Table 8 B. Housing Conditions by Economic Characteristics:                                   16
Households with More Than One Room per Person, Satisfactory Space,
Overall Satisfactory Housing, and Housing Not so Bad Would Move: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          | More than  |            |            |Housing not |
|                          |          |one room per|Satisfactory|Satisfactory|so bad would|
|                          |          |   person   |   space*   |  housing   |   move**   |
|                          |  Total   |------------|------------|------------|------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        91.8|        90.2|        95.7|        92.1|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        89.9|        89.9|        93.1|        90.2|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        89.7|        89.0|        94.7|        90.9|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        90.8|        89.2|        96.0|        92.3|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        93.2|        90.4|        96.9|        92.7|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        95.4|        92.3|        97.8|        94.6|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        81.3|        86.2|        90.9|        87.5|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        93.3|        90.7|        96.4|        92.8|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        84.3|        90.1|        93.6|        90.7|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        91.0|        90.0|        95.4|        91.9|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        93.2|        88.6|        95.7|        91.9|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        96.4|        92.1|        97.5|        93.8|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        96.0|        91.6|        97.5|        93.5|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        96.1|        90.5|        96.6|        92.8|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        94.5|        88.2|        95.8|        91.0|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        94.1|        90.8|        97.1|        92.9|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        92.2|        87.2|        94.7|        89.7|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        86.0|        86.2|        94.0|        89.3|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        79.9|        87.8|        93.4|        91.6|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        89.5|        89.0|        95.9|        91.2|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        85.8|        87.6|        94.7|        90.3|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        92.4|        89.3|        95.3|        91.1|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        95.0|        90.8|        96.4|        92.7|
|  South                   |    36,086|        92.7|        91.1|        96.1|        93.3|
|  West                    |    21,614|        86.0|        88.6|        94.5|        90.5|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        86.5|        88.7|        94.4|        89.2|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        92.3|        90.3|        95.8|        92.2|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        93.7|        90.9|        96.1|        94.0|
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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.
** Answered "no" when asked if "conditions were undesirable enough you would like to move"

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8