No to Preferential Treatment, Yes to Affirmative Action
Only three-in-ten Americans believe we should give preferential treatment to improve the position of minorities.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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Prescription or over-the-counter drugs
45% of internet users look online for information about prescription or over-the-counter drugs. More Americans are looking online for information about prescription drugs and other treatments than they were in 2002, and more Americans are continuing to search for prescription and over-the-counter drugs than for alternative or experimental treatments. Searches for prescription or over-the-counter drugs […]
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About the Survey
Results for this survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates among a nationwide sample of 1,502 adults, 18 years of age or older, from June 10-14, 2009 (1,126 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 376 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 153 who had […]
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Section 2: Scientists Assess the State of Their Field
Scientists hold overwhelmingly positive views about the current state of science in the United States. More than three-quarters (76%) say that this is generally a “good time” for science, and about as many (73%) say the same about their scientific specialty. That optimism extends to their views about careers in their specialty field; two-thirds (67%) […]
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The role the internet plays as people try to make sense of the recession and react to it
Americans have used multiple sources to try to make sense of what is happening in the general economy. Just as people have options in getting material that helps them cope with stressful circumstances, they also can consult a variety of sources as they try to understand what has happened to the economy and the policies […]
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Health insurance
37% of internet users look online for information about health insurance, including private insurance, Medicare or Medicaid. The percentage of internet users who look online for health insurance information has increased slightly, but significantly, over the past two years. In 2006, about a third (33%) of online adults researched health insurance online, and, in 2008, […]