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    Boomers and Social Change

    Members of the Baby Boom generation align more closely with younger generations than with older ones on most social issues.

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    Boomer Gloom

    Fully 80% of Baby Boomers say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country today.

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    Global Social Networking

    Along with the U.S., three other nations surveyed have at least four-in-ten adults on social networks: Poland, Britain and South Korea.

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    Technology Use Around the World in 2010

    Looking across 16 countries for which trends are available, the median percentage of people who own a cell phone has risen from 45% in 2002 to 81% in 2010.

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    Married Twenty-Somethings

    Only about a quarter of young adults were married in 2008. This compared with about two-thirds in 1960.

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    Love Trumps Money?

    More than nine-in-ten married people say that love is a very important reason to marry while only about three-in-ten cite financial stability as an important factor. The data suggest otherwise.

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    America Losing Ground

    Majorities or pluralities of Americans think the country is losing ground on nine of 12 major issues.

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    Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

    Jobs remain the public’s primary economic concern, and given the pessimism about job availability, it’s not hard to see why.

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    Asian-Americans and Technology

    Director Lee Rainie spoke at the Organization of Chinese Americans Broadband Summit about Pew Research examining how Asian-Americans use technology, including broadband adoption and online activities.

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    The 2010 Congressional Reapportionment and Latinos

    Hispanic voters are nearly three times more prevalent in states that gained congressional seats and Electoral College votes in the 2010 reapportionment than they are in states that lost seats.