Overview Most Americans say the government should play a significant role in reducing obesity among children. But there is strong opposition to government involvement in this effort among conservative Republicans and Tea Party supporters. The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Feb. 22-March 1 among 1,504 […]
Staunch Conservatives 9% OF ADULT POPULATION /11% OF REGISTERED VOTERS Basic Description: This extremely partisan Republican group is strongly conservative on economic and social policy and favors an assertive foreign policy. They are highly engaged in politics, most (72%) agree with the Tea Party, 54% regularly watch Fox News, and nearly half (47%) believe that […]
Less Optimism about America’s Long-Term Prospects
A little more than a year ago, the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life published Mapping the Global Muslim Population, which estimated that there were 1.57 billion Muslims of all ages around the world in 2009. Now, with this report on The Future of the Global Muslim Population, we are taking the […]
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 […]
The GOP’s push to repeal last year’s health care legislation has drawn only modest public support. Close to four-in-ten (37%) favor repealing the health care law, but nearly as many (35%) say the law should be expanded. Far fewer (20%) say they would like Congress to leave the law as is. Shortly after the midterm […]
This study uses the standard demographic method of making population projections. Called the cohort-component method, it takes the age and sex structure of a population into account when projecting the population forward in time. This has the advantage of recognizing that an initial, baseline population can be relatively “young,” with a high proportion of people […]