Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

Read our research on:

Search results for: “african americans”

Refine Your Results

  • report

    Part 1: Teens and Social Media Use

    Teens’ Twitter use has grown significantly: One in four (24%) online teens uses Twitter, up from 16% 2011. Fully 95% of those ages 12-17 use the internet. Eight in ten online teens use some kind of social media. Twitter is still not in the same league as Facebook, which attracts 77% of online teens. Still, […]

  • report

    Appendix C: Countries by Regional Classification

    Asia-Pacific Afghanistan American Samoa Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia China Cook Islands Cyprus Fed. States of Micronesia Fiji French Polynesia Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Laos Macau Malaysia Maldives Marshall Islands Mongolia Nauru Nepal New Caledonia New Zealand Niue North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Pakistan Palau […]

  • report

    Appendix B: Countries by Economic Classification

    High Income (2013 per capita GNI of $12,616 U.S. dollars or more) Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Australia Austria Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Bermuda Brunei Canada Cayman Islands Channel Islands Chile Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Equatorial Guinea Estonia Faeroe Islands Finland France French Polynesia Germany Greece Greenland Guam Hong Kong Iceland Ireland Isle of […]

  • report

    Part 3: Reputation Management on Social Media

    Teens take steps to shape their reputation, manage their networks, and mask information they don’t want others to know. Teens are cognizant of their online reputations and take steps to curate the content and appearance of their social media presence. Teens’ management of their profiles can take a variety of forms—we asked teen social media […]

  • report

    Smartphone Ownership 2013

    56% of American adults now own a smartphone of some kind; Android and iPhone owners account for half of the cell phone user population. Higher income adults and those under age 35 lead the way when it comes to smartphone ownership.

  • report

    America’s Global Image Remains More Positive than China’s

    Overview Publics around the world believe the global balance of power is shifting. China’s economic power is on the rise, and many think it will eventually supplant the United States as the world’s dominant superpower. However, China’s increasing power has not led to more positive ratings for the People’s Republic. Overall, the U.S. enjoys a […]

  • report

    Chapter 3: Demographic & Economic Data, by Race

    This section looks at a variety of economic, educational, health, political and social indicators to assess change in the relative well-being of black and white Americans in recent decades. The data present a mixed picture. The economic gulf between blacks and whites that was present a half century ago has not disappeared. Measures of household […]

  • report

    Public Divided over Same-Sex Marriage Rulings

    Overview The public is divided over last week’s Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage: 45% approve of the court’s decisions, while 40% disapprove. The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center conducted June 27-30 among 1,003 adults, finds that most Americans are aware of the ruling and its implications. Two-thirds (66%) know that the […]

  • short reads

    Skepticism about a landmark Census finding

    The Census Bureau made big news last week when it reported that the black voter turnout rate (66.2%) exceeded the white voter turnout rate (64.1%) for the first time ever in 2012. But a closer look at the numbers raises some intriguing questions. It’s possible that the lines may have first crossed in 2008. But […]

Refine Your Results

Years
Formats
Topics
Regions & Countries
Research Teams
Authors