U.S. Census Bureau
 Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS)




Annual Statistics: 2007


Table B-2.  90-Percent Confidence Intervals of Standard Errors of Estimated Percentages
                    for Characteristics of Vacant Rental and Homeowner Housing Units:  2007


                                   90-Percent
                                   Confidence Interval (+/-)
                                   of estimated percentage\1

                              1 or     2 or     5 or    10 or    15 or    20 or    25 or
                                 99       98       95       90       85       80       75       50

Vacant rental units.......      0.1      0.2      0.2      0.3      0.4      0.5      0.5      0.6
Vacant homeowner units....      0.1      0.1      0.1      0.2      0.2      0.2      0.3      0.3


\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.



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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: February 20, 2008