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reportApr 2, 2014

Section 2: Views of Marijuana – Legalization, Decriminalization, Concerns

Public support for legalizing marijuana use is at an all-time high of 54%, though it is virtually unchanged from last year (52%).
short readsApr 16, 2014

Europeans hold more liberal views on moral issues

Europeans are consistently more liberal than Latin Americans, Asians, Africans, and Middle Easterners when it comes to judging what things are morally acceptable or not.
short readsMar 19, 2014

Religious police found in nearly one-in-ten countries worldwide

As of 2012, at least 17 nations have police that enforce religious norms. Religion police forces are most common in the Middle East and North Africa, and are also found in the Asia-Pacific and in sub-Saharan Africa.
short readsApr 10, 2014

Data Feed: Obamacare’s influence on GOP voters, global image of U.S. leadership, fears of low inflation

A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
short readsFeb 6, 2014

Russia’s moral barometer: Homosexuality unacceptable, but drinking, less so

Nearly three-quarters of the Russian population (72%) think that homosexuality is morally unacceptable, with only 18% saying it is acceptable or not a moral issue.
reportApr 2, 2014

America’s New Drug Policy Landscape

The public appears ready for a truce in the long-running war on drugs. A national survey by the Pew Research Center finds that 67% of Americans say that the government should focus more on providing treatment for those who use illegal drugs such as heroin and cocaine. Just 26% think the government’s focus should be […]
short readsFeb 5, 2014

Data Feed: So-so on Sochi, higher-ed hiring, deregulation and fast food

A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
short readsNov 13, 2013

Americans see U.S. losing ground against mental illness, prescription drug abuse

The public views a number of public health problems as serious, but while prescription drug abuse does not top the list, it stands out as a problem that Americans say is getting worse.
reportNov 12, 2013

Public Agrees on Obesity’s Impact, Not Government’s Role

Survey Report Most Americans (69%) see obesity as a very serious public health problem, substantially more than the percentages viewing alcohol abuse, cigarette smoking and AIDS in the same terms. In addition, a broad majority believes that obesity is not just a problem that affects individuals: 63% say obesity has consequences for society beyond the […]
short readsJun 25, 2013

What’s killing the less-educated white women of America?

For nearly three decades researchers have known that better-educated adults are living increasingly longer than those with less education. (Kids: One more reason to stay in school.) Then in the mid-1980s a new trend emerged: The education-mortality gap began growing much faster among women than among men. By 2006, white women without a high school […]

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Search results for: “alcohol”

Section 2: Views of Marijuana – Legalization, Decriminalization, Concerns

Europeans hold more liberal views on moral issues

Religious police found in nearly one-in-ten countries worldwide

Data Feed: Obamacare’s influence on GOP voters, global image of U.S. leadership, fears of low inflation

Russia’s moral barometer: Homosexuality unacceptable, but drinking, less so

America’s New Drug Policy Landscape

Data Feed: So-so on Sochi, higher-ed hiring, deregulation and fast food

Americans see U.S. losing ground against mental illness, prescription drug abuse

Public Agrees on Obesity’s Impact, Not Government’s Role