Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
In word and deed, most Americans would like the ability to be anonymous and untracked online at least every once in a while. A clear majority—59%—say that people should have the ability to use the internet completely anonymously. When internet users are directly asked, 18% say they use the internet in a way that hides […]
Overview The rise of smartphones has brought real-time location data into many aspects of Americans’ lives. Some mobile services use the smartphone’s location to offer directions, targeted recommendations, or other location-specific information to the user. Other services incorporate a location “layer” into other types of functions, while still others exist specifically to share the user’s […]
The survey in Egypt is part of the larger cross-national Spring 2013 Pew Global Attitudes survey conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Results for the survey in Egypt are based on 1,000 face-to-face interviews conducted March 3 to March 23, 2013. The survey is representative of the country’s adult population, excluding […]
Most Americans say they are not personally bothered being around gays and lesbians. Currently, 82% say “it doesn’t bother them to be around homosexuals,” while 14% say it does. This is only modestly changed from a decade ago, when there was far less acceptance of homosexuality generally. In October 2003, 76% said it did not […]
Roughly a quarter (26%) of the sample for the full Library Services Survey is parents of minor children, and this report examines their particularly strong attachments to libraries. Parents are demographically different from the other adults in our sample — and in the wider population. So, the results presented in the remainder of this report […]