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VI.2S<br />

statistically significant) without accounting for variance. For example, only<br />

.78% of sampled households own a private automobile. In May of <strong>1996</strong> the<br />

Ministry of Transportation estimated the nu<strong>mb</strong>er of "private vehicles" in Egypt<br />

to be 1.075 million (with "other vehicles" given as 1.059 million). If "private<br />

vehicles" are defined as private automobiles and motorcycles, the inference<br />

from sample information given the nu<strong>mb</strong>er of households presumed to exist in<br />

Egypt (12,343,580) would produce an overestimate of 1.5 million private<br />

vehicles in the country.<br />

<strong>1995</strong>/<strong>1996</strong> HIECS Durable Goods, by Quintile, N = 14,805<br />

Durable Good Quint! Quint2 Quint3 Quint4 Quint5<br />

Car 2 5 12 30 528<br />

Motorcycle 93 204 252 316 363<br />

Bicycle 4 15 19 39 67<br />

Phone 79 175 303 535 1369<br />

Refrigerator 900 1433 1745 2097 2573<br />

Freezer 12 22 31 64 402<br />

Cooker 1259 1752 2026 2298 2665<br />

Washing 1508 2221 2462 2663 2836<br />

Machine<br />

Dish Washer 2 9 10 11 90<br />

Water Heater 175 336 543 821 1686<br />

Vacuum 25 50 93 215 878<br />

Air 2 3 6 21 201<br />

Conditioning<br />

Fan 996 1420 1696 2050 2421<br />

Heater 32 45 97 155 492<br />

Clothes Iron 703 1361 1747 2084 2565<br />

Color TV 475 933 1250 1553 2222<br />

Black & White 1358 1515 1436 1251 886<br />

TV<br />

VCR 11 22 77 183 746<br />

Stereo System 1366 1811 1990 2221 2571<br />

Personal 0 2 1 10 103<br />

Computer<br />

Black & white TVs appear to be the only goods for which the nu<strong>mb</strong>er of

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