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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

6.  Income Taxes

 

Our effective income tax rates for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 were 33.2% and 33.3%, respectively. Permanent items that impacted our effective income tax rates were not materially different in amounts during these periods and relate mainly to company-owned life insurance policies and domestic production activities deductions.