Table 5 A. Housing Conditions by Social Characteristics:                                      9
Households with No Roof or Ceiling Leaks, No Problem with Pests,
No Broken Windows, and No Exposed Wires: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          | No roof or |            |            |            |
|                          |          |  ceiling   | No problem | No broken  | No exposed |
|                          |          |   leaks    | with pests |  windows   |   wires    |
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        93.1|        87.3|        95.9|        99.2|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        93.6|        86.5|        95.4|        98.8|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        93.1|        86.2|        95.0|        99.0|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        92.9|        87.6|        96.1|        99.3|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        93.2|        89.2|        97.4|        99.5|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        93.8|        88.5|        96.3|        99.2|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        92.3|        85.9|        95.4|        99.1|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        93.5|        88.3|        96.2|        99.3|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        91.0|        80.9|        94.4|        98.5|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        90.1|        85.7|        94.0|        98.3|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        90.9|        78.2|        93.7|        98.4|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        93.8|        89.4|        96.5|        99.4|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        92.6|        88.1|        96.4|        99.2|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        93.1|        87.4|        96.0|        98.6|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        94.7|        90.5|        97.7|        99.7|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        93.4|        87.0|        95.6|        99.3|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        91.6|        85.8|        95.1|        98.7|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        90.6|        78.9|        91.4|        98.2|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        88.1|        79.2|        91.8|        98.4|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        93.6|        88.2|        96.3|        99.3|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        90.3|        81.1|        92.3|        98.1|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        93.8|        88.9|        96.8|        99.5|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        93.6|        89.5|        96.4|        99.4|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        92.2|        83.0|        95.0|        98.8|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8