There are other noteworthy issues--some significant, others whimsical. For instance, Utahns drink half as much coffee as the average American yet consume twice as many marshmallows. From the profound to the humorous, this sociological resource book provides bedrock data for policy-makers and historians and enlightening insights for general readers.

Tim B. Heaton is a professor of sociology at Brigham Young University and co-editor of the journal, Family Perspective. He is the co-author of Contemporary Mormonism: Social Science Perspectives, Statistical Handbook on Adolescents in America, and Working Women: Comparative Perspectives in Developing Areas.

Thomas A. Hirschl, professor of sociology at Cornell University, is a co-editor of Cutting Edge: Technology, Information, Capitalism, and Social Revolution. He is a contributor to Homelessness in the United States and is co-editor of the journal, Population and Development. He lives in Ithica, New York.

Bruce A. Chadwick is a professor of sociology and director of the Center for Studies of the Family at Brigham Young University. He is the co-author of American Ethnicity, Middletown Families, and Social Psychology and a contributor to Native Americans Today and Latter-day Saints in Profile.