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    IV. The Households and demographics of 30- to 44-Year-olds

    The economic well-being of adults ages 30 to 44 is influenced not just by their own labor market characteristics and those of any partners, but also by the nature of their households. The measure of economic well-being used in this analysis already takes account of differences in the size of the household, but the makeup […]

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    Appendix 2: Data Sources

    The detailed snapshot of adults ages 30-44 by their partnership status utilizes the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey (ACS).  The ACS is a 1% sample of all U.S. households and features a very large sample of the population.  The University of Minnesota Population Center’s Integrated Public Use Microsample (IPUMS) version of the 2009 […]

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    Social networking sites and our lives

    Facebook users are more trusting, have more close friends, are more politically engaged, and get more support from their friends.

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    Who Drives Traffic to News

    Where do people come from before they arrive at these top news sites? Nielsen gathers its data for this measure through the URL addresses that link a visitor to the news site. For example, if a user searched for news about Egypt through Yahoo and then from the search results clicked on a story from […]

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    Social Networking Sites and Our Lives

    Close to half of all adults now use social networking sites (SNS) — double the number users in 2008 — and the average user is getting older. Are there benefits associated with being connected to others in this way? A new study finds SNS users more trusting, engaged and able to keep close social ties.

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    Social networking sites and our lives

    How people’s trust, personal relationships, and civic and political involvement are connected to their use of social network sites and other technologies.

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    About the News Interest Index

    The News Interest Index is a weekly survey conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press aimed at gauging the public’s interest in and reaction to major news events. This project has been undertaken in conjunction with the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s News Coverage Index, an ongoing content analysis of […]

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    Profiles: The Types of Sites Found in the Study

    The sites in the study fell into four basic types. One consisted of sites that were organized into groups or families. These tended to share a common name and have a single primary parent organization. The study found two such groups: The Watchdog.org sites and the American Independent News Network. The second type of news […]

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    Health Surveys 2000-10

    Over 200 pages of health-related survey questions fielded by the Pew Internet Project.

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    News Audience Goes Online

    The internet is the only news platform that saw an increase in its audience.