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Fact Sheets: Tech Adoption Trends

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    How does the Census know its participate rate?

    Senior research staff answer questions from readers relating to all the areas covered by our seven projects, ranging from polling techniques and findings, to media, technology, religious, demographic and global attitudes trends.

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    Does Google affect the way people get their news?

    Senior research staff answer questions from readers relating to all the areas covered by our seven projects, ranging from polling techniques and findings, to media, technology, religious, demographic and global attitudes trends.

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    Health Care Generates its Biggest Week of Coverage

    After a year of passionate debate, health-care reform dominated the news agenda  last week leading up to a key vote by the House of Representatives, with the media focused on head counts, horse trading and the political calculus for legislators. No other story came close, but the economy once again finished as runner up.

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    Missing Mom or Dad

    Only about six-in-ten members of the Millennial generation (62%) were raised by both parents.

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    Send More Money, Mom

    More than a third of all Millennials (36%) depend on their parents or other family members for financial assistance.

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    The Millennial Count

    The size of the Millennial generation is about equal to the size of the Boomer generation — but for a different reason.

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    More Men Marrying Up

    Roughly two in ten married women earn more than their spouses, up from 4% in 1970.

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    Ladies First in Education

    For the first time in U.S. history, more women than men have college degrees.