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A majority of Americans say it is important to conduct stem-cell research.
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A majority of Americans say it is important to conduct stem-cell research.
Three-in-ten Americans say belief is the key factor in achieving eternal life; about the same proportion view actions as the primary factor (29%).
Only five members of the new Congress (about 1%) do not specify a religious affiliation.
Six-in-ten moderates supported Obama.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans (63%) favor a government guarantee of universal health insurance, even if it means raising taxes.
One-third of those who say they were raised Catholic no longer describe themselves as Catholic, which means that roughly 10% of all Americans are former Catholics.
Nearly half of all American Catholics under age 30 are Hispanic (45%).
Catholics are the largest religious community in Pennsylvania, making up 29% of the state’s adult population, followed by mainline Protestants at 25% and evangelical Protestants at 18%. White Catholics have been a pillar of Hillary Clinton’s voter coalition in her big-state victories to date.
Nearly half (48%) of Americans of the Hindu faith have a post-graduate education.
Two of every three women ages 50-64 say today’s mothers are doing a worse job as parents than mothers did 20 or 30 years ago — the highest level of criticism among any age-sex group in the US population.
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