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    The Rise of the “Connected Viewer”

    52% of adult cell owners use their phones while engaging with televised content; younger audiences are particularly active in these ‘connected viewing’ experiences

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    Chapter 3: Middle-class Economics

    Over the past decade, the Great Recession, a housing market collapse, an unemployment surge and an anemic recovery have squeezed the middle class. An overwhelming majority of middle-class Americans (85%) say it is more difficult today than 10 years ago for those in the middle class to maintain their standard of living, according to a […]

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    Appendix 2: External Advisers

    Wendy Cadge is an associate professor of sociology at Brandeis University. Her research focuses on religion in the U.S., especially its relationship to immigration, health care and sexuality. She is the author of the books “Heartwood: The First Generation of Theravada Buddhism in America” and “Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine.” Hien Duc […]

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    The Rise of Residential Segregation by Income

    Residential segregation by income has increased during the past three decades across the United States and in 27 of the nation’s 30 largest major metropolitan areas[1. For this report, the 30 largest metropolitan areas were measured based on the metro areas with the largest number of households, not based on total population.] , according to […]

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    The Lost Decade of the Middle Class

    Chapter 1: Overview As the 2012 presidential candidates prepare their closing arguments to America’s middle class, they are courting a group that has endured a lost decade for economic well-being. Since 2000, the middle class has shrunk in size, fallen backward in income and wealth, and shed some—but by no means all—of its characteristic faith […]

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    How the Pew Research Center Conducts Its Surveys Abroads

    James Bell, Director of International Survey Research for the Pew Research Center, explains the methodology used by the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project to assure the quality and accuracy of surveys conducted abroad.

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    Part 7: Non-e-book borrowers

    Fully 76% of libraries lend e-books to patrons, according to the ALA.[55. numoffset=”55″ “Libraries Connect Communities: Public Library Funding & Technology Access Study 2011-2012,” the American Library Association and the Information Policy & Access Center (University of Maryland), June 19, 2012. http://www.ala.org/research/plftas/2011_2012] Yet, most citizens, even those who are library patrons, are unsure of whether […]

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    Part 3: Library users

    Our December 2011 survey showed that 58% of Americans ages 16 and older said they had a library card. Women, whites, and parents of minor children are more likely to have library cards than other groups, and having a library card is also strongly correlated with educational attainment: 39% of those who have not completed […]

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    The Rise of the “Connected Viewer”

    52% of adult cell owners use their phones while engaging with televised content; younger audiences are particularly active in these “connected viewing” experiences

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    Survey Methods

    The survey in Egypt is part of the larger Spring 2012 Pew Global Attitudes survey conducted in 21 countries 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 19 to April 10, 2012. The survey is representative of the country’s adult […]

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