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Findings

Some of the findings of a Dayton Daily News analysis of homeowner data compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau:

The percentage of mortgage-holders in Ohio who are spending 30 percent or more of their household incomes on housing expenses leaped by more than 60 percent from 2000 to 2007, to 31 percent of all mortgage-holders.

The percentage who spend half or more of their income on mortgages, property taxes, insurance and utilities jumped by almost two-thirds, to more than 10 percent overall.

Housing values slipped about 1 percent statewide from 2006 to 2007.

Source: Dayton Daily News