Table 12 A. Neighborhood Conditions by Social Characteristics:                               23
Households with No Trash or Litter in Area, No Street Repair Problems,
No Abandoned Buildings, and No Traffic Noise Problems: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |No trash or | No street  |            | No traffic |
|                          |          | litter in  |   repair   |No abandoned|   noise    |
|                          |          |    area    |  problems  | buildings  |  problems  |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        92.0|        83.6|        91.8|        78.6|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        90.7|        82.4|        89.7|        74.9|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        91.3|        82.7|        91.1|        77.6|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        92.3|        83.7|        92.1|        79.2|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        93.8|        85.8|        93.6|        81.5|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        92.7|        84.0|        92.9|        79.8|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        91.2|        83.2|        90.5|        77.2|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        92.9|        84.5|        93.1|        79.3|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        85.5|        77.8|        83.2|        73.7|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        93.3|        83.4|        90.5|        79.2|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        91.1|        81.5|        86.3|        74.3|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        93.1|        84.8|        93.8|        79.8|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        92.4|        84.2|        91.7|        77.4|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        90.9|        81.9|        89.8|        73.9|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        92.9|        84.6|        93.5|        81.3|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        92.7|        84.0|        93.1|        80.1|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        91.7|        83.4|        91.2|        77.0|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        87.9|        79.3|        85.6|        73.8|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        88.0|        78.7|        86.5|        70.8|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        92.5|        84.1|        92.4|        79.4|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        89.4|        80.0|        87.5|        74.4|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        92.7|        84.5|        92.9|        79.7|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        92.7|        84.3|        93.8|        81.7|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        90.8|        82.3|        87.9|        72.3|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8