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    1. Deployment, combat and their consequences

    About six-in-ten veterans (61%) say they were deployed away from their permanent duty station at least once while they were on active duty, with roughly three-in-ten (29%) saying they were deployed three or more times. Roughly four-in-ten veterans (38%) were not deployed at all during their time in the military. Post-9/11 veterans are much more […]

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    2. Tech is (just) a tool

    Many of these experts pointed out that technology is neither inherently helpful nor harmful. It is simply a tool. They said the real effects of technology depend upon how it is wielded. It can be used to inspire and catalyze change just as easily as it can be used in ways that are detrimental to […]

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    2. In emerging economies, smartphone adoption has grown more quickly among younger generations

    As smartphone ownership has increased in both advanced and emerging economies, the growth has often been uneven. Age, gender, education levels and income all contribute to who owns a smartphone – though, often, age is the key factor associated with ownership. In advanced and emerging economies alike, younger people are much more digitally connected than […]

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    1. Use of smartphones and social media is common across most emerging economies

    Large majorities in the 11 emerging and developing countries surveyed either own or share a mobile phone, and in every country it is much more common to own one’s own phone than to share it with someone else. In seven of these countries, half or more now use smartphones – and smartphone use is especially […]

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    Appendix: Demographic tables

    Tables showing the break down by gender, age, education and income for respondents in Japan on topics like views of the economy, trade and the U.S.

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    Methodology

    The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted March 20-25, 2019 among a national sample of 1,503 adults, 18 years of age or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (300 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 1,203 were interviewed on a cell phone, including […]