This report was written by Kiana Cox, senior researcher; Khadijah Edwards, research associate; Carolyne Im, research analyst; and Sahana Mukherjee, associate director, race and ethnicity research.
Editorial guidance was provided by Mark Hugo Lopez, director, race and ethnicity research. Guidance on questionnaire development was provided by Juliana Menasce Horowitz, senior associate director, social trends research. The report was edited by Dalia Fahmy, senior writer/editor; and reviewed by Neha Sahgal, vice president, research, and Gabriel Piña, senior researcher.
Methodological guidance was provided by Courtney Kennedy, vice president, methods and innovation; Dorene Asare-Marfo, senior panel manager; Dana Popky, associate panel manager; Andrew Mercer, principal methodologist; and Arnold Lau, research methodologist. Guidance on the communications strategy and outreach was provided by Tanya Arditi, senior communications manager, with support from Maya Pottiger, communications associate.
The report was number-checked by Alexandra Cahn, research assistant; and Joseph Copeland, research analyst. Sara Atske, digital producer, produced the report. Anna Jackson, editorial specialist, copy edited the report. Charts were designed by Cox, Edwards, Im, Mukherjee and Gracie Martinez, former research assistant, with guidance from John Carlo Mandapat, information graphics designer.
Pew Research Center is grateful to a panel of expert advisers who gave advice on the survey and/or report: Shantel Buggs, Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Florida State University; Camille Burge-Hicks, Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science at Villanova University; Rodrego Byerly, President and CEO of EVITARUS; Chrishana Lloyd, Research Scholar at Child Trends; Sean Joe, Benjamin E. Youngdahl Professor of Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis; and Eileen Yam, Director of Science and Society Research at Pew Research Center.
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