3/86Percentage of its income a family of four living at the poverty level paid in federal taxes in 1980: 1.9

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)

    Percentage such a family will pay in 1986: 10.4

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)

3/86Percentage of families living below the poverty line in which at least one member is employed: 60

Poverty in America: Trends and New Patterns, by William P. O’Hare (Population Reference Bureau, Washington, D.C.)

3/86Average percentage change in a woman’s standard of living in the year after a divorce: -73

The Divorce Revolution: The Unexpected Social and Economic Consequences for Women and Children in America, by Lenore J. Weitzman (The Free Press)

    Average percentage change in a man’s standard of living: +43

The Divorce Revolution: The Unexpected Social and Economic Consequences for Women and Children in America, by Lenore J. Weitzman (The Free Press)

3/86Average fee charged by a surrogate mother: $10,000

Surrogate Parenting, Inc. (Louisville, Ky.)

3/86Chances that a child born out of wedlock was deliberately conceived: 1 in 5

National Center for Health Statistics (Hyattsville, Md.)

    Chances that a child born to a married couple was deliberately conceived: 3 in 5

National Center for Health Statistics (Hyattsville, Md.)

3/86Percentage of adults who say they were told the facts of life by their mother: 21

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (Washington, D.C.) and Louis Harris and Associates (New York City) poll

    By their father: 5

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (Washington, D.C.) and Louis Harris and Associates (New York City) poll

3/86Average number of people a satisfied car owner tells about his car: 8

Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Mich.)

    Average number of people a dissatisfied car owner tells about his: 22

Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Mich.)

3/86Percentage of the intelligence collected by U.S. agencies that is acquired by technical means: 85

New York Times

    Percentage that is acquired by agents: 15

New York Times

3/86Number of Russians who subscribe to the New York Times: 7

New York Times

3/86Number of senior Soviet officials who have been removed since Gorbachev came to power: 80

New York Times

3/86Average number of East Germans who emigrated each year from 1974 to 1983: 9,000

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (Washington, D.C.)

    Number who emigrated in 1985: 18,752

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany (Washington, D.C.)

3/86Estimated number of white South Africans who emigrate each month: 3,000

Wall Street Journal

3/86Amount South Africa spends annually for lobbyists in the United States: $2,000,000

Africa News (Durham, N.C.)

3/86Percentage of contributions by pro-Israel PACs that went to Democrats in 1983 and 1984: 80

Washington Post/Harper’s research

    In 1985: 45

Washington Post/Harper’s research

3/86Percentage of all bills Congress passed in 1985 that established commemorative days, weeks, or months: 36

Senate Democratic Policy Committee/National Archives (Washington, D.C.)

3/86Percentage of Americans who own running shoes but don’t run: 70

American Sports Data (Hartsdale, N.Y.)

3/86Percentage of Americans between ages 6 and 17 who cannot pass a basic fitness test: 64

Amateur Athletic Union (Indianapolis, Ind.)

3/86Percentage change, since 1971, in per capita consumption of green peas: -27

National Food Review (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

    Broccoli: +160

National Food Review (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

3/86Percentage of Vogue readers who wear size 12 or larger: 49

Crain’s New York Business

3/86Percentage of women who wear the wrong size bra: 75

Cadwell Davis Partners (New York City)

3/86Percentage of Americans who think they look younger than their age: 57

Vanity Fair Mills (Monroeville, Ala.)

3/86Percentage increase in cosmetic surgery since 1981: 61

American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (Chicago)

3/86Number of people who took a Dale Carnegie course last year: 118,416

Dale Carnegie and Associates (Garden City, N.Y.)

3/86Cases of bubonic plague in the United States in 1985: 17

Centers for Disease Control (Atlanta)

3/86Number of Americans who freeze to death each year: 500

Centers for Disease Control (Atlanta)

3/86Number of U.S. pet cemeteries: 400

International Pet Cemetery Association (South Bend, Ind.)

3/86Percentage of Americans who say they approve of using monkeys in medical experiments: 69

Media General (Richmond) and Associated Press poll

3/86Percentage of Americans who say they believe “most” or “all” of what Ronald Reagan says: 67

Times Mirror (Los Angeles) and Gallup Organization (Princeton, N.J.) poll

    Who say they believe “most” or “all” of what Dan Rather says: 81

Times Mirror (Los Angeles) and Gallup Organization (Princeton, N.J.) poll

3/86Amount Pat Paulsen has raised for his 1988 presidential campaign: $57

Pat Paulsen