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Many Catholics in the U.S. and Latin America Want the Church to Allow Birth Control and to Let Women Become Priests

Acknowledgments

This analysis was produced by Pew Research Center as part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project, which analyzes religious change and its impact on societies around the world. Funding for the Global Religious Futures project comes from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John Templeton Foundation (grant 63095). This publication does not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation.

Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at pewresearch.org/religion.

Primary Researchers

Jonathan Evans, Senior Researcher
Kelsey Jo Starr, Research Analyst

Research Team

Becka A. Alper, Senior Researcher
Laura Clancy, Research Analyst
Alan Cooperman, Director, Religion Research
Manolo Corichi, Research Analyst
Moira Fagan, Research Associate
Janell Fetterolf, Senior Researcher
Sneha Gubbala, Research Assistant
Christine Huang, Research Associate
Asta Kallo, Research Assistant
Kirsten Lesage, Research Associate
Jordan Lippert, Research Analyst
William Miner, Research Analyst
Besheer Mohamed, Senior Researcher
Justin Nortey, Research Analyst
Jacob Poushter, Associate Director, Global Attitudes Research
Andrew Prozorovsky, Research Assistant
Sofia Hernandez Ramones, Research Assistant
Michael Rotolo, Research Associate
Laura Silver, Associate Director, Global Attitudes Research    
Maria Smerkovich, Research Associate
Gregory A. Smith, Senior Associate Director, Religion Research
Patricia Tevington, Research Associate
Richard Wike, Director, Global Attitudes Research

Methods Team

Dorene Asare-Marfo, Panel Manager
Anna Brown, Research Methodologist
Scott Keeter, Senior Survey Advisor
Courtney Kennedy, Vice President, Methods and Innovation
Arnold Lau, Research Methodologist
Carolyn Lau, International Research Methodologist
Andrew Mercer, Principal Methodologist
Patrick Moynihan, Associate Director, International Research Methods
Georgina Pizzolitto, Research Methodologist
Dana Popky, Associate Panel Manager
Sofi Sinozich, International Research Methodologist

Editorial and Graphic Design

Jeff Diamant, Senior Writer/Editor
Rebecca Leppert, Copy Editor
Bill Webster, Senior Information Graphics Designer

Communications and Web Publishing

Achsah Callahan, Communications Manager
Justine Coleman, Associate Digital Producer
Andrew Grant, Communications Associate
Anna Schiller, Associate Director, Communications

In addition, Pew Research Center is grateful for many others who provided valuable advice and assistance on this project, including Rebecca Kielty and Brianna Vetter. Former Center staffer Sarah Austin also contributed to this report. We appreciate the following individuals for advising us on strategic outreach: Eugenia Mitchelstein, associate professor of communication at Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina), and Sebastián Lacunza, columnist at elDiarioAR.com (Argentina).

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