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    Appendix D: Defining internet users

    Previous Pew Research Center Global Attitudes surveys have calculated internet use based on the share of the public who either report using the internet at least occasionally or who say they own a smartphone. These individuals were the only ones who were asked whether they used social media or not. This year, however, everyone was […]

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    2. Readjusting to civilian life

    The transition from military to civilian life can be challenging for some veterans. While most say readjusting to civilian life was very or somewhat easy, roughly one-in-four say it was at least somewhat difficult. In their assessments of the ease or difficulty of the transition to civilian life, there is a significant gap between veterans […]

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    Appendix: Classifying the parties

    Classifying parties as populist We define “populist” parties as those that display high levels of anti-elitism. We do this on the basis of the Chapel Hill Expert Survey. This survey, which was carried out in January and February 2018, asked 228 regional experts to evaluate the 2017 party positions of 132 European political parties across […]

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    2. Platforms used for news

    Among four platforms asked about – TV, radio, online and print – TV is often the most popular for news: Six-in-ten adults or more in each country studied (including as many as 81%) get news there at least daily. France similarly has a large portion of adults (71%) who get news daily from TV. Radio […]

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    Majority of Americans Say Parents Are Doing Too Much for Their Young Adult Children

    Financial independence is one of the many markers used to designate the crossover from childhood into young adulthood, and it’s a milestone most Americans (64%) think young adults should reach by the time they are 22 years old, according to a new Pew Research Center study. But that’s not the reality for most young adults who’ve reached this age.