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Selected dwelling characteristics and household equipment

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Selected dwelling characteristics and household equipment
(Household electronics and vehicles)
  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
  thousands
Estimated number of households 12,189 12,343 12,587 12,756 12,985
  % of households reporting
Household electronics and vehicles          
Compact disc player 76.2 79.7 80.4 81.6 81.6
Cablevision 64.8 66.3 65.4 65.2 64.9
Video cassette recorder 90.2 90.0 89.1 82.0 79.0
  One 58.3 58.3 58.1 54.2 53.5
  Two or more 31.9 31.7 31.0 27.9 25.5
Home computer 66.6 68.7 72.0 75.4 78.4
Internet use from home 56.9 59.8 64.3 68.1 72.7
Colour television 99.0 99.2 99.0 99.0 98.9
  One 38.3 36.3 35.4 33.4 32.4
  Two 35.7 35.6 36.1 34.8 36.3
  Three or more 25.0 27.3 27.6 30.8 30.1
Owned vehicles (includes automobiles, trucks, vans) 78.2 79.1 79.0 77.3 77.6
  One 42.1 43.4 43.5 42.6 41.6
  Two or more 36.1 35.7 35.5 34.7 36.1
Owned automobiles 62.5 62.1 61.7 59.7 60.0
  One 46.7 46.3 45.9 44.8 45.5
  Two or more 15.8 15.8 15.8 14.9 14.5
Owned trucks and/or vans 36.3 36.8 36.9 36.9 39.0
  One 29.5 29.8 29.8 29.4 31.1
  Two or more 6.8 7.0 7.1 7.5 7.9
Leased vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 9.8 9.9 10.1 10.8 10.8
  One 8.6 8.6 8.6 9.6 9.6
  Two or more 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.1

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