Forty years after the Watergate break-in, most Americans old enough to remember the era, remember where they were when Richard Nixon resigned in August 1974.

About six-in-ten fathers believe being a dad has become more difficult than it was 20 or 30 years ago, and 48% of mothers agree, according to those surveyed with children under age 18.

One year after parts of their country were devastated by an earthquake and a tsunami, most Japanese disapprove of the government’s response to the crisis.

More than three-quarters (78%) of Spaniards blame their country’s banks and financial institutions for current economic problems, compared to 59% who say it is their government’s fault.

Few U.S. Catholics regard the use of contraceptives as morally wrong, even though the use of contraception is forbidden by church doctrine.

About three-quarters of Republicans (77%) agree that when something is run by the government it is usually inefficient and wasteful. Just 41% of Democrats agree, a difference of 36 percentage points.

Nearly six-in-ten Americans (57%) said in a March 2011 survey that the government should play a significant role in reducing obesity among children.