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    Methodology

    Prepared by Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project JULY 2011 Summary The 2011 Teens and Digital Citizenship Survey sponsored by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 799 teens ages 12 to 17 years old […]

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    Adding Context to the Census Bureau’s Income and Poverty Report

    Pew Research Center reports can add context to the Census Bureau’s release of 2010 data on U.S. income, poverty and health insurance coverage. These Pew Research Center reports, linked to in this article, have documented the impact of the Great Recession and shaky recovery on Americans’ wealth, work lives, personal finances and emotional well-being.

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    Section 1: A Demographic Portrait of Muslim Americans

    Muslim Americans are a heavily immigrant population. Of those age 18 and older, more than six-in-ten (63%) were born abroad, and many are relative newcomers to the United States: Fully one-quarter of all U.S. Muslim adults (25%) have arrived in this country since 2000. The Muslim American population also is significantly younger and more racially […]

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    IV. By the Numbers: Gender, Race and Education

    If you step foot on a college campus these days, you are likely to see more women than men strolling ’neath the elms. Among currently enrolled students ages 18-24, about 53% are women.[4. numoffset=”4″ Calculation is based on October 2009, Current Population Survey.] Over the past 40 years, the share of young women enrolled in […]

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    III. Public Reactions to Changing Gender Patterns

    Since the early 1990s, more young women than young men have been completing college. The survey attempted to gauge the public’s reaction to this educational trend. Respondents were asked whether the fact that women are now more likely than men to get a college degree is a good thing for society, a bad thing or […]

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    Chapter 6: A Profile of the Modern Military

    Today’s military is smaller, older, more diverse and more likely to be married than the force that served a generation or two ago. A larger proportion of minorities and women serve as officers and enlisted personnel. Proportionately fewer high school dropouts and more college graduates fill the enlisted ranks. Since the military draft was abolished […]

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    Chapter 7: Trends in Household Wealth, 1984 to 2009

    Estimates of household wealth by race and ethnicity from SIPP are available starting in 1984. The time series is not entirely consistent because of a redesign of the SIPP panel in 1996 and changes to the racial identity question in 2004.[18. numoffset=”18″ See Orzechowski and Sepielli (2003) for more on the SIPP redesign. The racial […]

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    Chapter 2: Household Wealth

    Adjusted for inflation,[8. numoffset=”8″ Unless otherwise stated, all data in this report are expressed in 2009 dollars.] the median wealth, or net worth, of U.S. households fell from $96,894 in 2005 to $70,000 in 2009, a drop of 28%. The precipitous decline in wealth was not evenly distributed across groups. Minority households—Hispanics, blacks and Asians—experienced […]