Chapter 12

Pages 267 and 284 Data on income and education are from the Census Bureau website. Tables for 2013 can be found at www.census.gov/hhes/www/cpstables/032014/perinc/pinc03_000.htm.

Page 276 The data for Figure 12.4 and 12.5 come from historical income tables that can be found on the Census Bureau website, www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/data/historical/household/.

Page 286 Exercise 12.11: Found online at http://echomedia.com/medias/details/16689/watchtime.

Page 287 Exercise 12.16. These numbers are estimated from data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements. Data on the richest 5% of households is readily available in tables available online at www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/data/index.html. Data on the richest 1% are more difficult to obtain.

Pages 287 and 290 Exercises 12.17 and 12.29: Data from Consumer Reports, June 1986, pp. 366–367.

Page 287 Exercise 12.21: Data are from the Department of Homeland Security website. Available online at www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2013-lawful-permanent-residents.

Pages 288 and 289 The raw data behind Exercises 12.23 and 12.27 come from College Board Online, http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/sat/cb-seniors/2009.

Page 289 Exercise 12.28: Data are from www.fueleconomy.gov.

Page 291 Exercise 12.35: Part of the larger set of data in Table 15.2. See the source note for that table.

Page 292 Exercise 12.38: Quotation is from the New York Times, May 31, 1989.