Table 16 B. Community Services by Economic Characteristics:                                  32
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|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        77.3|        97.8|        91.7|        90.5|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        77.5|        98.5|        93.2|        90.5|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        77.5|        98.4|        93.7|        89.9|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        77.2|        98.6|        94.4|        91.6|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        77.7|        98.7|        95.4|        94.0|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        77.5|        97.3|        90.1|        89.2|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        77.4|        98.6|        94.2|        91.6|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        76.5|        98.2|        93.2|        90.4|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        75.9|        98.2|        92.7|        90.2|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        77.9|        98.2|        93.0|        90.5|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        79.4|        98.9|        96.2|        94.2|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        78.8|        98.8|        95.2|        92.4|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        79.6|        98.8|        94.9|        94.0|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        76.3|        97.6|        93.6|        91.5|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        77.6|        98.7|        94.7|        92.6|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        79.4|        98.0|        93.5|        90.8|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        77.9|        98.4|        92.9|        90.7|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        68.9|        97.4|        93.4|        89.9|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        76.4|        98.3|        92.6|        89.5|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        75.1|        98.2|        91.1|        89.3|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        78.5|        98.9|        94.2|        92.8|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        79.0|        98.7|        93.6|        92.3|
|  South                   |    36,086|        72.5|        97.9|        94.1|        90.4|
|  West                    |    21,614|        82.8|        98.5|        92.7|        90.1|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        83.9|        98.6|        93.3|        92.4|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        78.7|        98.7|        94.5|        92.6|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        66.6|        97.2|        90.7|        84.9|
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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