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Many people in 23 countries around the world view American technological achievements, entertainment, universities and military as the best in the world or above average among wealthy nations. Yet, people generally see the U.S. as similar to other wealthy nations on five societal measures tested in the survey: political stability, safety, democracy, religiosity and tolerance. […]
This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Laura Silver, Senior ResearcherMoira Fagan, Research Associate Dorene Asare-Marfo, Panel ManagerAlexandra Castillo, Research MethodologistJanakee Chavda, Editorial AssistantLaura Clancy, Research AssistantAidan Connaughton, Research AssistantAlan Cooperman, Director, Religion ResearchJanell Fetterolf, Senior ResearcherShannon Greenwood, Digital ProducerSneha Gubbala, Research Assistant Christine Huang, Research […]
There has been little recent change in the public’s views of whether government generally should do more to solve problems, or whether it is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals. Currently, a majority of adults (53%) say that the government should do more to solve problems; a nearly identical share said […]
Patricia Tevington is a Research Associate on Pew Research Center’s Religion and Public Life research team where she is an expert on conducting surveys examining American religion with a focus on Christianity, spirituality and the religiously unaffiliated. She has worked on several surveys exploring U.S. Catholics and their views toward Pope Francis, religiously unaffiliated Americans, Americans’ views of religious groups, […]
