The American marketplace : demographics and spending patterns

This volume shows, with tables and descriptions, demographics and spending patterns relating to the US marketplace in terms of education, health, housing, income, labor force, living arrangements, population, spending, and wealth. Data in tables is based on information from the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Current Population Survey, the National Center for Education Statistics, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the Federal Reserve Board, reconstructed to show specific trends and titled in direct statements so that readers can see the trend when browsing the table of contents. Statistics relate to topics such as college enrollment, health problems, homeownership, median income, occupations, marriage, population growth, and gender and race. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)