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    Appendix D: About the Surveys

    The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted February 18-22, March 25-29 and May 12-18, 2015 among a combined national sample of 5,006 adults, ages 18 or older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia (1,751 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 3,255 were interviewed on […]

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    Party Identification Trends, 1992-2014

    Pew Research Center has been tracking the party affiliation of the general public for over 20 years. Explore the party ID data for two dozen demographic subgroups, categorized by gender, race, education, generation, and religious affiliation.

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    Chapter 1: Patterns Underlying Public Views About Science

    Science issues are part and parcel of contemporary civic discourse. Many people hope that advances in science will improve people’s lives and enhance the economy. They are anxious to understand what innovations will disrupt existing daily activities and business routines. Policy arguments about science-related issues have held center stage during President Barack Obama’s tenure, starting […]

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    Chapter 4: Evolution and Perceptions of Scientific Consensus

    This chapter looks at public views about human evolution and perceptions of scientific consensus about evolution and the creation of the universe. Consistent with past Pew Research surveys and other public surveys, religious groups play a central role in beliefs about these topics. Numerous other factors also influence public views about evolution, however, including politics, […]

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    References

    Anderson, Monica. 2015. “A Rising Share of the U.S. Black Population Is Foreign Born; 9 Percent Are Immigrants; and While Most Are from the Caribbean, Africans Drive Recent Growth.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center, April. Barro, Robert and Jong-Wha Lee. 2013. “A New Data Set of Educational Attainment in the World, 1950-2010.” Journal of Development Economics 104 […]