Only 6 percent go solo. So do lots of folks. More than 60 percent of U.S. households own a pet, and 40 percent of those households own more than one. And 42 percent of cellphoners admit to making or receiving a call while eating in a restaurant, says the National Restaurant Association. Striking back, many restaurateurs now require their guests to check their phones with their coats.
Day spas are one of the fastest-growing segments of the beauty industry in America.
Those ubiquitous baby boomers make up nearly half of those who visited a spa more than once in the past year. Copyright January, February, and March 2000, American Demographics , Ithaca, New York. Reprinted with permission.