Table 5 B. Housing Conditions by Economic Characteristics:                                   10
Households with No Roof or Ceiling Leaks, No Problem with Pests,
No Broken Windows, and No Exposed Wires: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          | No roof or |            |            |            |
|                          |          |  ceiling   | No problem | No broken  | No exposed |
|                          |          |   leaks    | with pests |  windows   |   wires    |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        93.1|        87.3|        95.9|        99.2|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        90.4|        82.2|        93.8|        98.5|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        92.4|        86.2|        95.1|        98.9|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        93.8|        87.9|        96.0|        99.2|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        94.5|        89.3|        96.9|        99.5|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        94.5|        91.0|        97.9|        99.8|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        89.1|        78.8|        91.6|        98.0|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        93.7|        88.5|        96.5|        99.4|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        90.3|        81.5|        93.5|        98.6|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        93.4|        87.9|        95.8|        99.1|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        93.5|        87.7|        96.3|        99.3|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        94.3|        90.4|        97.4|        99.6|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        94.7|        90.7|        97.0|        99.7|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        93.6|        89.9|        97.3|        99.6|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        93.5|        89.1|        97.2|        99.2|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        94.5|        89.3|        96.8|        99.2|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        94.0|        88.2|        96.3|        99.4|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        91.9|        83.1|        95.1|        99.0|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        91.4|        80.8|        92.8|        98.1|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        93.9|        87.4|        95.7|        99.2|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        92.5|        85.8|        94.9|        98.9|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        92.4|        89.3|        96.8|        99.0|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        94.5|        90.9|        96.0|        99.3|
|  South                   |    36,086|        93.2|        85.9|        95.7|        99.3|
|  West                    |    21,614|        92.0|        83.8|        95.4|        99.1|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        94.4|        86.2|        96.3|        99.0|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        93.1|        87.8|        96.1|        99.3|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        92.3|        86.2|        94.7|        98.9|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8