Online Resources
Welcome to the e-branch of the Portage District Library! Here you will find electronically accessible books, journals, magazines, newspapers, and directories, the majority of which you can access with your library card from home or anywhere.
Electronic Reference Titles Databases:
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American Incomes: Demographics of Who Has MoneyPDL Databse
Explores the economic status of Americans and provides the latest data on the wealth of American households. Examines household income trends by age, household type, race and ethnicity, education, region of residence, and work status. Also focuses on the poverty population.Availability:
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American Marketplace: Demographics and Spending PatternsPDL Databse
Provides the demographics and spending patterns of American consumers. Includes data on education, health, housing, income, labor force participation, living arrangements, population, spending, and wealth.Availability:
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American Time Use: Who Spends How Long at WhatPDL Databse
Presents detailed time use data for the most important demographic characteristic in determining how people spend their time-their age. Analyzes raw time use data to produce the percentages of people participating in activities, the indexes, and the rankings--each of which reveals significant differences in time use by lifecycle stage.Availability:
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Best Customers: Demographics of Consumer DemandPDL Databse
Analyzes household spending on numerous products and services by age, income, household type, race and Hispanic origin, region of residence, and educational attainment of householder. Identifies which households spend the most on a product or service (the best customers) and which control the largest share of spending (the biggest customers).Availability:
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Household Spending: Who Spends How Much on WhatPDL Databse
Examines how much American households spend on hundreds of products and services by demographics including age, income, household type, region of residence, race and Hispanic origin, and educational attainment. Products and services examined include apparel, entertainment, financial products and services, food, alcohol, gifts, health care, household furnishings, shelter and utilities, personal care, reading, education, tobacco, and transportation.Availability:
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Who’s Buying Alcoholic and Nonalcoholic BeveragesPDL Databse
Examines how much Americans spend on drinks by demographics such as: age, income, high-income households, household type, race and Hispanic origin, region of residence, and education. Also presents who-are-the-best-customers analyses of the data, showing the demographics of spending at a glance.Availability:
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Who’s Buying ApparelPDL Databse
Examines how much Americans spend on getting dressed by demographics such as: age, income, high-income households, household type, race and Hispanic origin, region of residence, and education. Also presents who-are-the-best-customers analyses of the data, showing the demographics of spending at a glance, based on unpublished data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2009 Consumer Expenditure Survey.Availability:
Anywhere with a library card
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