Latino Labor Report, 2004
Hispanic workers enjoyed significant gains in employment in 2004. But the concentration of Latinos in relatively low-skill occupations contributed to reduced earnings for them for the second year in a row.
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Part 1. Health Seekers
Eight in ten internet users have looked online for health information. Eight out of ten (79%) American internet users have searched for information on at least one major health topic online, statistically the same portion (80%) as in 2002. That translates to about 95 million American adults (18+ years) who use the internet to find […]
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Beyond Red vs. Blue
Part 1: Principal Findings Coming out of the 2004 election, the American political landscape decidedly favored the Republican Party. The GOP had extensive appeal among a disparate group of voters in the middle of the electorate, drew extraordinary loyalty from its own varied constituencies, and made some inroads among conservative Democrats. These advantages outweighed continued […]
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VII. The Occupational Concentration of Hispanic Workers
The preceding sections have made clear that newly arrived immigrants played a major role in the growth of the labor force and the number employed in 2004. It was also shown that Hispanic workers, the majority of whom are foreign-born, are grouped into relatively low-skill occupations with limited education requirements. But what specifically are these […]
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Islamic Extremism: Common Concern for Muslim and Western Publics
Concerns over Islamic extremism, extensive in the West even before this month’s terrorist attacks in London, are shared to a considerable degree by the publics in several predominantly Muslim nations surveyed.
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Public More Critical of Press, But Goodwill Persists
Summary of Findings Public attitudes toward the press, which have been on a downward track for years, have become more negative in several key areas. Growing numbers of people question the news media’s patriotism and fairness. Perceptions of political bias also have risen over the past two years. Yet despite these criticisms, most Americans continue […]
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Part 2. Health Topics
Introduction The Pew Internet & American Life Project’s previous research has suggested that online health seekers were often motivated to search out information that relates to actions they might need to take for specific medical issues in their lives.[1. Fox, Susannah and Deborah Fallows, “Internet Health Resources: Health searches and email have become more commonplace, […]
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Profiles of the Typology Groups
ENTERPRISERS PAST TYPOLOGY COUNTERPART: Staunch Conservatives, Enterprisers 9% OF ADULT POPULATION 10% OF REGISTERED VOTERS PARTY ID: 81% Republican, 18% Independent/No Preference, 1% Democrat (98% Rep/Lean Rep) BASIC DESCRIPTION: As in 1994 and 1999, this extremely partisan Republican group’s politics are driven by a belief in the free enterprise system and social values that reflect […]
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Health Information Online
Eight in ten internet users have looked online for information on at least one of 16 health topics, with increased interest since 2002 in diet, fitness, drugs, health insurance, experimental treatments, and particular doctors and hospitals.