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Table 5-19.Long Distance Travel, by
Income, 1972-1973 (percent of household heads)
| Long distance
trips |
Poor |
Lower middle |
Upper middle |
Well off |
| All household heads |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| One or more-any travel
mode |
43 |
62 |
80 |
86 |
| Auto |
34 |
56 |
74 |
80 |
| Airplane |
11 |
19 |
27 |
46 |
| Railroad or bus |
9 |
9 |
2 |
6 |
| Work related-employed
household heads |
|
|
|
|
| One or more |
13 |
13 |
28 |
39 |
| Source: Washington
Center for Metropolitan Studies' Lifestyles and Energy
Surveys. |
Table 5-20.Gasoline Btu Index for All
Households with Cars by Residential Location, Car Number and Type,
Number of Drivers, and Income, 1972-1973 (Poor households =
100)
| Location, car number
and type, drivers |
Poor |
Lower middle |
Upper middle |
Well off |
| All households with
cars |
100 |
159 |
252 |
286 |
| Residential location |
|
|
|
|
| Inside metro area |
100 |
145 |
222 |
262 |
| Central city |
100 |
116 |
218 |
202 |
| Outside metro area |
100 |
168 |
287 |
285 |
| Number and type of
car |
|
|
|
|
| One car |
100 |
171 |
245 |
255 |
| Standard type |
100 |
194 |
291 |
303 |
| Two or more |
100 |
133 |
181 |
188 |
| Number of drivers |
|
|
|
|
| One |
100 |
194 |
269 |
|
| Two or more |
100 |
128 |
182 |
203 |
| Source: Washington
Center for Metropolitan Studies' Lifestyles and Energy
Surveys. |