Education levels of U.S. immigrants are on the rise
In 2016, 17.2% of U.S. immigrants ages 25 and older had a bachelor’s degree and another 12.8% had attained a postgraduate degree. Both shares are up since 1980.
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2016, Foreign-Born Population in the United States Statistical Portrait
There were a record 43.7 million immigrants living in the U.S. in 2016, making up 13.5% of the nation’s population.
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Religious Typology Quiz
Are you a Sunday Stalwart? Solidly Secular? Or somewhere in between? Take our quiz to find out which one of the religious typology groups is your best match and see how you compare with our nationally representative survey of more than 4,000 U.S. adults.
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How the religious typology groups compare
The religious typology sorts American adults into seven cohesive, like-minded groups based on the religious and spiritual beliefs they share, how actively they practice their faith, the value they place on their religion, and the other sources of meaning and fulfillment in their lives. Use this tool to compare the groups on key topics and demographics.
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Sharing the code we used to study the public’s interest in the Flint water crisis
In 2017, Pew Research Center published an analysis of Google search trends related to the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. The analysis…
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Key facts about young Latinos, one of the nation’s fastest-growing populations
Youth is a defining characteristic of the U.S. Latino population. Latinos ages 35 or younger accounted for well over half of the nation’s Latino population in 2016.
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In Advanced and Emerging Economies Alike, Worries About Job Automation
Average citizens around the world see a technological revolution coming in the workplace, and they are concerned. Many fear robots and computers will eliminate jobs and increase inequality.
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Republicans, Democrats See Opposing Party as More Ideological Than Their Own
Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to view the Democratic Party as very liberal. And the pattern is similar, though less pronounced, in views of the GOP’s ideology: More Democrats than Republicans see the Republican Party as very conservative. When asked to evaluate the Democratic Party’s ideology, a majority of Republicans (55%) give […]
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I Västeuropa försöker populistiska partier utnyttja frustrationen mot etablissemanget men de har inte lockat personer på båda sidor om den ideologiska klyftan
Känslan av att vara emot etablissemanget som ger bränsle åt populistiska rörelser i Västeuropa finns till vänster, i mitten och till höger på det politiska spektrumet enligt en ny rapport från Pew Research Center.
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Nell’Europa occidentale, i partiti populisti fanno leva sulla frustrazione anti-sistema, ma hanno un’attrattiva minima nella divisione ideologica
I sentimenti anti-sistema che contribuiscono ad alimentare i recenti movimenti populisti nell’Europa occidentale possono essere individuati a sinistra, al centro e a destra dello spettro ideologico, secondo i risultati di una nuova relazione del Pew Research Center.
