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Show Census Bureau to survey j here this month Families and households in this area will be included in a nationwide survey of home repair re-pair and buying plans in January, Jan-uary, according to Francis H. Wilmer, Director of the Census Bureau's regional office in Denver. Census Bureau interviewers will ask householders about a' plans tfr buy a house, a car. . m a j or household applianc ss during the next year. Questio ns about home repairs and altei 'Br tions will concern those ma"e during the past three month's and those planned to be mad ' in the near future. The Census Bureau conducts a survey of buying expectations and home repairs every three months to serve as a guide to economic growth. A mathemat-ically mathemat-ically selected group of households house-holds throughout the nation serves as a measure of what U.S. families own and what they expect to buy in the near future. For example, a similar survey sur-vey taken last July indicated that about 62 percent of all households owned their home, 27 percent owned two or more cars, and about 24 percent owned color TV. Ownership, however, varied according to family income: For households with incomes under $3,000, 50 percent owned their own home, 6 percent owned color TV and 4 percent owned more than one car. For households with incomes in-comes ranging from $3,000 to $10,000, 60 percent owned their home, 23 percent owned color TV and 25 percent owned more than one car. For households making more than $10,000, 80 percent owned their home, 42 percent owned color TV and 54 percent owned more than one car. Households included in the survey will not be identified Their answers are confidential, and the information obtained will be used only for statistical purposes. Census Bureau investigator who will visit households in this area is Mrs. Linda P. Fackrell of Provo. |