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    Only One True Love

    Throughout human history, poets, balladeers and songwriters have celebrated the idea that there’s just one true love for every living soul. Only 28% of today’s Americans agree.

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    Disapprove of Single Mothers

    Seven-in-ten say the trend toward more single women having children is bad for society, and 61% say that a child needs both a mother and father to grow up happily.

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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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    Healthy Partisanship

    Two thirds of Republicans say the country is losing ground on the way the health care system is working, up from 41% in December 2008.

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    Cohabitation a Step Toward Marriage?

    Among Americans who have ever lived with an unmarried partner, nearly two-thirds say they thought about it as a step toward marriage.

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    Pocket-Sized Politics

    About a quarter of Americans used their cell phones to learn about or participate in the 2010 midterm election campaign.

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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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    The Class-Based Marriage Gap

    In 2008, a 16-percentage-point gap separated marriage rates of college graduates (64%) and of those with a high school diploma or less (48%).

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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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