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Main Reason for Choosing Neighborhood
United States: 2001

WEIGHTED BASED UPON DISTRIBUTION OF OWNERS & RENTERS AND DISREGARDING "NOT REPORTED"
Main Reason for Choice of Present Neighborhood
Convenient to job     17.9%
Convenient to friends or relatives     14.2%
Convenient to leisure activities     2.8%
Convenient to public transportation     0.9%
Good schools     7.4%
Other public services     1.0%
Looks/design of neighborhood     17.5%
House was most important consideration     20.5%
Other     17.7%
Total     100.0%

Actual Unweighted Data
MOVED DURING LAST YEAR
         
Main Reason for Choice of Present Neighborhood All Share Owner Occupied Share Renter Share
Convenient to job 3,754,000 22.0% 744,000 13.0% 3,010,000 26.6%
Convenient to friends or relatives 2,511,000 14.7% 734,000 12.8% 1,777,000 15.7%
Convenient to leisure activities 411,000 2.4% 173,000 3.0% 238,000 2.1%
Convenient to public transportation 214,000 1.3% 29,000 0.5% 185,000 1.6%
Good schools 1,171,000 6.9% 421,000 7.4% 751,000 6.6%
Other public services 216,000 1.3% 41,000 0.7% 175,000 1.5%
Looks/design of neighborhood 2,464,000 14.5% 1,102,000 19.2% 1,362,000 12.0%
House was most important consideration 2,615,000 15.3% 1,377,000 24.1% 1,238,000 10.9%
Other 3,161,000 18.5% 907,000 15.8% 2,254,000 19.9%
Not reported 529,000 3.1% 197,000 3.4% 332,000 2.9%
Total 17,046,000 100.0% 5,725,000 100.0% 11,322,000 100.0%
             
Source: American Housing Survey 2001            
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/ahs/nationaldata.html          

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