Refugees in the Mind of the West
The Trump administration’s executive order was a reminder that immigration has been a hotly contested issue in American politics at various times in both the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Are Telephone Polls Understating Support for Trump?
An experiment comparing responses to 27 questions fielded on both a telephone and a web survey found no significant mode differences in overall opinion about Trump or many of his signature policy positions.
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1. Muslim educational attainment
Among the world’s major religious groups, Muslims have made some of the greatest gains in educational achievement in recent decades. The share of Muslim adults (ages 25 and older) with at least some formal schooling has risen by 25 percentage points in the past three generations, from fewer than half (46%) among the oldest group […]
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How Religious Groups Differ in Educational Attainment
A new Pew Research Center global demographic study shows differences in educational attainment among the world’s major religious groups.
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In sub-Saharan Africa, 65% of Muslims have not completed even one year of school, compared with 29% of Christians
Muslim Christian Muslim-Christian formal schooling gap Kenya 11% 59% 47pt. diff. Muslims less educated than Christians by 25-49% pts. Muslim-Christian gap <10% pt. difference Chad 50 89 40 Christians less educated than Muslims by 10-24% pts. Muslims less educated than Christians by 10-24% pts. Cameroon 24 62 38 25 61 Ghana 36 30 65 Regional […]