Table 9 A. Fear of Crime by Social Characteristics:                                          17
Households with No Staying at Home for Safety, No Carrying Something for Protection,
No Going With Others for Safety, and Nowhere Within 1 Mile Afraid to Walk: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |Not at home |Not carrying| Not going  | Not afraid |
|                          |          |for safety* | anything*  |with others*|  to walk   |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        87.1|        92.5|        88.5|        71.2|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        88.2|        90.4|        87.2|        71.9|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        89.5|        92.1|        89.8|        73.3|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        88.0|        92.4|        89.4|        71.9|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        81.4|        94.4|        85.6|        66.6|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        91.9|        93.4|        92.8|        78.4|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        81.4|        91.3|        83.2|        62.5|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        88.6|        92.9|        89.8|        72.5|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        77.9|        89.5|        80.0|        62.4|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        85.1|        93.2|        86.6|        71.6|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        78.9|        92.9|        81.7|        68.3|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        89.5|        92.8|        90.6|        72.9|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        83.6|        91.8|        88.0|        67.6|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        87.8|        92.0|        86.2|        72.4|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        90.3|        93.4|        90.8|        73.9|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        90.6|        93.7|        90.2|        75.2|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        84.1|        91.4|        86.4|        69.6|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        81.1|        89.5|        81.4|        64.6|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        78.7|        87.6|        82.7|        64.1|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        88.0|        93.0|        89.1|        72.0|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        84.3|        91.0|        85.6|        70.4|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        87.8|        92.8|        89.2|        71.5|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        89.5|        93.2|        90.6|        73.7|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        82.3|        91.0|        84.2|        66.3|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8
* Answered "no" when asked if they did any of the following because they might be unsafe:
  stayed home at times; carried anything to protect self; taken someone when going out.