Summary The 2012 Health Survey, sponsored by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and the California HealthCare Foundation, obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 3,014 adults living in the United States. Telephone interviews were conducted by landline (1,808) and cell phone (1,206, including 624 without a landline phone). The […]
The percentage of U.S. Catholics with a strong identification with the Catholic Church was as low in 2012 as it has ever been in General Social Surveys. During the same period, the percentage of Protestants who consider themselves strong members of their faith has been rising.
About eight-in-ten blacks said in a 2009 poll that more changes were needed in the country to give them equal rights with whites.
For one-third of U.S. adults, the internet is a diagnostic tool As of September 2012, 81% of U.S. adults use the internet and, of those, 72% say they have looked online for health information in the past year. Since online personal diagnosis is a scenario that has intrigued observers for years – and caused some […]
Democrats favor controlling gun ownership by 45 percentage points more than Republicans.
In addition to asking people about their general feelings about libraries and their patterns of patronage, Pew Internet’s survey explored in depth what people do at libraries – both at the physical facilities and on library websites. These responses reported below were asked of the 53% of Americans who say they visited a library or […]
Survey Report Publics around the world are concerned about the effect of global climate change and international financial instability, with majorities in many of the nations surveyed saying these are major threats to their countries. But Islamic extremism is also a serious concern, particularly in the United States, Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. In contrast, relatively […]
