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    Americans’ Views About Data Collection and Security

    Contrary to assertions that people “don’t care” about privacy in the digital age, this survey suggests that Americans hold a range of strong views about the importance of control over their personal information and freedom from surveillance in daily life. As earlier studies in this series have illustrated, Americans’ perceptions of privacy are varied in […]

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    Who’s Borrowing?

    In looking at student debt, two measures of a college graduate’s family affluence are typically considered: family income and parents’ educational attainment (Ellwood and Kane, 2000). The income analysis focuses on college graduates who were dependent on their parents for financial support and looks at the income of a graduate’s parents in the year before […]

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    The News Environment in Sioux City, Iowa

    A 100-mile drive from Omaha, Nebraska, Greater Sioux City—or “Siouxland” as the nearly 125,000 locals know it—straddles the borders of three states. (For a display of all city demographics, click here. Technically speaking, Sioux City’s metropolitan statistical area spans two counties in Iowa, two in Nebraska and one county in South Dakota. In the summer […]

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    Public opinion on the economy and Obama’s handling of it

    Strengthening the economy has been one of the public’s top priorities for the president and Congress going back even before the Great Recession. Here are key takeaways from our surveys on the state of public opinion about the economy.

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    Appendix B: Details on the Data Source

    The analysis is based on the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS). NPSAS is collected every 3 to 4 years by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics. NPSAS is specifically designed to measure how undergraduates and their families pay for postsecondary education. It is nationally representative of undergraduate borrowers and non-borrowers […]