09/15/12
More than a third of parents with students in grades K-12 (35%) forecast spending between $100 and $249 on back-to-school items for their children this year, according to Deloit
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Fewer Than Half Of Pre-K Children Are White
Non-Hispanic Whites make up fewer than half of pre-kindergarten-age children in public schools, according to the Pew Research Center.
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Millennials Disregard Healthy Eating Habits, While Parents Try To Serve As Role Models
Fewer than one in three 18-24-year-olds (32%) say they maintain a mostly healthy diet, compared to 48% of those over age 65 who choose healthy foods, according to Mintel. Resear
Fridge, Laptops Are College Kid Essentials
Families With Kids Spend More Than $120 Weekly On Groceries
10/19/12
Families with children at home spend $121.70 a week on groceries, compared to $90 a week spent by households without kids, according to the Food Marketing Institute.
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SOURCES: Food Marketing Institut
Mexicans Are The Largest U.S. Immigrant Group, But The Influx Has Halted
12/21/12
Three in 10 immigrants (30%) in the U.S. were born in Mexico, according to the Pew Research Center. By the end of 2011, the net rate of immigration from Mexico had dropped to zero, for the first time in more than 40 years.
Tweens Aim For Healthy Eating Habits, Even If They Only Read Nutritional Labels To Alleviate Boredom
1/15/13
Growing up in a media environment that has focused considerable attention on the marketing of food and beverages to kids and on high rates of childhood obesity, today’s tweens have a heightened awareness of food and eating habits, accor
Most Americans Think Advertising Claims Are Exaggerated
1/18/2013
Most Americans think the claims made in advertisements are somewhat (57%) or very (19%) exaggerated, according to Lab42. Only 3% believe claims made in ads are very accurate.
Although three in 10 consumers (31%) say they prefer to purch
Second-Generation Asians And Hispanics Consider Themselves “Typical Americans”
2/15/2013
Second-generation adults are more likely than their immigrant parents to marry outside their race/ethnicity, to feel that they get along well with people from other racial/ethnic groups, and to consider themselves “typical Americans,” accor
Americans Say Public Schools Should Cut P.E.
2/15/2013
Physical education ranks as the subject Americans would choose to eliminate from public schools, according to Vanity Fair and CBS News. Few want schools to cut science (9%), history (6%), or English (4%).