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    Wikipedia Users

    More than half of online adults use Wikipedia — which celebrates its 10th anniversary this Saturday — to look for information.

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    Views of Gun Control — A Detailed Demographic Breakdown

    Opinion about gun control has been split since April 2009, but this marked a substantial change in attitudes from previous years in which majorities of Americans consistently prioritized gun control over gun rights. See a breakdown of opinion about gun control across numerous demographic categories.

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    About the Survey

    The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted January 13-16, 2011 among a national sample of 1,000 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (670 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 330 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 134 who had no landline […]

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    Marriage Is Obsolete

    Nearly four-in-ten survey respondents say that marriage has become obsolete as an institution in American life.

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    New Pew Forum Report Projects Growth of Global Muslim Population to 2030

    For Immediate ReleaseJanuary 25, 2011 Washington, D.C. — In a 10 a.m. EST conference call forjournalists on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011,the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life will discuss thefindings contained in its new report, TheFuture of the Global Muslim Population.  This comprehensive demographic study seeks toprovide up-to-date estimates of the number […]

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    Wikipedia, past and present

    42% of all Americans turn to the popular collaborative encyclopedia for information online

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    Twitter and Social Networking in the 2010 Midterm Elections

    More than one-in-five online Americans engaged with the 2010 midterm elections or campaign on Twitter or social networking sites; Republicans — especially Tea Party supporters — caught up with Democrats in social media use.

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    Rising Oil Prices Big News for American Public

    Summary of Findings Both the public and the media focused last week on the increasing violence in Libya, but Americans also closely tracked news about a related concern – the impact the crisis in the Middle East is having on oil prices at home. About two-in-ten (21%) say they followed news about the rising price […]

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    Main Factors Driving Population Growth

    Fertility Fertility rates have fallen in most Muslim-majority countries in recent decades. Yet they remain, on average, higher than in the rest of the developing world and considerably higher than in more-developed countries. This is one of the main reasons that the global Muslim population is projected to rise both in absolute numbers and in […]

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    Pocket-Sized Politics

    About a quarter of Americans used their cell phones to learn about or participate in the 2010 midterm election campaign.