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    U.S. Public, Experts Differ on China Policies

    While nearly two-thirds of Americans describe relations between the U.S. and China as good, most are concerned about China’s growing economic strength. Compared with the general public, U.S. foreign affairs experts are less likely to see China as an economic threat and less concerned about Beijing’s rising power.

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    The Rise in Residential Segregation by Income

    Paul Taylor, executive vice president of the Pew Research Center, answers questions on the Center’s study showing an increase in residential segregation by income in the nation’s largest metro areas.

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    Appendix: Data Sources and Geography

    Tract-level data on household income are available in the SF3 files of the decennial census and the 2006 to 2010 American Community Survey (ACS) five-year file. For 1990 and 1980, the Geolytics data products that normalize the long-form data into 2000 geographical boundaries were utilized. In the 2010 ACS five-year data (available on the Census […]

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    Methodology

    Reading Habits Survey Prepared by Princeton Survey Research Associates International for the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project December 2011 Summary The Reading Habits Survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, obtained telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 2,986 people ages 16 and older living in […]

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    Chapter 7: Income and Wealth, by Income Tier

    Overview This chapter examines trends in the well-being of lower-, middle- and upper-income groups through the prisms of income and wealth.[38. numoffset=”38″ The trends in income in this report are based on pre-tax household income reported in the Current Population Survey. Some researchers have amended the data to account for non-cash benefits, tax transfers and […]

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    The Future of Higher Education

    Experts expect more-efficient collaborative environments and new grading schemes; they worry about massive online courses, the shift away from on-campus life

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    The State of Mobile America

    A look at some of the most recent survey results obtained by the Pew Internet Project on mobile computing and the use of handheld devices

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    Survey Methods

    About the 2012 Pew Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Survey results are based on national samples except in China. For further details on sample designs, see below. The descriptions below show the margin of sampling error […]

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    Chapter 5: Middle-class Politics

    A somewhat larger share of middle-class adults believe that the policies of President Obama will help the middle class than say the same about the policies of Republican hopeful Mitt Romney, according to the Pew Research survey. The survey also finds a much wider gap in perceptions about which party favors the rich—62% of middle-class […]

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    Survey Methods

    The survey in Mexico is part of the larger Spring 2012 Pew Global Attitudes survey conducted in 21 countries under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Results for the survey in Mexico are based on 1,200 face-to-face interviews conducted March 20 to April 2, 2012. The survey is representative of the country’s adult […]