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    Section 3: High School Completion Among Young Adults

    Increases in high school completion have been quite modest. Nonetheless, high school completion among young adults is at its highest level ever in 2012 at 90%, up from 89% in 2011. Gains in high school completion have been incremental, however, as the share of adults ages 25 to 29 completing high school had reached 86% […]

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    III. Who Naturalizes: Reasons for Naturalizing

    When asked in an open-ended question,[8. numoffset=”8″ When asking Latino naturalized citizens the main reason they decided to naturalize, some a posteriori effects may shape their response. When asking a survey respondent to recall something that happened in the past, there is a chance of inaccuracy in their response—the more time that has elapsed between […]

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    Record Shares of Young Adults Have Finished Both High School and College

    Record shares of young adults are completing high school, going to college and finishing college, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly available census data. In 2012, for the first time ever, one-third of the nation’s 25- to 29-year-olds have completed at least a bachelor’s degree. These across-the-board increases have occurred despite dramatic […]

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    The Big Generation Gap at the Polls Is Echoed in Attitudes on Budget Tradeoffs

    Overview The record generation gap that played out at the voting booth in the last two presidential elections is echoed by large differences by age in attitudes about the tradeoff between reducing the federal deficit and preserving entitlements for older adults, according to a new nationwide Pew Research Center survey. Older adults by a lopsided […]

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    Latinos, Religion and Campaign 2012

    A recent survey finds Latino Catholic voters strongly favor Obama, while Latino evangelical Protestants are more closely divided in their support for Obama and Romney. The survey also finds rising support for same-sex marriage among Latinos.

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    II. Latinos and the 2012 Presidential Election

    The Presidential Campaign and Views of the Political Parties President Barack Obama holds a 3-to-1 lead over Mitt Romney among Latino registered voters. According to the new Pew Hispanic survey, 69% of Latino registered voters say they would vote for Obama if the election were held today, while 21% say they would support Romney. This […]

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    V. References

    Gonzalez, Antonio. 2012. “Recent Trends and Challenges for the Latino Vote.” San Antonio, TX: William C. Velasquez Institute, March. Lopez, Mark Hugo. 2011. “The Latino Electorate in 2010: More Voters, More Non-Voters.” Washington, DC: Pew Hispanic Center, April. Lopez, Mark Hugo, and Paul Taylor. 2009. “Dissecting the 2008 Electorate: Most Diverse in U.S. History.” Washington, […]

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    II. Demographics

    Hispanic Origin[3. Hispanic origin is based on self-described family ancestry or place of birth in response to a question on the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. Ancestry is not necessarily the same as the place of birth of the respondent, nor is it indicative of immigrant or citizenship status. For example a U.S. citizen born […]