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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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    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.