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    Methodology

    This report is based on findings from seven surveys conducted in the summer and early fall of 2011. Tablet Owner Phone Surveys The overall portrait of tablet computer users among the general public is based on aggregated data from five telephone surveys conducted on landlines and cell phones June 30-July 31, 2011 with national samples […]

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    Chapter 1: The Macroeconomic Context

    The period of 2005 to 2009 was marked by a series of tumultuous economic developments. A bubble in the housing market burst in 2006, triggering the Great Recession in 2007 and a stock market collapse in 2007-2008. Each of these events was historic in its magnitude, and it is not surprising that household wealth would […]

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    Appendix

    Data Sources The net worth and asset ownership levels are tabulated from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation. SIPP is a longitudinal survey designed to follow a given panel of households over several years. The panels are nationally representative samples of the civilian, non-institutionalized population of the United States and are […]

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    Wealth Gaps and Perception Gaps: A Paradox of the Great Recession

    When the real estate market melted down, those hit hardest by the sharp drop in household wealth were blacks and Hispanics. But even while their wealth was being decimated, the political reaction among the nation’s minorities has been surprisingly muted.

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    II. Mexican-American Fertility Patterns

    U.S. births are disproportionately Hispanic, accounting for one-in-four (25%) of the nation’s newborns in 2008 (Martin, et. al, 2008). U.S. births are also disproportionately Mexican-American. While 10% of the nation’s population in 2008 was Mexican-American, 16% of the nation’s births were to Mexican-American mothers. Two demographic factors explain the high share of births among Mexican-Americans: […]

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    Major Characteristics of Religious Advocacy Groups

    Navigate this page: Religious Traditions Organizational Structure Tax Status Advocacy Expenditures Issue Agendas Constituency Size Staff and Facilities Methods and Strategies Updated May 15, 2012 Major Characteristics of Religious Advocacy Groups Advocacy groups represent a growing variety of faiths in Washington. They also vary greatly in staff size, yearly financial expenditures and other characteristics that […]

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    Re-Counting Poverty

    The November 2011 issuance by the U.S. Census Bureau of a new Supplemental Poverty Measure has rekindled interest in questions that have been raised at various times over the nearly half century since the first official measures were published. This posting explores the perceived flaws of the official poverty measures, as well as the features of the unofficial alternative measure recently unveiled by the Census Bureau and the broader issues raised by the contrast between the two.

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    71% of online adults now use video-sharing sites

    Fully 71% of online Americans use video-sharing sites such as YouTube and Vimeo. Rural internet users have caught up to others in their use of these sites, and minorities are more likely than whites to visit them.