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short readsFeb 19, 2016

Americans feel the tensions between privacy and security concerns

Much of the focus has been on government surveillance, though there are also significant concerns about how businesses use data.
reportJan 14, 2016

1. The state of privacy

Americans frequently face choices about whether or not to share information about themselves in return for getting something that is potentially valuable to them. From retail stores that track customers’ shopping behavior in exchange for discounts to online applications that offer free services in exchange for serving personalized ads to users, Americans regularly face the […]
short readsApr 30, 2015

Racial and ethnic differences in how people use mobile technology

Minority smartphone owners tend to rely more heavily on their phone than whites do for internet access, according to our recent report on smartphone adoption.
short readsDec 2, 2015

Women, more than men, say climate change will harm them personally

In wealthier nations, women are more likely than men to consider climate change a serious problem, be concerned it will harm them personally and say that major lifestyle changes are needed to solve the problem.
reportJun 26, 2015

Americans’ Internet Access: 2000-2015

The share of all U.S. adults who use the internet increased from 52% in 2000 to 84% today.
data essayJul 26, 2016

Human Enhancement

The scientific and ethical dimensions of striving for perfection
short readsApr 20, 2015

The numbers behind the broadband ‘homework gap’

A new Pew Research Center analysis finds low-income households, especially black and Hispanic ones, make up a disproportionate share of the 5 million with school-age children that lack broadband access.
reportMay 11, 2016

3. The middle class shrank and incomes fell in most metropolitan areas from 2000 to 2014

The economic status of a metropolitan area in 2014 does not necessarily signal the direction of its journey. Midland, TX, led the nation in the share of the population that was upper income in 2014 because it benefited from a boom in global oil prices. But the sharp decline in oil prices since 2014 may […]
reportNov 23, 2015

Methodology

Survey conducted August 27-October 4, 2015 Most of the analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted August 27-October 4, 2015 among a national sample of 6,004 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (2,113 respondents were interviewed on a landline, and […]
reportMar 17, 2015

References

Brown, Anna, and Eileen Patten. 2014. “Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States, 2012: Table 9.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center, April. Hoffman, Judy, John Carlo Bertot, and Denise M. Davis. 2012. “Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2011-2012.” Chicago: American Library Association, June. Lopez, Mark Hugo, and Ana Gonzalez-Barrera. […]

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Americans feel the tensions between privacy and security concerns

1. The state of privacy

Racial and ethnic differences in how people use mobile technology

Women, more than men, say climate change will harm them personally

Americans’ Internet Access: 2000-2015

Human Enhancement

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