How Americans Encounter, Recall and Act Upon Digital News
A unique study of Americans’ online news habits over the course of a week provides a detailed window into how Americans learn about current events in the digital age.
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2. Trump, Congress and prospects for bipartisanship
A large majority of the public wants the new president to work closely with members of the opposing party in Congress (76%), while just 22% say they want the new president to advance their own programs and not worry about working with the opposing party in Congress. Overall views on this question are about the […]
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Appendix A: Detailed tables
The following tables detail public knowledge about science by education, age, gender, race and ethnicity for each of the nine questions in the science knowledge index. These tables are followed by summary statistics showing the results of a series of statistical models predicting people’s beliefs about climate change and their views of climate scientists from […]
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Americans Name the 10 Most Significant Historic Events of Their Lifetimes
Three-quarters of Americans say Sept. 11 was one of the 10 events in their lives that had the greatest impact on the country, with many also citing Obama’s election and the tech revolution.
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5. Hindu educational attainment
Hindus have made substantial educational gains in recent decades. Hindu adults (ages 25 and older) in the youngest generation analyzed in the study, for example, have an average of 3.4 more years of schooling than those in the oldest generation. However, Hindus still have the lowest level of educational attainment of any major religious group […]