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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 6-6. Failures in Equipment--Occupied Units With Hispanic Householder
Numbers in thousands. Weighting consistent with the 2000 Census.

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		 11038 5106 5931 470 447 325 711 1221 2544 2205 11038 5031 5153 855 10016 431 1022 581 424 1739 946 3881 4472

Water Supply Stoppage

With hot and cold piped water		 11012 5100 5912 470 440 299 711 1217 2533 2195 11012 5020 5139 853 10001 431 1011 571 422 1733 946 3867 4466
No stoppage in last 3 months 10488 4935 5553 458 394 272 671 1169 2380 2086 10488 4763 4909 816 9533 417 955 541 399 1619 901 3703 4265
With stoppage in last 3 months 429 124 305 12 42 23 36 39 127 82 429 211 193 25 380 5 49 27 20 83 33 151 162
No stoppage lasting 6 hours or more 189 51 138 5 16 10 6 30 52 39 189 90 85 13 173 3 16 6 10 30 8 77 74
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 152 45 108 0 13 8 7 4 44 28 152 71 72 10 131 0 21 9 10 35 15 47 56
2 times 52 18 33 6 8 2 9 2 23 10 52 25 25 2 42 2 9 9 0 8 4 23 16
3 times 16 5 11 0 3 4 5 3 5 2 16 12 4 0 13 0 3 3 0 6 4 2 4
4 times or more 17 2 15 0 0 0 8 0 2 1 17 13 4 0 17 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 8
Number of times not reported 4 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Stoppage not reported 95 41 54 0 3 5 5 9 25 27 95 46 37 12 89 9 6 3 3 31 12 13 39

Flush Toilet Breakdowns

With one or more flush toilets		 11028 5106 5921 470 447 315 711 1219 2544 2201 11028 5024 5151 853 10007 431 1020 581 422 1735 946 3881 4466
With at least one working toilet at all
times in last 3 months		 10473 4931 5542 458 425 250 619 1169 2390 2051 10473 4741 4927 805 9487 396 986 559 409 1611 913 3695 4254
None working some time in last 3 months 401 118 284 10 9 38 81 38 105 105 401 210 164 28 385 20 17 8 8 84 18 137 162
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 171 47 124 5 5 14 16 18 45 35 171 88 76 7 157 2 14 8 6 33 6 59 72
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 124 52 72 3 2 3 18 16 32 27 124 53 59 12 121 9 3 0 3 18 12 39 55
2 times 44 7 37 2 0 5 3 0 24 12 44 26 12 6 44 6 0 0 0 7 0 17 21
3 times 13 2 11 0 0 2 11 0 4 2 13 11 2 0 13 0 0 0 0 7 0 5 2
4 times or more 44 9 35 0 2 13 30 4 1 24 44 29 12 3 44 3 0 0 0 17 1 15 11
Number of times not reported 5 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
Breakdowns not reported 153 57 96 2 13 28 12 12 49 46 153 73 60 20 135 15 18 13 5 41 14 48 51

Sewage Disposal Breakdowns

With public sewer		 10317 4548 5770 404 284 306 690 1127 2439 2079 10317 4981 4741 595 9813 416 505 323 179 1653 901 3510 4253
No breakdowns in last 3 months 10102 4449 5653 399 270 290 666 1111 2407 2031 10102 4867 4663 573 9612 396 490 311 177 1619 885 3447 4151
With breakdowns in last 3 months 215 99 117 5 14 17 23 16 32 48 215 114 79 23 201 20 15 12 3 34 16 64 102
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 83 37 46 0 10 6 5 9 7 10 83 45 32 6 76 3 7 4 3 12 3 33 35
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 65 36 29 5 2 7 1 4 16 12 65 36 24 5 63 5 2 2 0 8 10 12 35
2 times 25 10 16 0 2 1 1 3 4 9 25 13 4 8 25 8 0 0 0 3 0 11 11
3 times 11 5 6 0 0 0 3 0 3 7 11 7 4 0 11 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3
4 times or more 31 11 20 0 0 3 13 0 2 10 31 14 14 3 25 3 6 6 0 8 0 6 17

With septic tank or cesspool		 717 559 158 65 163 16 22 92 105 124 717 50 410 257 201 15 516 258 243 84 45 370 217
No breakdowns in last 3 months 707 549 158 65 160 16 19 92 105 119 707 50 405 252 196 12 511 256 240 84 45 360 217
With breakdowns in last 3 months 10 10 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 5 10 0 4 6 5 3 5 2 3 0 0 10 0
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours 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
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 10 10 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 5 10 0 4 6 5 3 5 2 3 0 0 10 0
2 times 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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		 9573 4840 4733 375 391 286 587 1161 1191 1874 9573 4328 4481 764 8651 374 922 514 390 1540 845 3320 3868
Not uncomfortably cold for 24 hours or
more last winter		 8545 4451 4094 356 324 143 479 1074 1037 1602 8545 3826 4067 652 7732 315 814 459 337 1251 771 3053 3470
Uncomfortably cold for 24 hours or more
last winter@5		 898 351 547 16 47 138 99 78 113 243 898 453 371 74 793 24 105 55 50 256 61 242 339
Equipment breakdowns 368 127 241 5 16 121 30 21 28 101 368 216 136 17 336 11 32 26 6 146 29 70 123
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours
or more		 29 10 19 0 0 0 1 5 3 13 29 19 4 6 25 2 4 1 3 2 2 10 16
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 164 77 87 5 10 6 19 9 7 46 164 84 79 2 145 2 19 19 0 53 19 47 45
2 times 52 16 36 0 3 3 9 4 9 10 52 30 16 6 48 6 4 4 0 31 4 8 9
3 times 24 4 20 0 0 24 0 0 0 3 24 20 4 0 24 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 1
4 times or more 89 18 71 0 3 89 0 2 7 27 89 60 26 3 85 0 4 1 3 37 4 5 42
Number of times not reported 10 2 8 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 10 3 7 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Other causes 554 231 323 11 32 33 72 54 88 148 554 252 244 58 479 14 75 31 44 117 33 176 229
Utility interruption 86 44 42 6 7 4 9 14 11 27 86 30 43 14 64 6 23 14 8 17 7 54 9
Inadequate heating capacity 166 56 111 3 10 14 23 24 24 58 166 87 52 27 141 5 26 3 22 51 11 47 58
Inadequate insulation 120 37 83 0 10 13 16 14 17 34 120 54 45 21 100 3 20 2 18 32 12 23 53
Cost of heating 109 49 60 0 2 2 13 11 25 22 109 38 66 5 107 2 2 0 2 19 2 17 71
Other 171 79 91 3 15 14 18 9 25 46 171 87 69 15 145 1 25 11 14 34 11 55 70
Not reported 6 0 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 6 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Reason for discomfort not reported 16 0 16 0 0 0 5 3 3 5 16 11 2 3 16 3 0 0 0 11 0 3 2
Discomfort not reported 129 37 92 3 20 4 9 9 41 29 129 49 43 38 127 35 3 0 3 32 14 25 59

Electric Fuses and Circuit Breakers

With electrical wiring		 11027 5106 5921 470 445 323 711 1221 2539 2203 11027 5027 5146 855 10007 431 1020 579 424 1737 946 3876 4468
No fuses or breakers blown in last
3 months		 9982 4620 5362 446 410 272 628 1133 2331 2023 9982 4569 4681 732 9085 376 897 524 356 1512 853 3573 4044
With fuses or breakers blown in last
3 months		 815 423 392 20 25 42 74 68 150 120 815 339 376 100 703 43 112 55 58 165 67 253 331
1 time 422 233 189 13 12 12 28 41 88 40 422 179 200 43 363 18 59 34 25 72 30 137 183
2 times 158 77 81 5 0 6 10 16 36 28 158 69 77 12 143 5 15 8 7 31 16 36 75
3 times 67 35 32 0 3 4 6 2 5 13 67 28 31 8 59 3 8 3 5 12 5 29 21
4 times or more 163 76 87 2 10 19 30 9 18 39 163 59 67 37 134 17 29 8 20 48 15 49 52
Number of times not reported 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 3 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 0
Problem not reported or don't know 230 64 166 4 10 9 10 19 58 60 230 119 89 22 219 12 11 0 11 60 26 50 94
@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
Last Revised: May 27, 2005