QUALITATIVE DATA
Adult
Women





Demographic Profile/Adults
MRI Fall 2007

AUD. ('000)

% COMP

INDEX (U.S.=100)
Total Audience
Women
Men

10,313
8,842
1,470
100.0%
85.7%
14.3%
100
166
30
Female Principal Shoppers

7,656
74.2%
169
Age
Median
Age 25-54
Age 35-49
Age 35-54


46.1
6,243
3,414
4,666


60.5%
33.1%
45.2%



106
111
116


Married
6,138
  59.5%

107


Education
Att/Grad. College+


6,196

60.1%

113
Occupation
Employed
Prof'l/Mngrl


6,961
2,876

67.5%
27.9%

104
119
Household Income
Median
Average
HHI $50,000+
HHI $75,000+

$58,275
$69,939
6,000
3,850



58.2%
37.3%



106
107

Indiv. Employment Income
Median
Average

$32,334
$38,554
Household Size 4

1,969
 
19.1%
 
110
 
Parents
Any Kids in Household
Kids Age 6-11 in Household
Teens-Kids Age 13-17 in
Household

3,676
4,369
2,240

2,126
 
35.6%
42.4%
21.7%

20.6%
 
105
104
115

117
 
Home Value
Median
Average
Home Value $200,000+
Home Value $500,000+

$227,611
$280,736
4,001
1,139



38.8%
11.0%



105
115

Source: MRI Fall 2007

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Demographic Profile/Women
MRI Fall 2007

AUD. ('000)

% COMP

INDEX (U.S.=100)
Total Audience
Women

10,313
8,842
100.0%
85.7%
100
166
Age
Median
Age 25-54
Age 35-49
Age 35-54


46.4
5,355
2,938
4,041


60.6%
33.2%
45.7%



109
114
119



Married
5,261
  59.5%

110


Education
Att/Grad. College+


5,309

60.0%

111
Occupation
Employed
Full Time
Prof'l/Mngrl


5,822
4,604
2,501

65.8%
52.1%
28.3%

113
119
123
Household Income
Median
Average
HHI $50,000+
HHI $75,000+

$57,508
$68,610
5,115
3,220



57.9%
36.4%



112
112
Indiv. Employment Income
Median
Average


$31,144
$35,928
Household Size 4

1,662
 
18.8%
 
110
 

Kids in Household
Kids Age 6-11 in Household
Teens-Kids Age 13-17
in Household


1,909

1,778
 

21.6%

20.1%
 

109

112
 
Home Value
Median
Average
Home Value $200,000+
Home Value $500,000+

$222,953
$278,103
3,356
952



38.0%
10.8%




104
113

 

Source: MRI Fall 2007

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Reach Readers Who Are Highly Involved With
Both The Editorial And Advertising Content
WEIGHT WATCHERS

Considerable Interest In
Advertising

34.7% #3
Mean
Reading
Days

2.6 #1


Cut Out
Ad/Ads

4.9% #2
Cut Out/
Used
Recipes


31.6% #4
Cut Out/
Used
Coupons

7.9% #2
Visited
Magazine
Website

9.4% #1
Took
Any
Action

49.7% #4
Allure
Better Homes & Gardens
Bon Appetit
Cooking Light
Cosmopolitan
Country Living
Elle
Family Circle
First For Women
Fitness
Food & Wine
Glamour
Good Housekeeping
Gourmet
Harper’s Bazaar
Health
InStyle
Ladies’ Home Journal
Marie Claire
Martha Stewart Living
More
O, The Oprah Magazine
Prevention
Real Simple
Redbook
Self
Shape
Vanity Fair
Vogue
Woman’s Day
Woman’s World
28.3%
24.1%
28.6%
31.0%
29.0%
23.5%
27.0%
20.8%
32.1%
39.7%
31.0%
25.6%
25.2%
32.5%
25.8%
37.6%
27.0%
19.4%
21.1%
28.5%
24.4%
28.3%
32.6%
26.3%
21.4%
31.2%
30.2%
21.7%
30.2%
22.7%
22.5%
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.5
2.3
2.1
1.8
2.0
2.2
2.5
2.2
2.0
2.2
2.3
1.7
2.2
2.1
2.0
1.9
2.3
2.5
2.2
2.3
2.2
2.0
2.3
2.5
2.0
2.0
2.0
1.7
5.9%
2.8%
0.8%
2.9%
2.7%
2.0%
2.4%
2.8%
3.4%
3.4%
2.2%
2.7%
2.8%
1.4%
2.5%
3.1%
3.3%
2.5%
1.5%
1.8%
3.2%
1.7%
2.1%
3.2%
2.4%
3.8%
3.6%
2.1%
3.7%
3.3%
3.0%
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0.4%
16.5%
45.3%
53.5%
1.4%
8.0%
0.6%
23.8%
20.9%
5.5%
28.8%
1.0%
22.7%
44.6%
0.6%
5.3%
0.9%
14.1%
0.7%
25.4%
2.7%
5.0%
5.8%
14.7%
10.5%
7.6%
6.0%
0.6%
0.7%
24.1%
22.4%
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2.2%
4.3%
0.9%
4.2%
1.6%
1.4%
0.6%
7.3%
3.9%
0.5%
1.6%
0.6%
6.1%
1.0%
0.5%
0.7%
0.4%
5.5%
0.5%
1.0%
4.5%
1.1%
1.3%
1.3%
4.7%
1.7%
0.2%
0.7%
1.3%
8.1%
3.9%
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5.0%
2.4%
1.6%
2.9%
4.3%
1.6%
1.5%
1.6%
1.9%
4.5%
1.9%
2.4%
1.8%
2.0%
0.1%
3.4%
2.6%
1.1%
4.1%
6.3%
2.4%
5.7%
5.0%
4.7%
2.8%
5.3%
5.6%
0.7%
2.5%
1.9%
1.8%
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20.1%
30.1%
50.5%
62.7%
19.1%
21.3%
15.7%
36.1%
37.1%
32.1%
43.1%
15.5%
33.7%
51.2%
11.9%
29.5%
17.2%
24.3%
13.6%
40.9%
26.3%
22.2%
27.4%
34.1%
22.9%
28.4%
30.8%
14.0%
16.8%
36.4%
36.3%














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Source: MRI Fall 2007
*Projections relatively unstable, use with caution.
Ranking vs. the 31 magazines on this list. Ranking vs. all measured magazines: Cut Out/Used Recipes - #6, Cut Out/Used Coupons -#2 & Took Any Action - #6.

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Reach Female Readers Who Are Highly Involved With
Both The Editorial And Advertising Content
WEIGHT WATCHERS
Considerable Interest In
Advertising

36.8% #3
Mean
Reading
Days

2.6 Tie #1


Cut Out
Ad/Ads

5.3% #2
Cut Out/
Used
Recipes


34.0% #4
Cut Out/
Used
Coupons

8.4% #2
Visited
Magazine
Website

9.8% #1
Took
Any
Action

52.0% #4
Allure
Better Homes & Gardens
Bon Appetit
Cooking Light
Cosmopolitan
Country Living
Elle
Family Circle
First For Women
Fitness
Food & Wine
Glamour
Good Housekeeping
Gourmet
Harper’s Bazaar
Health
InStyle
Ladies’ Home Journal
Marie Claire
Martha Stewart Living
More
O, The Oprah Magazine
Prevention
Real Simple
Redbook
Self
Shape
Vanity Fair
Vogue
Woman’s Day
Woman’s World
30.4%
26.0%
31.1%
33.6%
32.1%
25.7%
29.5%
22.0%
32.5%
38.7%
28.5%
27.1%
25.3%
33.3%
27.9%
39.7%
28.8%
19.9%
21.4%
30.2%
25.6%
30.3%
36.7%
29.4%
22.0%
32.4%
32.6%
24.1%
31.5%
23.6%
23.2%
2.1
2.2
2.2
2.5
2.3
2.2
1.8
2.0
2.2
2.5
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.3
1.7
2.3
2.1
2.0
1.9
2.3
2.5
2.3
2.4
2.3
2.0
2.3
2.6
2.1
2.0
2.0
1.7
6.2%
3.3%
0.7%
2.8%
3.0%
2.5%
2.7%
3.1%
3.4%
3.9%
2.9%
2.9%
3.0%
1.5%
2.9%
3.1%
3.5%
2.7%
1.6%
1.8%
3.4%
1.8%
2.5%
3.7%
2.6%
4.0%
3.9%
2.8%
3.9%
3.4%
3.1%
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0.4%
19.0%
48.2%
56.8%
1.6%
9.4%
0.7%
25.2%
20.9%
7.0%
32.2%
0.8%
24.2%
49.0%
0.7%
6.8%
0.9%
14.8%
0.8%
26.7%
2.9%
5.4%
6.6%
16.1%
11.3%
8.0%
6.6%
0.8%
0.8%
24.7%
23.0%
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2.3%
5.2%
1.0%
4.4%
1.9%
1.8%
0.4%
8.1%
4.0%
0.2%
1.4%
0.7%
6.7%
1.3%
0.5%
0.8%
0.5%
5.8%
0.6%
1.1%
4.7%
1.2%
1.4%
1.5%
5.0%
1.8%
0.2%
0.9%
1.2%
8.5%
4.1%
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5.5%
2.6%
1.2%
2.4%
4.7%
1.3%
1.4%
1.8%
1.9%
4.4%
1.3%
2.4%
2.0%
2.1%
0.1%
3.7%
2.8%
1.2%
4.3%
6.4%
2.6%
6.1%
5.6%
5.0%
2.6%
5.6%
6.1%
0.3%
2.8%
1.9%
1.9%
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20.8%
33.3%
53.8%
65.0%
20.1%
23.8%
16.5%
38.4%
37.0%
34.0%
42.4%
16.0%
35.7%
55.5%
12.2%
32.6%
17.6%
25.5%
14.1%
42.5%
26.9%
23.8%
30.4%
37.1%
24.3%
29.7%
32.6%
14.1%
16.4%
37.4%
37.0%














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Source: MRI Fall 2007
*Projections relatively unstable, use with caution.
Ranking vs. the 31 magazines on this list. Ranking vs. all measured magazines: Cut Out/Used Recipes - #6, Cut Out/Used Coupons - #2& Took Any Action -#7.

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WEIGHT WATCHERS RANKS #1 IN AVERAGE PAGE EXPOSURE/ADULTS

Weight
Watchers
Advantage

 

WEIGHT WATCHERS
Cooking Light
Fitness
Gourmet
Shape
Cosmopolitan
Country Living
Bon Appetit
O, The Oprah Magazine
Prevention
Real Simple
Martha Stewart Living
Working Mother
Health
First For Women
InStyle
Better Homes & Gardens
Self
Good Housekeeping
Vogue
Allure
Glamour
Food & Wine
Woman’s Day
Ladies’ Home Journal
Harper’s Bazaar
Elle
Vanity Fair
Family Circle
Marie Claire
Redbook
Woman’s World

 

2.48 #1
2.44
2.30
2.27
2.20
2.16
2.10
1.98
1.95
1.95
1.94
1.90
1.88
1.88
1.82
1.79
1.79
1.75
1.74
1.69
1.68
1.67
1.67
1.62
1.56
1.54
1.53
1.53
1.53
1.43
1.41
1.32


+1.6%
+7.8%
+9.3%
+12.7%
+14.8%
+18.1%
+25.3%
+27.2%
+27.2%
+27.8%
+30.5%
+31.9%
+31.9%
+36.3%
+38.5%
+38.5%
+41.7%
+42.5%
+46.7%
+47.6%
+48.5%
+48.5%
+53.1%
+59.0%
+61.0%
+62.1%
+62.1%
+62.1%
+73.4%
+75.9%
+87.9%




 


 







Average Page Exposure: average number of times the reader is exposed to the average page of the average issue of the magazine.

Based On: Adults
Source: MRI Doublebase 2007

 

 

WEIGHT WATCHERS RANKS #1 IN AVERAGE PAGE EXPOSURE/WOMEN

Weight
Watchers
Advantage

 

WEIGHT WATCHERS
Cooking Light
Fitness
Cosmopolitan
Shape
Gourmet
Country Living
Real Simple
Prevention
O, The Oprah Magazine
Health
Martha Stewart Living
Bon Appetit
Better Homes & Gardens
Working Mother
InStyle
First For Women
Self
Good Housekeeping
Vogue
Glamour
Allure
Woman’s Day
Food & Wine
Ladies’ Home Journal
Family Circle
Vanity Fair
Harper’s Bazaar
Elle
Marie Claire
Redbook
Woman’s World

 

2.67 #1
2.52
2.44
2.32
2.30
2.29
2.20
2.08
2.04
2.03
2.01
1.99
1.94
1.89
1.88
1.86
1.84
1.81
1.80
1.71
1.71
1.65
1.64
1.62
1.61
1.60
1.60
1.59
1.55
1.47
1.44
1.33


+6.0%
+9.4%
+15.1%
+16.1%
+16.6%
+21.4%
+28.4%
+30.9%
+31.5%
+32.8%
+34.2%
+37.6%
+41.3%
+42.0%
+43.5%
+45.1%
+47.5%
+48.3%
+56.1%
+56.1%
+61.8%
+62.8%
+64.8%
+65.8%
+66.9%
+66.9%
+67.9%
+72.3%
+81.6%
+85.4%
+100.8%




 








Average Page Exposure: average number of times the reader is exposed to the average page of the average issue of the magazine.

Based On: Women
Source: MRI Doublebase 2007