They provide the data upon which the national ratings are based.

Rating is based on how essential you are to society.

Ratings from 1994-95 are based on 95.4 million households with at least one television set.

Each household in an area would be given a rating based on their potential to buy specific products and services.

The new ratings will be based on 48 separate groups of funds, and that number is likely to increase this fall.

Six judges give each child category a rating based from 1 to 10.

The ratings were based on average household income and housing value.

The rating was based on an analysis of quarterly financial statements.

The individual ratings were solely based on number of points scored.