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So Much for the Notion of Family as Refuge

March 08, 2010

Though it's often said people are taking solace from the bad economy by hunkering down with family, a poll shows economic conditions introducing more stress into home and hearth.

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Social Media Grow Up

March 08, 2010

An Experian Marketing Services report finds the audience for social-networking sites displaying a less youthful skew than it had a year earlier.More

Monday Miscellany

March 08, 2010

On boomer finances, high-priority debts, video games and more.More

Maybe Teens and Tweens Aren't So Morally Lax After All

March 01, 2010

A survey conducted for the Girl Scout Research Institute finds a large and growing constituency for some sorts of self-restraint.More

Tracing an Age Shift in Those Who Dine Out

March 01, 2010

While young adults have cut back sharply on restaurant "supper visits," old folks have kept going, thus elevating their relative importance to the restaurant sector.More

For Toyota, the Good News Is a Lack of Interest in News

March 01, 2010

A mid-February survey finds just 15 percent of respondents saying they've been "very closely" following news about the automaker's travails.More

Monday Miscellany

March 01, 2010

On class, fast-food nutritional claims and more.More

Diagnosing Healthcare

February 22, 2010

Polling by Franklin & Marshall finds a majority of people who have health-insurance coverage are satisfied with it. But significant numbers of people don't get all the care they need.More

Giving Automakers an Opinion-Poll Test Drive

February 22, 2010

Ford, Honda and Volkswagen got the highest "favorable" scores in The Economist/YouGov polling.More

Monday Miscellany

February 22, 2010

On credit cards, dollar stores, pets and more.More

Not Everyone Is Hurting

February 15, 2010

The Economist/YouGov polling rebuts the idea that the recession has slammed everyone's finances, even though the damage does cut across all income brackets.More

Eating Healthy, or Maybe Imagining They Are

February 15, 2010

Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index polling finds a large majority of respondents claiming (correctly or otherwise) that they eat healthy "all day."More

Which Is More Innovative, Apple or Microsoft?

February 15, 2010

In a poll following the iPad's launch, respondents favored Apple on that score -- but not overwhelmingly so.More

Monday Miscellany

February 15, 2010

On beauty products, tax refunds and more.More

Watching Television, With or Without a TV

February 08, 2010

A Zogby International poll looks at 18-29-year-olds' preferred methods of viewing TV content.More

Monday Miscellany

February 08, 2010

On boozing, banking and more.More

Taking Inventory of the Toy Market

February 08, 2010

It was a good year for building sets, a tough one for "plush."More

What Matters In Choosing Foods

February 01, 2010

A Better Homes and Gardens/BrandSpark International survey examines consumers' thinking when it comes to deciding on food purchases.More

Americans Remain a People Who Join

February 01, 2010

An AARP study looks at the kinds of organizations to which Americans belong.More

Monday Miscellany

February 01, 2010

On bailed-out General Motors, most-wished-for superhero power, and more.More

In Bankers We Trust? Not Exactly

January 25, 2010

Exacerbated by those notorious bonuses, public distrust of big banks and other financial institutions remains intense.More

Yes, Americans Do Exercise -- Just Not Enough

January 25, 2010

A Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index report looks at who does and who doesn't get a good amount of weekly exercise.More

Rating People's Eagerness for Some Big Events

January 25, 2010

A survey finds majorities of respondents saying they're especially looking forward to the Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl.More

Ranking Their Austerities

January 25, 2010

A BIGresearch survey finds a hierarchy in people's intentions for economizing, with price consciousness about food and clothing purchases atop the list.More

Not Ready to Buy Cars Online

January 25, 2010

Rasmussen Reports polling finds relatively few consumers inclined to buy cars via a cyber-lot.More



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