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    Fewer Hearing Mostly Bad News about Economy

    Overview The Penn State child sex abuse scandal topped the public’s news interest last week, but Americans also continued to closely track news about the nation’s economy. The public’s perceptions of economic news, which took a decided downturn in August, are much less negative today. Currently, 48% say they are hearing mostly bad news about […]

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    Campaign News Draws More Coverage than Interest

    Overview Public interest in the presidential campaign showed no increase this week, despite the news media’s increasing coverage of sexual harassment allegations against Herman Cain. About one-in-five Americans (22%) say they followed news about the 2012 candidates very closely, little changed from a week earlier (21%), according to the latest weekly News Interest Index survey, […]

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    In a Down Economy, Fewer Births

    A sharp decline in fertility rates in the United States that started in 2008 is closely linked to the souring of the economy that began about the same time. Births fell from a record high of 4,316,233 in 2007 to an estimated 4,007,000 in 2010.

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    About the News Interest Index

    The News Interest Index is a weekly survey conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press aimed at gauging the public’s interest in and reaction to major news events. This project has been undertaken in conjunction with the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s News Coverage Index, an ongoing content analysis of […]

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    Chapter 2: Income, Poverty, Employment

    In 2010, the median adjusted household income in the U.S. was $57,297.[9. numoffset=”9″ Income figures are standardized to household size of three; see appendix for details.] Across age groups, this measure of economic well-being is lowest for the oldest households and highest for those in late middle age. Median adjusted 2010 household income was $49,145 […]

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    Appendix 2: Methodology

    Fertility Data Birth data were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). NCHS birth statistics for 2009 are preliminary and include 99.95% of all births in that year. Birth statistics for 2010 are provisional. Vintage 2009 population estimates provided by the U.S. Census Bureau were used in calculating birth rates. Birth rates are […]