Table 7.  Homeownership Rates by Age of Householder:  Third Quarter:  2005 and 2006
         (in percent)
                                    90-percent
                    Third    Third  confidence   90-percent confidence
Age of householder Quarter  Quarter interval (+)a  interval (±)a
                    2005     2006   of 2006 rate  of difference

United States.....    68.8     69.0      0.5           0.4

    Under 25 years    27.0     25.3      1.5           1.4
    25 to 29 years    40.7     42.8      1.5           1.4
    30 to 34 years    56.1     55.8      1.4           1.4
    35 to 39 years    65.8     66.4      1.3           1.2
    40 to 44 years    71.1     71.1      1.2           1.1
    45 to 49 years    74.7     74.8      1.1           1.2
    50 to 54 years    78.9     78.3      1.1           1.2
    55 to 59 years    80.4     80.0      0.8           0.9
    60 to 64 years    81.6     81.4      0.9           1.0
    65 to 69 years    83.4     82.9      1.4           1.2
    70 to 74 years    82.5     83.3      1.5           1.3
    75 years and o    78.4     79.9      1.1           1.0

    Under 35 years    43.0     43.0      0.9           0.8
    35 to 44 years    68.6     68.8      0.9           0.8
    45 to 54 years    76.7     76.4      0.8           0.8
    55 to 64 years    80.9     80.7      0.6           0.6
 65 years and over    80.6     81.5      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.