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    Chapter 2: Demographic Portrait of Adult Children of Immigrants

    Overview Many of the nation’s U.S.-born children of immigrants are just coming into adulthood, but as a group they already are having an impact on the nation’s communities, workforce, electorate and other realms of American life. The most striking features of this U.S. second generation—the adult children of immigrants—are their youth and their racial and […]

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    Chapter 6: Political and Social Issues

    Relative to the general public, Asian Americans and, particularly, Hispanics tend to skew more Democratic than Republican in party identification and more liberal than conservative in ideology, according to an analysis of recent Pew Research Center surveys conducted with a nationally representative sample of Hispanics and a separate representative survey of Asian Americans. Second-generation and […]

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    Coverage of Particular Faiths

    Another way of looking at the media coverage is to assess which religious faith was featured in each story studied. The data underscore just how prominently evangelicalism featured in the media narrative about American faith and politics. Evangelical Protestants received more coverage in the campaign than did the religion of either candidate – Mormonism and […]

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    News Consumption on Mobile Devices

    Overall, news consumption ranks high on mobile devices. Over a third report getting news daily on the tablet and the smartphone, putting it on par with other activities such as email and playing games on tablets and behind only email on smartphones. The popularity of news remains strong across all demographic groups studied, but is […]

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    III. Who Naturalizes: Reasons for Naturalizing

    When asked in an open-ended question,[4. numoffset=”4″ When asking Latino naturalized citizens the main reason they decided to naturalize, some a posteriori effects may shape their response. When asking a survey respondent to recall something that happened in the past, there is a chance of inaccuracy in their response—the more time that has elapsed between […]

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    Obama in Strong Position at Start of Second Term

    Overview As he prepares for his second inauguration, Barack Obama is in a stronger position with the public than he was over much of his first term. At 52%, his job approval rating is among the highest since the early months of his presidency. His personal favorability, currently 59%, has rebounded from a low of […]

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    Closing the Digital Divide: Latinos and Technology Adoption

    Overview Latinos own smartphones, go online from a mobile device and use social networking sites at similar—and sometimes higher—rates than do other groups of Americans, according to a new analysis of three surveys by the Pew Research Center. The analysis also finds that when it comes to using the internet,[1. Internet users are those who […]