Table 6 B. Housing Conditions by Economic Characteristics:                                   12
Households with No Cracks in Walls, No Plumbing Problems,
No Holes in Floor, and Overall Satisfactory Repair: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |No cracks in|No plumbing |No holes in |Satisfactory|
|                          |          |   walls    |  problems  |   floor    |   repair*  |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------|------------+
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        96.0|        97.4|        99.1|        92.5|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        93.9|        96.0|        98.3|        88.3|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        95.3|        96.9|        99.2|        90.9|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        96.2|        97.4|        99.3|        92.9|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        97.0|        98.3|        99.4|        94.3|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        97.6|        98.5|        99.5|        95.9|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        92.7|        95.2|        97.7|        85.3|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        96.5|        97.7|        99.3|        93.5|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        94.0|        96.0|        98.4|        88.4|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        96.3|        97.5|        99.1|        92.1|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        96.0|        97.4|        99.4|        92.8|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        97.2|        98.3|        99.5|        95.4|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        97.3|        98.5|        99.5|        95.8|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        96.9|        98.3|        99.4|        94.1|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        96.6|        98.2|        99.7|        95.3|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        97.4|        97.6|        99.6|        94.5|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        96.0|        97.4|        99.3|        91.4|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        94.3|        96.2|        99.1|        89.8|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        93.1|        96.4|        98.3|        88.3|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        95.7|        97.9|        99.2|        93.1|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        95.0|        97.1|        99.1|        90.8|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        95.8|        97.6|        99.0|        92.2|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        96.4|        97.9|        99.4|        93.1|
|  South                   |    36,086|        96.2|        97.4|        99.0|        92.5|
|  West                    |    21,614|        95.5|        96.7|        99.2|        92.0|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        95.6|        97.3|        99.2|        91.9|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        96.3|        97.5|        99.2|        92.7|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        95.2|        97.3|        98.7|        91.8|
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* Universe excludes households (less than one percent) that did not live in their home long
enough to be able to answer the question.
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8