Table 9 B. Fear of Crime by Economic Characteristics:                                        18
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|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        77.2|        91.2|        81.8|        63.7|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        85.5|        92.0|        87.2|        69.8|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        88.7|        92.6|        89.7|        72.1|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        90.6|        92.7|        91.0|        73.6|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        93.8|        93.9|        92.7|        77.0|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        76.7|        90.1|        80.2|        64.3|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        88.6|        92.8|        89.6|        72.2|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        78.7|        92.6|        82.3|        66.2|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        87.1|        92.6|        88.3|        71.9|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        88.8|        91.2|        89.7|        71.6|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        91.4|        93.7|        91.7|        73.7|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        91.4|        92.9|        91.8|        76.0|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        90.9|        93.5|        90.3|        71.0|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        91.5|        90.3|        90.4|        73.4|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        90.6|        92.7|        91.8|        73.1|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        88.0|        92.4|        88.3|        68.9|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        86.5|        90.4|        86.9|        70.3|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        92.6|        95.9|        91.2|        82.6|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        92.3|        92.7|        92.2|        78.9|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        88.9|        92.6|        89.9|        74.1|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        88.1|        94.5|        88.5|        74.2|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        88.9|        93.8|        90.0|        73.4|
|  South                   |    36,086|        86.3|        91.2|        88.5|        70.8|
|  West                    |    21,614|        85.6|        91.3|        86.7|        66.8|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        85.4|        90.6|        85.8|        67.3|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        86.7|        92.6|        88.3|        70.7|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        90.6|        93.2|        91.4|        76.9|
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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.