Table 7.  Homeownership Rates by Age of Householder:  First Quarter: 2007 and 2008

          (in percent)

                                    90-percent

                    First    First  confidence   90-percent confidence

Age of householder Quarter  Quarter interval     interval (±)a

                    2007     2008   of 2008 rate of difference



United States.....    68.4     67.8      0.5           0.4



 Under 25 years...    25.2     23.6      1.5           1.4

 25 to 29 years...    40.7     39.7      1.4           1.4

 30 to 34 years...    54.0     54.8      1.4           1.4

 35 to 39 years...    65.7     64.7      1.3           1.3

 40 to 44 years...    70.8     68.6      1.3           1.2

 45 to 49 years...    74.5     73.8      1.1           1.2

 50 to 54 years...    77.2     76.3      1.1           1.2

 55 to 59 years...    79.8     80.1      0.8           0.8

 60 to 64 years...    81.3     80.8      0.9           0.9

 65 to 69 years...    82.8     81.1      1.4           1.2

 70 to 74 years...    82.8     82.3      1.5           1.3

 75 years and over..  79.0     78.2      1.1           1.0



   Under 35 years...  41.7     41.3      0.9           0.8

   35 to 44 years...  68.3     66.7      0.9           0.9

   45 to 54 years...  75.8     75.0      0.8           0.8

   55 to 64 years...  80.4     80.4      0.6           0.6

   65 years and over. 80.9     79.9      0.8           0.7

aA 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's reliablilty.  

The larger the confidence interval is, in relation to the size of the estimate, 

the less reliable the estimate.