Post Spill, Still Drill?
Though fewer Americans support offshore oil drilling in the wake of the Gulf spill, a majority still supports new drilling.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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Hispanics and the GED
Just one-in-ten among Hispanic high school dropouts has a GED, far less than the percentages of white (29%) and black (20%) high school dropouts with GEDs.
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Polling: The Cell Phone Challenge
A quarter of households have no landline service, posing a large problem for pollsters who rely on telephones to reach potential respondents.
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Unmarried Mothers
A record four-in-ten births were to unmarried women in 2008.
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Older Mothers
In 2008, more children were born to women older than age 34 (14% of all births) than to women younger than age 20 (10%).
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What is the Ideal Number of Children for a Family?
A plurality of Americans (46%) say two children is the ideal number for a family.
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New Media Diversity
In only one of 29 weeks studied did blogs, Twitter and YouTube share the same top story — a week in June 2009 focused on the Iranian protests.
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New Media, Old News
More than 99% of the news stories linked to in blogs come from traditional media sources such as newspapers and broadcast networks.
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Are Americans Rude?
A reader asks: Do people in foreign countries find Americans polite? A Pew Research survey finds few in Western counties call them “rude,” including just 12% of Germans.
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Managing Your Online Profile
Reputation management has become a defining feature of online life, especially among younger Americans. Search engines and social media sites play a central role in building one’s reputation. Many have begun changing privacy settings on profiles, customizing who can see what and deleting unwanted information online.