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Among adults who go online, 8% use Twitter.
Racial and ethnic minorities accounted for 91.7% of the nation’s population growth over the past decade.
Hispanics now account for 16.3% of the total U.S. population.
A majority of Americans say union agreements don’t give union workers unfair advantages, but rather ensure fair treatment for workers.
Being a good father is ranked as the most important trait of a good husband/partner by nearly everyone.
Seven-in-ten say the trend toward more single women having children is bad for society, and 61% say that a child needs both a mother and father to grow up happily.
Throughout human history, poets, balladeers and songwriters have celebrated the idea that there’s just one true love for every living soul. Only 28% of today’s Americans agree.
Among internet users, 4% use a service such as Foursquare or Gowalla to share their location with friends online.
More Americans now say that Hispanics face “a lot” of discrimination than say the same about blacks, whites or Asians.
Asked to state what race they are (black; white; Asian; some other race) and told they could choose as many categories as they wished, just 1% of Americans identified with more than one category.
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