Research Guides: Company & Industry Research: Demographics & Consumer Behavior

Databases containing demographic information

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United Nations Development Programme: Human Development Reports
In 1990 the first Human Development Report introduced a new approach for advancing human wellbeing. Human development – or the human development approach - is about expanding the richness of human life, rather than simply the richness of the economy in which human beings live. It is an approach that is focused on people and their opportunities and choices.

WDI Online (World Development Indicators)
The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. 2012 is the most recent report as of 11/14.
American Fact Finder
Find popular facts (population, income, etc.) and frequently requested data about your community.

Population Index On the Web
Population Index is the primary reference tool to the world's population literature. It presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population topics. This website provides a searchable and browsable database containing 46,035 abstracts of demographic literature published in Population Index in the period 1986-2000.

American Health: demographics and spending of health care consumers
ISBN: 9781935114819
Household Spending
ISBN: 9781935775652

Dollar-for-dollar answers to the questions Who buys? What do they buy? How much do they spend? Most recent edition in Research Commons. Earlier volumes in Main collection.
Profiles of Texas, 2008
ISBN: 9781592373567
Statistical Abstract of the United States
ISBN: 9781616086992

Previous editions shelved in Main. Electronic version available. http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook by American Veterinary Medical Assoc.
In 2011, six-out-of-ten pet owners, or 63.2%, considered their pets to be family members.
There are approximately 70 million pet dogs in the U.S. and 74.1 million pet cats.The average veterinary expenditure per household for all pets was $375 in 2011.