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    About the Survey

    Results for this survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International among a national sample of 1,504 adults living in the continental United States, 18 years of age or older, from December 9-13, 2009 (1,001 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 503 were interviewed on […]

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    Covering Census 2010: A Workshop for Journalists

    Journalists Ron Nixon of the New York Times and Paul Overberg of USA Today presented a workshop for journalists on how to cover the 2010 Census at the Pew Research Center Jan. 21.

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    Methodology

    This study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) and Pew Hispanic Center (PHC) analyzed news coverage of Hispanics during a six month time period, February 9 – August 9, 2009. The analysis is based on coding conducted as a part of PEJ’s weekly News Coverage Index (NCI). During this period, […]

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    A Brief History of Religion and the U.S. Census

    Note: For a more recent overview of the Census Bureau’s history of asking about religion, read this April 2023 article. The U.S. Census Bureau has not asked questions about religion since the 1950s, but the federal government did gather some information about religion for about a century before that. Starting in 1850, census takers began […]

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    About the Survey

    Results for this survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International among a national sample of 1,504 adults living in the continental United States, 18 years of age or older, from December 9-13, 2009 (1,001 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone, and 503 were interviewed on […]

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    Appendix A: Methodology

    Data Regarding Hispanics The analysis of Hispanics is based upon the merging of three datasets derived from landline telephone surveys conducted by International Communications Research: All three surveys used similar methodologies. Surveys were conducted by telephone, and targeted U.S. Latinos ages 18 and older, who had the option to respond in Spanish, English, or a […]

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    The Millennials

    Who are they? How are they different from –and similar to — their parents? How is their moment in history shaping them? And how might they, in turn, reshape America in the decades ahead?

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    Social Media Tackles Controversial Issues

    An anti-abortion ad run during the Super Bowl and opposition to gay rights were the most popular subjects on social media last week. On YouTube, Apple’s iPad dominated all five of the most-viewed news videos.

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    Broad Topics

    In addition to counting major story narratives and events that had an Hispanic reference, one can also analyze Hispanic coverage by broad topic area. What percentage of Hispanic coverage had to do with race relations, health care, politics, immigration? The largest topic category involved courts and the legal system (33%), again reflecting the significance of […]