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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 7-7. Additional Indicators of Housing Quality--Occupied Units With Elderly 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 Black Hispanic 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		 21655 17385 4270 595 1454 413 764 2067 1094 952 4573 21655 6017 10338 5300 15565 1881 6090 2623 3418 4785 5098 7786 3987

Selected Amenities@1

Porch, deck, balcony, or patio		 18100 15571 2529 493 1309 289 581 1558 839 700 3571 18100 4569 8899 4633 12655 1615 5446 2384 3018 3413 4206 6911 3570
Telephone available 21099 17018 4081 546 1412 392 731 1999 1057 894 4418 21099 5822 10097 5180 15127 1837 5972 2580 3343 4662 4968 7607 3863
Usable fireplace 6547 6239 308 196 171 62 89 289 214 160 899 6547 1509 3645 1393 4661 492 1886 967 900 1158 1308 2245 1836
Separate dining room 9997 9090 907 226 408 137 273 978 389 304 1812 9997 2792 5077 2128 7375 738 2622 1214 1390 2428 2257 3620 1692
With 2 or more living rooms or
recreation rooms, etc.		 6094 5861 232 142 245 59 108 416 201 160 797 6094 1445 3278 1370 4384 525 1709 856 845 1208 1333 2245 1308
Garage or carport included with home 14378 13199 1178 400 702 177 314 845 581 472 2356 14378 3539 7309 3530 10337 1318 4041 1801 2212 2516 3842 4811 3210
Not included 7239 4150 3089 194 752 236 450 1217 511 480 2201 7239 2466 3013 1760 5197 556 2042 818 1204 2242 1249 2971 777
Off-street parking included 5727 3417 2310 174 670 163 338 842 363 385 1678 5727 1577 2623 1527 3917 479 1810 745 1047 1465 1044 2578 640
Off-street parking not reported 8 3 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 8 5 3 0 5 0 3 3 0 5 0 3 0
Garage or carport not reported 38 36 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 15 38 12 17 10 31 7 7 5 2 27 7 5 0

Cars and Trucks Available@1

No cars, trucks, or vans		 3676 1731 1945 50 201 163 219 688 303 225 1469 3676 1560 1381 735 3018 319 657 242 416 1234 737 1167 538
Other households without cars 1477 1281 197 67 184 33 84 121 99 65 308 1477 304 639 535 823 130 655 239 405 194 358 619 306
1 car with or without trucks or vans 12182 10331 1851 354 922 186 362 903 485 518 2276 12182 3083 5873 3226 8493 1150 3689 1582 2076 2300 3072 4617 2194
2 cars 3608 3360 248 112 126 25 87 284 152 129 439 3608 895 2011 702 2683 248 925 464 453 890 805 1150 763
3 or more cars 713 684 29 11 22 6 12 71 55 14 80 713 177 433 103 548 34 165 96 69 166 126 234 186
With cars, no trucks or vans 11696 9830 1867 343 758 132 335 963 440 510 2129 11696 3245 6040 2412 9020 1020 2677 1260 1391 2694 2846 4003 2153
1 truck or van with or without cars 4929 4576 353 157 408 96 172 330 273 182 769 4929 942 2322 1666 2816 436 2114 865 1230 648 1201 2051 1029
2 or more trucks or vans 1354 1249 105 45 88 22 38 85 78 35 206 1354 272 595 487 711 105 643 256 382 209 314 565 266

Owner or Manager on Property

Rental, multiunit@8		 3047 0 3047 84 0 120 172 479 284 389 1061 3047 1466 1216 366 2823 224 225 83 142 1115 707 668 557
Owner or manager lives on property 1104 0 1104 19 0 32 41 159 93 116 398 1104 512 495 97 1064 77 41 20 21 312 206 260 327
Neither owner nor manager lives
on property		 1943 0 1943 65 0 87 130 320 191 273 663 1943 953 721 268 1759 148 184 63 121 804 501 408 231

Selected Deficiencies@1

Signs of rats in last 3 months		 138 81 57 0 12 7 25 38 20 15 57 138 68 51 19 114 7 24 12 12 33 15 53 37
Signs of mice in last 3 months 1056 808 248 23 83 42 82 195 64 31 298 1056 368 356 331 606 64 450 183 267 313 216 378 148
Signs of rodents, not sure which kind
in last 3 months		 54 33 22 0 3 4 8 6 2 3 17 54 19 26 9 38 0 16 7 9 14 3 21 17
Holes in floors 142 106 35 0 32 14 52 24 10 9 46 142 50 44 47 99 13 43 9 34 34 24 52 31
Open cracks or holes (interior) 630 468 163 7 41 46 136 141 79 22 201 630 255 223 153 474 49 157 49 103 143 131 241 115
Broken plaster or peeling paint (interior) 302 202 100 0 2 18 87 69 31 14 79 302 130 106 66 251 31 51 16 35 101 71 104 27
No electrical wiring 9 9 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 7 0 0 9 2 7 0 0 0 8
Exposed wiring 104 85 18 4 7 14 0 9 8 15 29 104 38 50 15 86 4 18 7 12 22 11 41 29
Rooms without electric outlets 218 166 53 4 19 29 22 32 20 21 62 218 55 109 55 141 5 77 27 50 43 49 92 34

Water Leakage During Last 12 Months

No leakage from inside structure		 20289 16360 3928 585 1348 366 635 1897 1003 879 4277 20289 5562 9721 5006 14522 1752 5766 2464 3254 4432 4839 7262 3756
With leakage from inside structure@1 1087 788 299 7 87 47 112 149 84 61 249 1087 381 493 213 852 101 235 123 112 284 201 422 181
Fixtures backed up or overflowed 279 203 76 0 20 15 43 49 25 10 60 279 88 116 74 226 40 53 19 34 59 56 114 50
Pipes leaked 478 327 150 2 39 25 56 77 33 28 118 478 179 214 85 363 32 114 62 53 146 82 162 88
Broken water heater 124 94 31 2 15 0 12 13 3 4 25 124 39 41 44 87 23 37 16 21 22 28 56 18
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 284 219 65 3 16 15 19 28 29 21 57 284 110 142 33 242 20 42 30 13 80 47 113 44
Interior leakage not reported 280 236 43 2 20 0 17 21 6 12 46 280 74 125 81 191 28 89 36 53 69 58 103 50

No leakage from outside structure		 19480 15528 3952 558 1321 359 607 1802 992 879 4094 19480 5409 9344 4726 14051 1678 5429 2332 3048 4249 4390 7088 3753
With leakage from outside structure@1 1891 1615 275 34 113 54 143 242 100 61 434 1891 534 867 490 1308 166 583 260 323 464 649 596 181
Roof 991 850 141 23 100 33 108 143 63 23 281 991 264 429 298 635 96 356 154 202 200 242 426 122
Basement 616 576 40 3 0 15 17 56 14 10 73 616 169 303 144 435 53 182 91 91 216 306 80 14
Walls, closed windows, or doors 255 170 85 2 13 5 31 44 20 11 61 255 87 125 43 208 21 47 25 21 66 109 52 27
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 189 156 34 8 11 4 11 28 3 18 46 189 63 93 33 146 7 43 17 26 36 57 66 30
Exterior leakage not reported 284 242 42 2 20 0 15 23 2 12 45 284 74 127 83 206 36 79 32 47 72 58 101 53

Overall Opinion of Structure

1 (worst)		 96 49 47 2 6 5 19 23 6 7 41 96 33 37 26 71 6 25 5 20 29 20 31 16
2 27 17 10 0 9 2 5 5 0 0 16 27 8 11 9 12 0 15 6 9 7 5 13 2
3 64 35 30 1 7 10 6 9 7 7 24 64 24 19 21 40 6 24 9 15 18 12 31 3
4 130 85 45 4 13 5 5 8 11 5 43 130 47 43 40 92 11 38 10 28 18 39 51 22
5 906 631 274 5 79 37 66 178 50 59 276 906 315 362 229 664 70 241 82 159 233 183 311 179
6 675 514 162 2 49 19 29 66 64 31 170 675 213 271 192 480 56 195 55 136 161 141 235 138
7 1795 1399 395 16 128 34 92 190 105 78 395 1795 617 798 380 1342 143 453 210 236 356 432 631 376
8 5304 4206 1098 105 333 100 168 468 253 237 1022 5304 1495 2490 1319 3915 520 1389 586 799 1145 1278 1938 944
9 3320 2758 562 126 218 39 100 290 134 124 568 3320 857 1686 777 2459 319 860 398 458 736 756 1173 655
10 (best) 8564 7059 1505 324 537 146 250 706 445 366 1857 8564 2178 4254 2132 5944 696 2620 1154 1437 1880 2051 3086 1547
Not reported 774 632 142 10 76 17 26 123 20 38 160 774 231 368 175 545 54 229 107 121 203 180 285 107

Selected Physical Problems

Severe physical problems@1		 413 256 157 2 17 413 0 71 51 11 151 413 123 193 98 301 28 112 42 70 132 80 127 74
Plumbing 337 218 119 0 17 337 0 54 34 9 116 337 86 169 81 236 19 101 39 62 98 62 118 58
Heating 60 31 29 0 0 60 0 14 12 0 27 60 29 23 8 55 5 5 3 2 26 17 6 11
Electric 12 9 4 2 0 12 0 2 0 2 4 12 2 0 10 4 2 9 0 9 2 0 2 9
Upkeep 7 1 5 0 0 7 0 4 3 0 4 7 5 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 3 2 1 0
Hallways 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0

Moderate physical problems@1		 764 495 269 13 27 0 764 223 75 51 280 764 266 240 259 511 94 253 89 165 86 95 514 70
Plumbing 7 7 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 5 7 0 2 5 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 5 2
Heating 441 345 96 0 13 0 441 161 54 14 164 441 124 107 209 240 77 201 68 133 0 6 428 6
Upkeep 127 82 46 0 9 0 127 50 10 7 45 127 57 39 31 95 9 32 10 21 31 32 43 21
Hallways 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kitchen 213 74 139 13 3 0 213 20 17 32 78 213 93 95 25 193 13 20 8 12 57 56 57 42
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@8Two or more units of any tenure in the structure.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.

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