Table 14 A. Community Services by Social Characteristics:                                    27
Households with Children Under 18 with Children in Public School, Children in Magnet School,
Children in Private School, and Children Home Schooled: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |Children in |Children in |Children in |  Children  |
|                          |          |   public   |   magnet   |  private   |    home    |
|                          |          |   school   |   school   |   school   |  schooled  |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|Households with children  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |    38,312|        68.5|         5.7|         9.9|         1.8|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |     5,846|        45.1|         4.0|         5.0|         0.4|
|  30 to 44                |    23,100|        72.0|         5.7|        10.3|         2.1|
|  45 to 64                |     8,658|        74.5|         7.0|        12.2|         1.9|
|  65 or older             |       708|        72.6|         6.3|         7.9|         1.7|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    21,009|        67.5|         4.9|        11.3|         1.8|
|  Female                  |    17,303|        69.7|         6.8|         8.2|         1.7|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    30,508|        68.1|         4.9|        10.2|         1.8|
|  Black                   |     5,870|        71.3|         9.1|         7.5|         1.8|
|  Other                   |     1,933|        66.9|         8.2|        11.6|         1.8|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     5,103|        73.9|         5.8|         6.2|         1.6|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    25,778|        66.9|         4.9|        11.0|         1.8|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |         7|           .|           .|           .|           .|
|  Non-family with others  |       443|        72.1|         8.2|         9.1|         0.4|
|  Married, no children    |         8|           .|           .|           .|           .|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        67.0|         5.0|        11.5|         2.0|
|  Unmarried, no children  |         3|           .|           .|           .|           .|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        72.0|         7.5|         5.9|         1.4|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     2,657|        75.9|         7.5|         6.9|         2.9|
|  Not disabled            |    35,654|        67.9|         5.6|        10.1|         1.7|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    10,275|        71.4|         5.5|         5.5|         1.9|
|  Insured                 |    28,036|        67.4|         5.8|        11.5|         1.8|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    25,374|        69.3|         5.2|        12.0|         1.8|
|  Renter                  |    12,938|        67.0|         6.7|         5.9|         1.7|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8
 . Represents or rounds to zero.