Love Trumps Money?
More than nine-in-ten married people say that love is a very important reason to marry while only about three-in-ten cite financial stability as an important factor. The data suggest otherwise.
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Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology
Overview With the economy still struggling and the nation involved in multiple military operations overseas, the public’s political mood is fractious. In this environment, many political attitudes have become more doctrinaire at both ends of the ideological spectrum, a polarization that reflects the current atmosphere in Washington. Yet at the same time, a growing number […]
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Section 2: Views of Long-Term Future, Past
Most Americans are optimistic about the future of the U.S. over the next 50 years, but optimism has declined since April 2010 and is down considerably from the boom period of the late 1990s. In the current survey, 54% say they are either very (17%) or somewhat (37%) optimistic about the future of the U.S. […]
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More Americans Going Online for News
The internet is slowly closing in on television as Americans’ main source of national and international news.
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About the Survey
The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted February 2-7, 2011 among a national sample of 1,385 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (952 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 433 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 197 who had no landline […]
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Section 2: Joining, participating in and leaving groups
Why people participate Those who are active members in groups – 75% of Americans – were asked about three potential reasons for being active in social or civic groups. Some 59% of adults cite this as the major reason: accomplishing things as part of a group that they could not accomplish on their own. An […]
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Methodology
Topline The topline is available to download as a PDF here. You can also explore the questions online on the report overview page. This report is based on the findings of a daily tracking survey on Americans’ use of the Internet. The results in this report are based on data from telephone interviews conducted by […]