96 1 2 0 2 32 4 3 59
Number of times not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other causes 634 247 387 4 33 54 110 60 68 166 634 329 235 71 548 23 86 38 47 170 49 158 258
Utility interruption 68 36 32 0 4 0 7 5 0 14 68 44 16 7 53 0 15 8 7 20 6 18 24
Inadequate heating capacity 226 95 131 2 11 25 58 23 17 47 226 116 92 19 198 6 28 15 13 58 13 60 96
Inadequate insulation 166 48 118 0 15 10 38 14 37 30 166 71 67 28 142 13 24 9 15 34 17 46 69
Cost of heating 125 62 64 2 9 4 26 11 19 18 125 67 50 8 112 0 13 5 8 24 6 32 63
Other 164 57 107 0 5 31 28 20 12 77 164 96 49 19 150 10 15 6 9 65 10 36 53
Not reported 21 6 15 0 1 1 0 2 0 6 21 6 12 4 18 0 4 0 4 4 0 2 15
Reason for discomfort not reported 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 2
Discomfort not reported 75 36 39 1 5 0 0 4 20 31 75 40 33 2 69 0 6 3 2 14 7 17 37

Electric Fuses and Circuit Breakers

With electrical wiring		 9720 4684 5037 409 435 315 709 1094 2312 1920 9720 4465 4455 801 8781 388 940 518 413 1490 739 3596 3895
No fuses or breakers blown in last
3 months		 8621 4141 4479 369 390 263 580 1017 2039 1704 8621 3934 4001 687 7795 332 826 464 354 1233 650 3221 3518
With fuses or breakers blown in last
3 months		 906 473 433 38 40 49 111 63 228 161 906 431 373 102 805 48 101 47 54 221 74 309 302
1 time 495 245 250 29 21 16 48 38 144 94 495 221 218 56 447 33 47 24 23 103 36 158 197
2 times 196 121 74 4 11 9 21 10 35 22 196 96 74 26 170 7 26 7 19 50 20 81 44
3 times 72 39 33 2 2 4 13 6 17 10 72 29 28 15 54 6 17 8 9 21 6 23 23
4 times or more 136 63 73 3 5 21 28 8 28 32 136 80 50 6 125 3 10 7 3 45 11 41 38
Number of times not reported 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 8 5 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0
Problem not reported or don't know 193 69 124 2 4 3 18 13 45 55 193 100 81 12 181 9 13 7 4 36 16 66 75
@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