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    Chapter 7: Race, Ethnicity and Views About Medical Treatments and Radical Life Extension

    As noted earlier, views about radical life extension tend to vary by race and ethnicity. Blacks and Hispanics are more likely than (non-Hispanic) whites to say that radical life extension would be a good thing for society, and they are also somewhat more inclined to say that they personally would want life-extending treatments. The reasons […]

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    Methods

    Pew Research Center Library Survey Prepared by Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project October 2013   Summary The Pew Research Center Library Survey, sponsored by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 6,224 people ages […]

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    Section 3: Perceptions of Public Libraries

    Americans’ perceptions of public libraries The vast majority of Americans ages 16 and older say that public libraries play an important role in providing free access to materials and resources, promote literacy and a love of reading, and improve the overall quality of life in a community: 95% of Americans say that “because it provides […]

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    Appendix B: Methodology of surveys

    Survey data in this report are based on two Pew Research Center surveys conducted with a nationally representative sample of either Hispanics or Asian Americans. Differences between groups or subgroups, such as foreign-born and native-born Hispanics or foreign-born and native-born Asian Americans, or between Asian Americans and Hispanics, are described in this report only when […]

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    About the Survey

    The analysis in this report is based on telephone interviews conducted October 3-6, 2013, among a national sample of 1,000 adults 18 years of age or older living in the continental United States (500 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 500 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 250 who had no landline […]

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    King’s “I have a dream” speech, by the numbers

    Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech 50 years ago today on Washington D.C.’s National Mall and Memorial Parks has become one of the most famous, and quoted, pieces of oratory in U.S. history (though that wasn’t apparent to everyone at the time). But how well have the aspirations King so memorably expressed been realized? We ran […]

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    Summary of Findings

    The focus of this report is the creation of a new typology of Americans’ public engagement with public libraries, which sheds light on broader issues around the relationship between technology, libraries, and information resources in the United States. It serves as a capstone to the three years of research the Pew Research Center has produced […]

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    Methodology

    A number of people contributed to this report. Amy Mitchell, director of journalism research, oversaw the research project and served as lead author of the report. Senior Researcher Jocelyn Kiley led the development of the survey instrument and methodological strategy. Kiley, Research Associate Jeffrey Gottfried and Research Analyst Emily Guskin managed the data and analysis. […]

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    New Survey Examines Public’s Views on End-of-Life Medical Treatments

    Washington, D.C. Nov. 21, 2013 — At a time of national debate over health care costs and insurance, a new Pew Research Center survey on end-of-life decisions finds most Americans say there are some circumstances in which doctors and nurses should allow a patient to die. At the same time, however, a growing minority says […]