Table 7.  Homeownership Rates by Age of Householder:  Second Quarter:  2005 and 2006
         (in percent)
                                    90-percent
                   Second   Second  confidence   90-percent confidence
Age of householder Quarter  Quarter interval (±)<sup>a</sup>    interval (±)<sup>a</sup>
                    2005     2006   of 2006 rate of difference

United States.....    68.6     68.7      0.5           0.4

    Under 25 years    25.9     24.5      1.5           1.4
    25 to 29 years    39.9     41.4      1.5           1.4
    30 to 34 years    56.8     55.6      1.4           1.3
    35 to 39 years    65.8     66.3      1.3           1.2
    40 to 44 years    71.3     71.3      1.2           1.1
    45 to 49 years    74.9     75.0      1.1           1.2
    50 to 54 years    77.9     77.8      1.1           1.2
    55 to 59 years    81.0     81.1      0.8           0.8
    60 to 64 years    81.8     80.9      0.9           1.0
    65 to 69 years    81.8     82.2      1.4           1.3
    70 to 74 years    83.2     81.9      1.6           1.4
    75 years and over 78.2     79.2      1.1           1.0

    Under 35 yea      42.8     42.4      0.9           0.8
    35 to 44 yea      68.7     68.9      0.9           0.8
    45 to 54 yea      76.3     76.3      0.8           0.8
    55 to 64 yea      81.3     81.0      0.6           0.6
    65 years and over 80.3     80.6      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.