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RENT PRICES PER MONTH FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS: ::
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, “Rent of Primary Residence.” Accessed 1 July 2008.
www.bls.gov/cpi/

FOOD PRICES PER MONTH FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS: ::
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index. “Food.” Accessed 1 July 2008.
www.bls.gov/data/

GASOLINE PER GALLON: ::
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Average Price Data. “Gasoline, unleaded regular, per gallon.” Accessed 3 July 2008.
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ap

PRODUCTIVITY AND REAL WAGES: ::
OECD. OECD Stat Extracts. Variable "Labor Productivity, Constant Prices." Accessed 14 July 2008.
http://webnet.oecd.org/wbos/index.aspx

Economic Policy Institute. "Hourly wage decile cutoffs for all workers, 1973-2005 (2005 dollars)." Accessed 25 June 2008.
www.epi.org/content.cfm/datazone_dznational

DEBT – CREDIT CARD AND MORTGAGE: ::
United States Federal Reserve. "Tables Based on Internal Data - Family holdings of debt, by selected characteristics of families and type of debt, 1989-2004 surveys." Accessed 11 July 2008.
www.federalreserve.gov/PUBS/oss/oss2/2004/scf2004home.html

UNDERGRAD TUITION/ROOM/BOARD: ::
National Center for Education Statistics. "Average undergraduate tuition and fees and room and board rates charged for full-time students in degree-granting institutions, by type and control of institution: 1964-65 through 2006-07." Accessed 24 June 2008.
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d07/tables/dt07_320.asp

HEALTH INSURANCE: ::
Fronstin, Paul. The Commonwealth Fund. "Workers' Health Insurance: Trends, Issues, and Options to Expand Coverage." March 2006.
www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=36224

Research and graphics by Noah Grant, Layla Aslani, and Doug Pibel on Just the Facts for Purple America, the Fall 2008 issue of YES! Magazine. Noah is a YES! editorial assistant, Layla is a YES! editorial intern, Doug is YES! managing editor.