Why Own a Gun? Protection Is Now Top Reason
The number of gun owners who say that protection is their top reason for having one has risen 22 percentage points since 1999.
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Wishing mom a happy mother’s day…on Facebook
Are you planning to wish your mom a Happy Mother’s Day on Facebook? If so, you’re not alone. “Moms” (defined as women with a child or children under the age of 18 living at home) are especially likely to be Facebook users, even compared with dads, or with other women, according to Pew Research Center’s 2012 […]
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Pakistani opposition leaders get high marks in run-up to elections
When 91% of the public thinks the country is on the wrong track, it’s usually a good sign for the opposition’s electoral hopes, and as Pakistan prepares for parliamentary elections on May 11, supporters of two major opposition parties are feeling optimistic. Moreover, as a new Pew Research Center poll highlights, the leaders of those […]
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Should you invest in stocks or housing for the long term? It depends.
With the stock market hitting new highs and home prices marking their strongest gains since before the bubble burst, it’s starting to feel like a real economic recovery. But which is the better investment over time? That depends largely on your definition of “long term.” As the accompanying charts show, since the formal end of the […]
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Six take-aways from the Census Bureau’s voting report
Today’s report from the Census Bureau on the diversifying American electorate in 2012 confirms an historic turnout milestone first noted last December by the Pew Research Center, but undercuts a number of other widely-reported demographic analyses of last year’s presidential vote. Here are the six most important take-aways from Census Bureau data: 1. For the […]
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A Majority of Americans Have Received Benefits from Federal Entitlement Programs
More than half of Americans have received government benefits at some point from a major federal entitlement program.
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Half of Parents with Young Children Read to Them Every Day
Half of all parents with children under 12 say they read to their child every day.
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South Koreans remain strongly pro-American
As newly-elected President Park Geun-hye prepares to visit Washington, DC to meet with President Obama on Tuesday, South Koreans continue to express overwhelmingly positive views of the United States and its president. The two leaders are expected to discuss a strategy to deal with recent North Korean provocations, including a third nuclear test, the sentencing […]
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Seven in 10 Young Adults Favor Same-Sex Marriage
Seven in 10 Americans born after 1980 believe gay men and lesbians should be able to marry legally.
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How Mexicans in the United States see their identity
Cinco de Mayo, which comes this Sunday, has in the past few decades become widely celebrated in the United States, and not just among the 33.7 million U.S. residents of Mexican origin. (It’s not, as sometimes thought, Mexico’s Independence Day — that’s Sept. 16. Rather, Cinco de Mayo commemorates the 1862 victory of Mexican forces […]