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More about Mediamark Research: One adult per household is selected to participate in the survey. Each listed household is predesignated with the sex of the prospective respondent. If the household does not have any adult member of the predesignated sex, then the available respondent is selected. This is done in such a way that men and women constitute, in effect, separate samples of randomly selected individuals. The completed Mediamark sample consists of over 25,000 respondents. Each year the sample is completely redrawn, with 13,000 new respondents entering the survey every six months. 2,400 new clusters are selected yearly from a continuously updated master list. Resulting data is weighted to reflect the probabilities of selection inherent in the sample design and then balanced so that major study demographics match the most recent independent estimates. Weighting and subsequent balancing are accomplished within the male and female portions of the sample. The samples are then balanced on a set of population parameters. For more information, see http://www.mediamark.com and follow The Survey of the American Consumer. Retail Goods and Services Section: To estimate consumer spending patterns, the latest(2001-2003)Consumer `+ Expenditure Surveys (CEX) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)were combined with ESRI CommunityTM TapestryTM segmentation. A conditional probability model links spending by the consumers surveyed to all households with similar socioeconomic characteristics. Spending patterns are developed by Tapestry markets and updated to 2005 by adjusting to current levels of income. Expenditures represent 2005 annual averages and totals. More about the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX): These continuing surveys include a Diary Survey for daily purchases and an Interview Survey for general purchases. The Diary Survey represents record- keeping by consumer units (CU) for two consecutive weeklong periods. This component of the CEX collects data on small, daily purchases that could be overlooked by the quarterly Interview Survey. The Interview Survey collects expenditure data from consumers in five interviews conducted every three months. The data from both surveys is integrated to provide a comprehensive database on all consumer expenditures. To compensate for the relatively small CEX survey bases and the variability of single-year data, expenditures are combined from the 2001-2003 surveys. The combined years account for 45,000 independent households nationwide. Minnesota Retail Establishment Averages: 3