Salvadorans

short readsJun 8, 2017

Tepid support for democracy among both young and old in Central and Eastern Europe

The generation of Central and Eastern Europeans raised after the fall of the Berlin Wall differs little in its political outlook from earlier generations.
short readsJun 8, 2017

Among U.S. cohabiters, 18% have a partner of a different race or ethnicity

A half-century after the Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage in the United States, 18% of all cohabiting adults have a partner of a different race or ethnicity – similar to the share of U.S. newlyweds who have a spouse of a different race or ethnicity (17%).
reportJun 8, 2017

The Digital Footprint of Europe’s Refugees

An analysis of online searches in 2015 and 2016 opens a window into the path and timing of migrant flows from Middle East to Europe.
reportJun 8, 2017

Appendix: References

Al Jazeera English, 2015. “The top Google searches in Syria.” Doha, Qatar: Al Jazeera English, September. Arthur, Charles. 2014. “Google Flu Trends is no longer good at predicting flu, scientists find.” New York, NY: Guardian, March. BBC. 2017. “Languages across Europe: Turkey.” BBC News, May. BBC. 2016. “Who are the Kurds?” Middle East: BBC News, […]
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Acknowledgments

The report was written by Phillip Connor, research associate, with assistance from D’Vera Cohn, senior writer/editor. Mark Hugo Lopez, director of Global Migration and Demography research; James Bell, vice president of global strategy; Solomon Messing, director of Data Labs; and Neil Ruiz, Associate Director of Global Migration and Demography research, reviewed the report and provided […]
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Methodology

This report relies on data from Google Trends, a publicly available, web-based tool that permits users to explore online search volume by language and location over a specified time period. In this report, Google Trends is matched with migration data on refugee arrivals from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and asylum applications […]
reportJun 7, 2017

Do British Voters Regret Brexit Enough to Dump Theresa May?

A new Pew Research Center survey finds that 48 percent in Britain think exiting the EU will be bad for their country, compared with 44 percent who say Brexit will benefit their nation.
short readsJun 7, 2017

U.S. job openings at record high levels

In April, there were more than 6 million nonfarm job openings, according to the federal government’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.
presentationJun 6, 2017

Views of the Economy Among the Public and OECD Thought Leaders

Key findings on the current and future state of the global economy from a Pew Research Center survey of OECD Forum attendees.
short readsJun 6, 2017

The rise of multiracial and multiethnic babies in the U.S.

One-in-seven U.S. infants were multiracial or multiethnic in 2015, nearly triple the share in 1980.