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Table 1 - Demographic Characteristics by Metropolitan Area and Year

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Household and personal characteristics	Haifa 1996		Haifa 1984	Tel Aviv 1996		Tel Aviv 1984
Household and personal characteristics	In terms of 1996*	In terms of 1994*	Haifa 1984	In terms of 1996*	In terms of 1994*	Tel Aviv 1984
HOUSEHOLDS
Total (thousands)	245	160	130	766	678	522
Persons in household (%)
1	15.8	17.3	20.7	16.7	17.3	18.8
2	25.6	29.9	29.3	24.3	25.4	26.0
3-4	36.0	37.1	32.6	35.5	35.2	34.1
5-6	18.4	14.4	14.8	20.3	19.4	18.2
7+	4.3	1.2	2.6	3.1	2.7	3.0
Car availability
0	38.4	36.7	51.6	34.3	33.8	51.1
1	42.0	40.7	40.3	40.0	39.9	39.1
2	11.4	12.3	7.4	17.5	17.5	9.4
3+	1.6	1.9	–	2.6	2.8	–
Not known	6.6	8.4	–	5.6	6.0	–
Households with vehicles (%)	55.0	54.9	48.4	60.1	60.2	48.9
TOTAL POPULATION
Total (thousands)	803	470	380	2,477	2,145	1,632
Age (%)
0-7	13.5	11.0	14.8	13.7	13.0	14.8
8-17	18.5	15.8	15.7	17.3	16.8	17.6
18-29	18.0	17.7	16.3	18.2	18.3	17.7
30-64	38.2	40.1	39.4	39.5	39.8	37.9
65+	11.8	15.4	13.8	11.4	12.0	12.0
POPULATION AGED 8+
Total (thousands)	695	419	324	2,138	1,866	1,390
Sex (%)
Men	48.5	48.1	47.9	48.3	48.2	49.7
Women	51.5	51.9	52.1	51.7	51.8	50.3
Years of schooling (%)
0-8	31.3	24.2	34.7	26.5	25.8	39.2
9-12	37.9	37.8	40.7	41.0	41.0	40.1
13+	25.1	30.1	24.6	27.4	27.6	20.7
Not known	5.7	7.9	–	5.0	5.5	–
POPULATION AGED 15+
Total (thousands)	589	367	281	1,833	1,609	1,177
Employed (%)
Total	47.3	46.8	49.1	51.3	51.2	50.3
Men	57.8	55.1	61	54.1	53.5	61.5
Women	42.2	44.9	39	45.9	46.5	38.5
POPULATION AGED 17+
Total (thousands)	559	351	270	1,752	1,540	1,127
Those having a drivers license (%)	53.0	54.2	46.6	59.8	60.0	49.8
Men (%)	63.0	59.7	64.8	58.6	57.9	66.0
Women (%)	37.0	40.3	35.2	41.4	42.1	34.0

* In terms of 1984 refers to the geographic definition of the metropolitan area in that year. In term of 1996 refers to the geographic definition of the metropolitan area that year.