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Rising Incomes a Big Reason, But Not the Only One
Whether silly political stagecraft or a sly legislative tactic, the Senate’s all-nighter helped make the Iraq policy debate the biggest news story of the week. At the same time, there were also ominous warnings on the terror front. And YouTube inserted itself smack into the middle of the 2008 campaign coverage.
That’s the percentage of online Americans who say the internet has greatly improved the way they pursue their hobbies and interests.
That’s the number of Americans who now seek out news on the internet on a typical day. The daily audience online for news has grown dramatically since 2002 — a surge fueled by the rise in home broadband connections.
That’s the percentage of Americans who now consider the U.S. as a Christian nation, down slightly from a year earlier but significantly more than the 60% who characterized the country this way a decade ago.
That’s the proportion of U.S. adults who report that they have switched careers — from one type of work to another — and more than half of this group say they have made a switch more than once.