Americans keen on space exploration, less so on paying for it
Americans are consistently more likely to say that the U.S. spends too much on space exploration than too little.
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Americans are consistently more likely to say that the U.S. spends too much on space exploration than too little.
In a 2009 survey, 87% of Pakistanis said it was equally important for girls and boys to be educated.
A majority of Latino voters say education is an extremely important issue in this year’s election.
Six-in-ten Egyptians said in a survey last spring that the country’s laws should strictly follow the Quran.
College presidents and the public are 22 points apart on whether online courses offer comparable value to classroom courses.
Americans are almost evenly divided on the idea of limiting deductions for mortgage interest, with 47% approving and 44% disapproving – a difference of 3 percentage points.
In a pre-election poll, there was a 43 percentage point gap between Obama voters saying that taxes should be raised on the wealthy and the number of Romney supporters who agreed.
In 2010, women with full-time or salaried jobs had a median income of $669 a week, compared to $824 for men.
One-third of adults ages 25 to 29 have earned at least a bachelor’s degree, representing a sharp rise in college completion.
Fully 54% of women say abortion is a very important issue to their vote, compared with 36% of men — a gap of 18 points.
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