Table B-6.  Confidence Intervals of Standard Errors of Homeownership Rates by Age of Householder,

  and for Married-Couple families for the Regions:  2006



                               90-Percent Confidence Interval (+/-)\1 of Estimated Homeownership Rate for:



                                    Northeast       Midwest          South           West





Total..........................           0.8           0.8            0.8            1.1

   Less than 25 years..........           3.0           2.3            1.8            2.2

   25 to 29 years..............           2.6           2.2            1.7            2.2

   30 to 34 years..............           2.6           2.1            1.7            2.2

   35 to 39 years..............           2.4           2.0            1.6            2.2

   40 to 44 years..............           2.2           1.8            1.5            2.0

   45 to 49 years..............           1.9           1.6            1.3            1.8

   50 to 54 years..............           2.1           1.6            1.3            1.8

   55 to 59 years..............           1.3           1.0            0.8            1.2

   60 to 64 years..............           1.4           1.2            0.9            1.3

   65 to 69 years..............           2.8           2.3            1.7            2.6

   70 to 74 years..............           3.2           2.5            1.8            2.8

   75 years and over...........           2.1           1.8            1.3            2.1



     Less than 35 years........           1.6           1.3            1.0            1.3

     35 to 44 years............           2.1           1.7            1.4            1.9

     45 to 54 years............           1.4           1.1            0.9            1.3

     55 to 64 years............           1.0           0.8            0.6            0.9

     65 years and over.........           1.5           1.2            0.9            1.4





Married-couple families........           0.9           0.8            0.9            1.3

   Less than 25 years..........           8.9           6.3            4.2            4.9

   25 to 29 years..............           4.6           3.2            2.7            3.5

   30 to 34 years..............           3.4           2.3            2.1            2.9

   35 to 39 years..............           3.4           2.0            1.8            2.5

   40 to 44 years..............           2.8           1.6            1.6            2.2

   45 to 49 years..............           2.0           1.4            1.3            2.0

   50 to 54 years..............           2.0           1.3            1.3            1.9

   55 to 59 years..............           1.3           0.8            0.8            1.2

   60 to 64 years..............           1.3           1.0            0.8            1.3

   65 to 69 years..............           3.1           1.9            1.5            2.5

   70 to 74 years..............           3.7           1.7            1.7            2.8

   75 years and over...........           2.8           1.9            1.7            2.5

               

     Less than 35 years........           2.6           1.9            1.6            2.1

     35 to 44 years............           2.2           1.6            1.5            2.2

     45 to 54 years............           1.4           0.9            0.9            1.4

     55 to 64 years............           0.9           0.6            0.6            0.9

     65 years and over.........           1.8           1.1            0.9            1.5





\1 A 90-percent confidence interval is a measure of an estimate's reliability.  The larger the confidence interval is, in

     relation to the size of the estimate, the less reliable the estimate.