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    A Record One-in-Five Households Now Owe Student Loan Debt

    About one out of five (19%) of the nation’s households owed student debt in 2010, more than double the share two decades earlier and a significant rise from the 15% that owed such debt in 2007. A record 40% of all households headed by someone younger than age 35 owed student debt in 2010.

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    Chapter 1. Growing Concern about the Nation and the Economy

    Faced with a slowing economy and political gridlock, Indians are dissatisfied with the ways things are going in their country, increasingly gloomy about the country’s economic future and also worried about their children’s economic prospects. Gone is the sense of well-being and optimism that prevailed just a few years ago when many private economists forecast […]

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    Americans’ Views about Poverty and Economic Well-Being

    The Pew Research Center has published a number of recent reports that are relevant to the new Census Bureau numbers for the 2011 poverty rate, median household income and people without health insurance. This posting lists and links to reports about Americans’ attitudes toward their own economic circumstances and views on helping the poor, as well as analysis and explanation about poverty and economic well-being.

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    Appendix: Details About the Database Matching

    The database analysis in this report relied on two separate databases – a consumer database that matched landline numbers to addresses and provided information about the households, such as financial status, lifestyle interests, as well as some basic demographic information about the people in the household. The phone numbers and addresses were then matched to […]

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    Chapter 1: Portrait of Asian Americans

    I. Overall Characteristics The 2010 Census counted more than 17 million Asian Americans, or 5.6% of the U.S. population (and 5.5% of U.S. adults ages 18 and older).[14. numoffset=”14″ This report uses the 2010 Census and other decennial censuses for population counts and trends, including by race. The 2010 American Community Survey is used for […]

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    The Rise of Asian Americans

    Asian Americans are more satisfied than the general public with their lives, finances and the direction of the country, according to a comprehensive new nationwide survey by the Pew Research Center.

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    Appendix 2: Methodology

    Fertility Data Birth data were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). NCHS birth statistics for 2009 are preliminary and include 99.95% of all births in that year. Birth statistics for 2010 are provisional. Vintage 2009 population estimates provided by the U.S. Census Bureau were used in calculating birth rates. Birth rates are […]

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    Appendix C. Methodology

    The measures of migration developed for this report draw on numerous data sources from both Mexico and the U.S. The principal Mexican data sources are: Mexican censuses (Censos de Población y Vivienda) of 1990, 2000 and 2010 (10% sample of each); The Mexican Population Count (II Conteo de Población y Vivienda) of 2005 (10% sample); […]

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    Chapter 1: Overview

    Marriage across racial and ethnic lines continues to be on the rise in the United States. The share of new marriages between spouses of a different race or ethnicity from each other increased to 15.1% in 2010, and the share of all current marriages that are either interracial or interethnic has reached an all-time high […]

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