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* Among the reasons Americans give for not buying long-term-care insurance, 42 percent say it’s too expensive. Seventeen percent think they’ll never need it; 15 percent believe such costs are covered by Medicare or Medicaid. (Mintel)
* Fourteen percent of computer users age 18 and older posted a comment on someone else’s blog during the week before being polled. Four percent viewed pornography or “adult content” online in that period. (The Barna Group)
* Squeezed by the economy, 75 percent of consumers say they’re buying “only the apparel and shoes their family needs.”

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