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Gender differences: Men have a higher search profile than women. More men than women use search engines and use them more often. In significant numbers, men are more likely to use search engines than women. Some 88% of men who are Internet users have used search engines, compared to 79% of women. Men also search […]
Only some searchers rely on search engines. A recent study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that while growing numbers of internet users conduct an increasing variety of activities online, from looking up phone numbers to buying tickets to getting the news, they are not integrating their internet use into their everyday […]
Attitudes towards the war in Iraq are more negative among Latinos than in the general population, according to a survey conducted as President George W. Bush began his second term.
Social Security: Good, but Troubled Americans overwhelmingly believe that the Social Security system has been good for the country, but some younger people express doubts. Overall, 79% say Social Security has been a good thing for America, with 18% calling it “very good.” This view is all but universal among those age 65 and older, […]
Results for this survey are based on telephone interviews conducted under the direction of Princeton Survey Research Associates International among a nationwide sample of 1,503 adults, 18 years of age or older, from January 5-9, 2005. For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling […]
This Pew Internet & American Life Project report is based on the findings of a daily tracking survey on Americans’ use of the Internet. Findings also include comments solicited by email to complete an online survey in May – June, 2003, to about 35 other internet users about their Internet searching. Telephone interviews were conducted […]