Last year, white couples earned a median figure of $45,803 with two paychecks and $29,689 with one.

"If the number comes in closer to the median figure, the market is likely to rebound."

Over the course of a year, those emergency costs came to about $2,000 a person, as a median figure.

By contrast, the median figure in the welfare studies was 33 percent.

The economic organization's median figure in 2001 was about 2.1 deaths.

Nationally, the median figure is $32,777 for a family of four.

The median figure for former smokers was 15.1 percent.

Among the 801 people surveyed, 15 percent was the median figure given when Americans were asked about how much of the budget went to foreign aid.

Fifty-three percent placed a value of $1 billion or more on their principal brand; the median figure was $5.3 billion.

We've gone for the median figure, because it's a better indicator than the average (which can be distorted by high or low individuals).