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Table 7-19.Transportation Mode, Miles,
and Minutes to Work of Employed Household Heads by Race, 1973
(percent of employed household heads)
| Mode, miles, and
minutes to work |
Black |
Other |
|
(percent) |
| All employed household
heads |
100 |
100 |
| Transportation mode |
|
|
| Car |
80 |
89 |
| Public transit |
14 |
7 |
| Walk, bicycle, other |
8 |
5 |
| Miles |
|
|
| Less than 5 |
42 |
37 |
| 5-14 |
27 |
36 |
| 15 or more |
31 |
27 |
| Minutes |
|
|
| Less than 16 |
39 |
50 |
| 16-30 |
44 |
32 |
| Over 30 |
17 |
18 |
| Source: Washington
Center for Metropolitan Studies' Lifestyles and Energy
Surveys. |
Table 7-20.Chief Car User in
Husband-Wife Households, by Number of Cars in Household and by
Race, 1973 (percent of households)
| Chief car user and
number of cars |
Black |
Other |
| One-car households |
100 |
100 |
| Household head |
78 |
70 |
| Wife |
7 |
18 |
| Working wife |
4 |
6 |
| Other household
member |
11 |
6 |
| Multiple-car
households—newest car |
100 |
100 |
| Household head |
38 |
41 |
| Wife |
32 |
34 |
| Working wife |
23 |
15 |
| Other household
member |
7 |
10 |
| Source: Washington
Center for Metropolitan Studies' Lifestyles and Energy
Surveys. |