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Selected dwelling characteristics and household equipment

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Selected dwelling characteristics and household equipment
(Household electronics and vehicles)
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
  thousands
Estimated number of households 12,587 12,756 12,985 13,164 13,417
  % of households reporting
Household electronics and vehicles          
Compact disc player 80.4 81.6 81.6 80.8 79.1
Cablevision 65.4 65.2 64.9 65.3 66.1
Video cassette recorder 89.1 82.0 79.0 73.8 70.0
One 58.1 54.2 53.5 50.7 50.0
Two or more 31.0 27.9 25.5 23.1 20.0
Home computer 72.0 75.4 78.4 79.4 81.7
Internet use from home 64.3 68.1 72.7 74.6 77.8
Colour television 99.0 99.0 98.9 98.8 98.9
One 35.4 33.4 32.4 33.9 32.6
Two 36.1 34.8 36.3 34.6 35.8
Three or more 27.6 30.8 30.1 30.3 30.5
Owned vehicles (includes automobiles, trucks, vans) 79.0 77.3 77.6 77.3 78.9
One 43.5 42.6 41.6 41.7 41.3
Two or more 35.5 34.7 36.1 35.6 37.6
Owned automobiles 61.7 59.7 60.0 59.8 60.4
One 45.9 44.8 45.5 44.7 45.2
Two or more 15.8 14.9 14.5 15.1 15.1
Owned trucks and/or vans 36.9 36.9 39.0 37.8 40.1
One 29.8 29.4 31.1 29.8 31.4
Two or more 7.1 7.5 7.9 8.0 8.7
Leased vehicles (automobiles, trucks, vans) 10.1 10.8 10.8 10.8 8.5
One 8.6 9.6 9.6 9.1 7.7
Two or more 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.6 0.8

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