Table 16 A. Community Services by Social Characteristics:                                    31
Households with Satisfactory Public Transportation, Satisfactory Fire Protection,
Satisfactory Police Services, and Satisfactory Health Services: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |Satisfactory|Satisfactory|Satisfactory|Satisfactory|
|                          |          |transportat-|    fire    |   police   |   health   |
|                          |          |    ion*    |protection**| services** | services** |
|                          |  Total   |------------|------------|------------|------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        77.4|        98.4|        93.7|        91.3|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        81.4|        98.3|        91.7|        89.8|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        77.5|        98.3|        93.2|        90.9|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        76.0|        98.2|        93.2|        90.9|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        77.1|        99.0|        96.5|        93.3|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        77.0|        98.5|        93.9|        91.5|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        78.0|        98.3|        93.4|        91.1|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        76.6|        98.6|        94.2|        91.3|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        82.2|        97.4|        90.9|        91.4|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        81.5|        97.1|        92.7|        90.5|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        83.6|        99.1|        93.3|        91.6|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        75.8|        98.6|        94.3|        91.3|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        79.8|        98.9|        94.5|        92.6|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        80.4|        99.0|        93.4|        91.5|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        75.0|        98.5|        94.6|        91.4|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        76.8|        98.4|        93.8|        90.8|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        77.6|        98.3|        93.1|        92.0|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        78.2|        96.9|        89.6|        88.4|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        73.3|        97.4|        89.2|        86.1|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        77.9|        98.5|        94.2|        91.8|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        76.8|        97.7|        90.9|        88.8|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        77.6|        98.6|        94.4|        91.9|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        75.2|        98.4|        94.1|        91.5|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        81.9|        98.4|        92.9|        90.8|
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* Households reporting that they don't use public transportation were included with those who
were satisfied with public transportation.

** Universe excludes households (less than one percent) that did not live in their home long
enough to be able to answer the question.
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8