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    A Bipartisan Nation of Beneficiaries

    As President Barack Obama negotiates with Republicans in Congress over federal entitlement spending, a new national survey by the Pew Research Center finds that a majority of Americans (55%) have received government benefits from at least one of the six best-known federal entitlement programs. The survey also finds that most Democrats (60%) and Republicans (52%) […]

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    Chapter 3: Majority Lower-, Middle- and Upper-Income Tracts

    In this section of the report, we turn the frame of analysis from the household (which was the unit of analysis in chapters 1 and 2) to the census tract. We also compare trends in residential segregation by income with trends in residential segregation by race. In 2010, most households (79%) lived in a tract […]

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    Section 1: Opinions About Major Issues

    The public prefers President Obama’s approaches to those of congressional Republicans on several of this year’s major policy issues. However, Obama’s advantages are narrower on gun policies and the budget deficit than on immigration and climate change. Overall, 45% say Obama has the better approach in dealing with gun policies, compared with 39% who favor […]

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    Marital Status

    Overall, 41% of births in the U.S. were to unmarried mothers in 2010. The share is higher for births to U.S.-born mothers (42%) than to foreign-born mothers (36%). These differences are explained in part by the greater likelihood of immigrants to be married, which also is the case within each major racial and ethnic group. […]

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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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    Appendix 2: Methodology

    Demographic Analysis Data Sources The demographic data in this report are derived from the Current Population Survey, which covers the civilian, noninstitutional population. Unless otherwise noted, all data come from the CPS Annual Social and Economic Supplements (ASEC) conducted in March of every year. Unless otherwise noted, the specific files used in this report are […]

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    Election 2012 Post Mortem: White Evangelicals and Support for Romney

    Leading up to the election, there was speculation about how strongly white evangelical Protestants would support a Mormon candidate. According to a new Pew Research Center analysis of exit poll data, white evangelicals voted for Mitt Romney with as much enthusiasm as his other supporters did.

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    The Sandwich Generation

    With an aging population and a generation of young adults struggling to achieve financial independence, the burdens and responsibilities of middle-aged Americans are increasing. Nearly half (47%) of adults in their 40s and 50s have a parent age 65 or older and are either raising a young child or financially supporting a grown child (age […]

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    U.S. Birth Rate Falls to a Record Low; Decline Is Greatest Among Immigrants

    The U.S. birth rate dipped in 2011 to the lowest ever recorded, led by a plunge in births to immigrant women since the onset of the Great Recession. The overall U.S. birth rate, which is the annual number of births per 1,000 women in the prime childbearing ages of 15 to 44, declined 8% from […]