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short readsDec 22, 2014

14 striking findings from 2014

In 2014, Pew Research Center published more than 150 reports and some 600 blog posts. Here are 14 facts we found particularly striking, as they illustrate some major shifts in our politics, society, habits or families.
short readsNov 25, 2014

6 facts about Japan’s downbeat economy

The world’s third largest economy faces long-term challenges, including pessimistic forecasts from the Japanese public, the hollowing out of Japan’s working-age population and the nation’s exorbitant public debt.
featureOct 16, 2014

Greatest Dangers in the World

Our 2014 Global Attitudes survey in 44 countries asked which among five dangers was considered to be the “greatest threat to the world.” Many in the Middle East said religious and ethnic hatred was the greatest threat, while Europeans tended to choose inequality. Africans are more concerned with AIDS and other infectious diseases, while scattered countries, many with good reason, chose the spread of nuclear weapons or pollution and environmental problems as the top danger.
short readsOct 10, 2014

China’s government may be communist, but its people embrace capitalism

China’s incredible economic expansion has led the Chinese to be overwhelmingly happy with their economic situation and optimistic about their future, but there are underlying complaints about inflation, inequality and corruption.
short readsNov 6, 2014

East Germans now as satisfied with life as West Germans

Twenty five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germans are now as satisfied with life as West Germans.
reportSep 9, 2014

Global Public Downbeat about Economy

Six years after the beginning of the Great Recession, amid an uneven global economic recovery, publics around the world remain glum. In most nations, people say their country is heading in the wrong direction and most voice the view that economic conditions are bad,
reportOct 16, 2014

References

Brown, Anna. 2014. “U.S. Hispanic and Asian populations growing, but for different reasons.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center. June. Brown, Anna, and Mark Hugo Lopez. 2012. “Mapping the Latino Population, By State, County and City.” Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center. October. Brown, Anna, and Eileen Patten. 2014. “Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States, […]
reportSep 12, 2014

Wide Partisan Differences Over the Issues That Matter in 2014

Republican and Democratic voters are split not only over their candidate preferences, but also about the importance of key issues in the election.
reportOct 7, 2014

References

Akers, Beth, and Matthew M. Chingos. 2014. Is a Student Loan Crisis on the Horizon? Washington, D.C.: Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings. Bailey, Martha J., and Susan M. Dynarski. 2011. Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 17633. Baum, Sandy. 2013. The […]
short readsAug 11, 2014

5 facts about Honduras and immigration

65% of people in Honduras live in poverty. 16% of Honduras’s GDP is based on money sent from migrants abroad. The wave of all immigrants in the U.S. coming from Honduras is relatively new, with more than half arriving in 2000 or later.