6 global challenges for 2014
Here are some data points that measure how the public in the U.S. and around the world see the challenges ahead for 2014.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Here are some data points that measure how the public in the U.S. and around the world see the challenges ahead for 2014.
Most U.S. adults believe Jesus was born of a virgin, including one-third of Americans with no specific religious affiliation.
One-in-five adults who don’t have kids that believe in Santa still plan on a visit from Santa this year.
Congress enacted 57 laws — just 49 of them substantive — in the first session of its two-year term, the smallest first-year legislative output in nearly two decades.
In the course of conducting public opinion surveys and demographic analyses, the Pew Research Center found a wide range of data milestones, breakthroughs, peaks and valleys in 2013.
The states with the most wireless-only households tend to be largely rural and in the West or South; households in the Northeast are most likely to hang onto their landlines.
About eight-in-ten non-Christians in the U.S. celebrate Christmas.
Polling organizations devote a great deal of attention to the wording of survey questions, but they need to be just as concerned about how questions are ordered. The context in which a specific question is asked, particularly what directly precedes a question in a telephone interview, often has an impact on the way people respond.
It turns out that countries that offer more liberal parental leave policies tend to have higher wage gaps among men and women ages 30-34, according to analyses by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Worldwide tea is far more popular than coffee, but preferences for one beverage over the other fall into distinct geographic patterns.
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