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    III. A Self-Portrait

    Just over half of adult Americans consider themselves middle class. They are a varied lot. Asked to place themselves into one of five socioeconomic categories, just over half (53%) of adults in our survey describe themselves as middle class, a finding that has varied very little over many decades of social science survey research.[3. numoffset=”3″ […]

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    II. Overview

    Most Americans feel stuck in their tracks. A majority of adults in this country say that in the past five years they either haven’t moved ahead in life or have fallen backwards. This is the most downbeat assessment of personal progress in nearly a half century of polling by the Pew Research Center and the […]

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    III. Economic Characteristics

    Labor Force A greater share of native-born Hispanic women than immigrant Hispanic women participate in the labor force. The majority of Hispanic women participate in the labor force; that is, they are either employed or actively seeking employment. Fully 59% of Hispanic women participate in the labor force, compared with 61% of non-Hispanic women. A […]

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    IV. A Statistical Portrait

    Since 1970, the middle income tier in America has shrunk by about 5 percentage points.[7. numoffset=”7″ Charts that appear in blue shading in this overview are not based on Pew Research Center survey data. The charts are based on data drawn from outside sources and analyzed by Pew Research Center staff.] In 1970, 40% of […]

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    Religion and Race: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective

    Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in Key West, Fla., in December 2008 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. Eddie S.Glaude Jr., author of In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America, discussed religion and race in America. Specifically, he described historical […]

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    Values Gap in Black Community

    By a ratio of two-to-one, (61%-31%) African Americans say that the values of poor and middle class blacks have grown more dissimilar over the past decade.

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    Changing news audience behavior

    A new kind of news consumer emerges as a quarter of the population blends news sources rather than relying on one platform.

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    The Online Behavior of Broadband Users

    Introduction: Premium services and “on the go” access However, this pattern of more intense of online resources among broadband users continued as the technology disseminated more widely. For news consumption, for instance, high-speed connections tend to draw users (especially young ones) away from traditional as print newspapers and to the internet for news.[9. John B. […]