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reportApr 9, 2015

Chapter 1: Statistical Portrait of the U.S. Black Immigrant Population

Black immigrants are a diverse group with notable differences in demographic, economic and geographic characteristics, often tied to the regions of their birth countries. Black immigrants are also notably different from other Americans. For example, immigrant blacks are more likely than U.S.-born blacks to have a college degree or to be married. Compared with all […]
reportMay 12, 2015

Chapter 3: Demographic Profiles of Religious Groups

The U.S. population is undergoing a variety of demographic changes. For example, racial and ethnic diversity has been increasing as non-Hispanic whites have declined as a share of the population. And the share of adults who are married has been declining for decades. These broader changes are reflected within many of the major religious groups […]
reportMay 12, 2015

New Pew Research Center Study Examines America’s Changing Religious Landscape

Media Contact: Katherine Ritchey, Communications Manager 202-419-4372, kritchey@pewresearch.org Washington, May 12, 2015 — The Christian share of the U.S. population is declining, while the number of U.S. adults who do not identify with any organized religion is growing, according to an extensive new survey by the Pew Research Center. Moreover, these changes are taking place across […]
reportNov 3, 2015

U.S. Public Becoming Less Religious

There has been a modest drop in overall rates of belief in God and participation in religious practices. But religiously affiliated Americans are as observant as before.
reportSep 28, 2015

Appendix A: Methodology

Population Estimates and Projections: Definitions, Methods and Data Sources Overall Methodology The national projections presented here use a variant of the basic cohort component model in which the initial population is carried forward into the future by adding new births, subtracting deaths, adding people moving into the country (immigrants), and subtracting people moving out (emigrants). […]
short readsDec 22, 2014

Fewer than half of U.S. kids today live in a ‘traditional’ family

Just 46% of U.S. kids under 18 are living in a home with two married heterosexual parents in their first marriage, a marked change from 1960.
short readsDec 17, 2014

Census Bureau proposes dropping some marriage and divorce questions

The U.S. Census Bureau has proposed dropping a series of questions about marriage and divorce from its largest household survey of Americans, touching off a debate about the usefulness of such data.
reportJan 15, 2015

The Cost of Caring

People undergoing major life events can be at higher risk of physical and psychological distress, including depressive symptoms.[26. numoffset=”26″ Turner, R. J., et al. (1995). “The Epidemiology of Social Stress.” American Sociological Review 60(1): 104-125.] Even awareness of others’ difficulties might add to stress – while at the same time offering people a chance to give […]
reportJun 11, 2015

Chapter 1: Race and Multiracial Americans in the U.S. Census

Every U.S. census since the first one in 1790 has included questions about racial identity. But the ways in which race is asked about and classified have changed from census to census.
short readsMay 29, 2014

Census says it will count same-sex marriages, but with caveats

The new approach reflects the bureau’s evolving policy on reporting household relationships, as it tries to keep pace with social change.

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