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    Appendix A: Methodology

    This study uses the standard demographic method of making population projections. Called the cohort-component method, it takes the age and sex structure of a population into account when projecting the population forward in time. This has the advantage of recognizing that an initial, baseline population can be relatively “young,” with a high proportion of people […]

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    Health Topics

    80% of internet users gather health information online, but a “health information divide” emerges along education, age, and income lines.

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    Ask the Expert (cont’d)

    Senior research staff answers questions from readers relating to all the areas covered by our seven projects ranging from polling techniques and findings, to media, technology, religious, demographic and global attitudes trends.

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    Global Publics Embrace Social Networking

    In regions around the world – and in countries with varying levels of economic development – people who use the internet are using it for social networking. Other forms of technology are also increasingly popular: cell phone ownership and computer usage have grown significantly across the globe over the last three years, and they have risen dramatically since 2002. Consistently, these technologies are especially popular among young people.

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    Global Publics Embrace Social Networking

    Although still a relatively young technology, social networking is already a global phenomenon. A 22-nation survey finds that in regions around the world, people who use the internet are using it for social networking. Cell phone ownership and computer usage are also increasingly popular across the globe.

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    Paying for Digital Content

    65% of internet users have paid to access or download some kind of digital content. Music and software are the most common kinds of content purchased

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    Only One True Love

    Throughout human history, poets, balladeers and songwriters have celebrated the idea that there’s just one true love for every living soul. Only 28% of today’s Americans agree.

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    Section 2: Views of Long-Term Future, Past

    Most Americans are optimistic about the future of the U.S. over the next 50 years, but optimism has declined since April 2010 and is down considerably from the boom period of the late 1990s. In the current survey, 54% say they are either very (17%) or somewhat (37%) optimistic about the future of the U.S. […]

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    Public Still Focused on Egypt as Coverage Fades

    Summary of Findings The public’s interest in developments in Egypt remained high last week as the media focused increasingly on domestic debates over how to deal with the fiscal troubles facing many states and how to bring down the federal deficit. About a third of the public (32%) says they followed news about the situation […]