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    Appendix 2: Data Sources

    The detailed snapshot of adults ages 30-44 by their partnership status utilizes the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey (ACS).  The ACS is a 1% sample of all U.S. households and features a very large sample of the population.  The University of Minnesota Population Center’s Integrated Public Use Microsample (IPUMS) version of the 2009 […]

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    Deadly Afghanistan Crash Tops Public’s News Interest

    Overview News about the crash of a military helicopter in Afghanistan that killed 30 Americans last week refocused public attention on the long-running war there. About a quarter of the public (27%) says they followed news about the troop deaths in Afghanistan – which included members of the elite force that killed Osama bin Laden […]

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    A Nation of Flag Wavers

    Three in four Americans say they display Old Glory at home, work or elsewhere.

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    Chapter 1. Living Arrangements and Father Involvement

    Fatherhood and Marriage Nearly half (46%) of men ages 15 to 44 with biological children report that at least one of their children was born outside of marriage,[5. numoffset=”5″ According to the NSFG, a similar share (47%) of women who have given birth report having at least one birth outside of marriage, and a Pew […]

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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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    Make Calls Online

    Nearly a quarter of internet-using adults have placed a phone call online.

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    Chapter 3: Public Views and Experiences

    Amid rising costs and a sluggish economy, many Americans are questioning whether a college education is good value for the money. A large majority (75%) of the public says college is no longer affordable for most Americans. And only four-in-ten say the higher education system does an excellent (5%) or good (35%) job providing value […]

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    Chapter 2. How Muslims and Westerners View Each Other

    Muslims and Westerners offer mixed views of each other. Majorities in Britain, France, Russia and the U.S. express favorable views of Muslims, but opinions are divided in Germany and negative in Spain. Similarly, Muslims in Lebanon, Jordan and Indonesia have positive opinions of Christians, while views are overwhelmingly unfavorable in Turkey and Pakistan; attitudes toward […]

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    About the Survey

    The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted June 15-19, 2011 among a national sample of 1,502 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (1,001 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 501 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 200 who had no landline […]

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    Ideology

    To assess ideology, researchers measured three different elements of a site’s news content. They examined the range of viewpoints represented in each story in which the subject involved some matter of disagreement, conflict or controversy.  They looked at the narrative frame of the story to see if it reflected one of a detailed list of […]