Table 3 B. Consumer Durables by Economic Characteristics:                                     6
Households with Videocassette Recorder, Air Conditioner,
Computer, and Cellular Phone: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |Videocassette|   Air     |            |  Cellular  |
|                          |          |  recorder  |conditioner |  Computer  |   phone    |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        85.2|        77.7|        42.0|        36.3|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        61.9|        70.3|        16.0|        12.5|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        81.2|        74.5|        25.3|        21.3|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        90.9|        79.7|        39.6|        33.7|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        94.9|        81.2|        55.9|        48.3|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        97.2|        82.7|        73.2|        65.5|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        64.8|        67.7|        18.4|        13.5|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        88.1|        79.1|        45.3|        39.5|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        65.5|        70.6|        11.9|        13.2|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        84.9|        77.8|        31.1|        31.1|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        90.1|        78.7|        48.3|        40.8|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        94.0|        81.4|        69.8|        54.0|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        95.6|        83.6|        67.2|        59.7|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        94.4|        80.7|        70.8|        52.2|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        94.6|        82.8|        60.9|        44.5|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        93.0|        81.9|        52.7|        51.6|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        92.3|        79.3|        49.3|        40.7|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        85.4|        72.4|        33.3|        26.5|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        82.6|        69.3|        28.7|        32.3|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        91.9|        78.2|        45.2|        40.4|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        89.1|        75.8|        31.5|        31.0|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        84.6|        68.4|        42.0|        33.6|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        86.4|        82.9|        42.1|        37.9|
|  South                   |    36,086|        83.2|        94.0|        38.5|        36.1|
|  West                    |    21,614|        87.8|        53.0|        47.6|        37.1|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        85.9|        75.1|        42.5|        33.9|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        86.1|        78.4|        44.1|        38.1|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        80.7|        76.7|        32.3|        30.0|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8