This chart presents a summary of state averages compared to national averages for findings included in the January 1999 report, Snapshots of America's Families. These findings are from the National Survey of America's Families, a 1997 survey of 44,461 households with and without telephones that are representative of the nation as a whole and of 13 states: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.