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    Most View Census Positively, But Some Have Doubts

    Overview As the federal government gears up for its decennial count of the country’s population, most Americans think the census is very important and say they will definitely participate. But acceptance of and enthusiasm for the census are not universal. Certain segments of the population such as younger people, Hispanics and the less well educated […]

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    About the Survey

    Results for this survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International among a national sample of 1,504 adults living in the continental United States, 18 years of age or older, from January 6-10, 2010 (1,000 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 504 were interviewed on […]

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    Millennials, the Midterms and the Political Landscape Beyond

    At a conference at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, Pew Research Center analysts and outside experts discussed research findings about the Millennial generation, the American teens and twenty-somethings now making the passage into adulthood. The last of three sessions addressed the question of whether Millennials, who rocked the vote in 2008, will show up at the polls this November and how they may shape the political landscape beyond?

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    Women, Men and the New Economics of Marriage

    In the past, when relatively few wives worked, marriage enhanced the economic status of women more than that of men. Recently, however, the economic gains associated with marriage have been greater for men.

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    V. Economic Well-Being

    The economic well-being of any group of youths ages 16 to 25 depends in part on the economic status of the households in which they live and in part on their own personal engagement with the labor market. On both fronts, Latino youths lag well behind white youths. But they surpass black youths on most […]

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    Many Americans Mix Multiple Faiths

    The religious beliefs and practices of Americans do not fit neatly into conventional categories. A new poll by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life finds that large numbers of Americans engage in multiple religious practices, mixing elements of diverse traditions. Many say they attend worship services of more than one faith […]

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    News on the go – wireless access

    To understand the impact of wireless mobility on news consumption, the current survey asked owners of cell phones, BlackBerries and other handheld devices about different ways they might get news on the go.  Overall, 26% of American adults say they get some form of news via cell phone – that amounts to 33% of adult […]

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    III. Internet Use at Home

    In spite of the overall increase in internet usage among Latinos from 2006 to 2008, the percent of Latino online users who accessed the internet from home went up only marginally from 79% in 2006 to 81% in 2008. White internet users were more likely than Latino internet user to go online from home – […]

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    IV. Broadband Access

    In many surveys over the past seven years, the Pew Internet & American Life Project has found that internet users with home broadband access are more engaged with the online world. The “always on” internet becomes an information and communications source that people rely on for staying in touch with friends and family and finding […]

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    II. Demography

    Hispanics are not only the largest minority population in the United States, they are also the youngest. Consequently, they account for especially large shares of the young adult and child populations in the U.S. While growth in the Latino population in the recent past has been driven by the flow of immigrants (the first generation), […]