Table 1 B. Consumer Durables by Economic Characteristics:                                     2
Households with Clothes Washer, Clothes Dryer,
Dish Washer, and Refrigerator: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |  Clothes   |  Clothes   |            |            |
|                          |          |   washer   |   dryer    |Dish washer |Refrigerator|
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        82.0|        77.8|        56.0|        99.3|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        64.4|        55.4|        29.0|        98.4|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        77.4|        71.6|        43.3|        99.0|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        83.4|        79.9|        56.1|        99.6|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        90.5|        88.7|        68.2|        99.7|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        94.5|        93.5|        83.5|        99.8|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        62.6|        51.4|        25.7|        98.2|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        84.8|        81.5|        60.3|        99.5|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        73.5|        62.0|        27.6|        98.7|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        83.2|        79.3|        50.8|        99.4|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        82.8|        80.3|        61.6|        99.4|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        85.8|        84.4|        76.5|        99.6|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        88.6|        87.9|        77.9|        99.6|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        84.8|        83.3|        73.6|        99.7|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        85.2|        83.0|        65.5|        99.5|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        83.9|        81.4|        67.1|        99.3|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        79.9|        77.4|        59.7|        99.4|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        74.5|        68.6|        44.0|        99.3|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        84.3|        75.3|        43.4|        99.3|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        87.4|        84.0|        57.6|        99.4|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        80.8|        76.0|        43.5|        99.3|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        76.9|        70.5|        50.0|        99.3|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        83.8|        82.2|        52.2|        99.5|
|  South                   |    36,086|        85.5|        80.3|        58.6|        99.2|
|  West                    |    21,614|        79.0|        75.2|        61.7|        99.3|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        65.7|        62.6|        55.3|        98.8|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        83.1|        78.8|        58.5|        99.4|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        90.3|        85.3|        45.7|        99.3|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8