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    The Constitutional Dimensions of the Same-Sex Marriage Debate

    In this research package Public Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage Slideshow: Changing Attitudes on Gay Marriage Overview of Same-Sex Marriage in the U.S. Gay Marriage and the Law Religious Groups’ Official Positions on Gay Marriage Gay Marriage Around the World Graphic: State Policies on Same-Sex Marriage Q&A: Gay Marriage and the Free Exercise of Religion On […]

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    Section 4: Religion and Social Values

    The United States remains a highly religious nation. A large majority of Americans say they belong to a particular faith, and similarly large numbers express agreement with statements about key religious beliefs and behaviors. There have been only modest changes in the level of agreement with these statements over the past decade. About eight-in-ten (83%) […]

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    Section 10: Social Networking, Science and Civil Liberties

    Amid the growing popularity of social networking web sites, the public expresses mixed opinions about people sharing personal information online. About as many say it is a bad thing (44%) that the internet enables people to share pictures and other personal things about themselves with others as see this as a good thing (43%). As […]

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    The Impact of Online Health Resources

    About one in ten online health inquiries have a major impact on someone’s health care or the way they care for someone else. When asked, “Did the health information you found in the last time online have a major impact on your own health care or the way you care for someone else, a minor […]

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    VI. Recession’s Impact on Inheritance and Families

    Call it the inheritance expectations gap: Three-quarters of all Americans 65 or older plan to leave money or property to their children or other family members. But barely four-in-ten adults with parents 65 or older expect to inherit any money or property. However, parents and children agree on one thing: the expected size of the […]

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    Reluctant Suffragettes

    Not until 60 years after passage of the 19th Amendment did women finally turn out in equal voting proportion to their male compatriots. What took them so long?

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    III. Voter Turnout Rates

    Voter Participation by Race and Ethnicity Voter turnout rates among black, Latino and Asian eligible voters were higher in 2008 than in 2004. White eligible voters still have the highest turnout rates overall, but in 2008 turnout rates for whites fell slightly compared with 2004. Overall, the voter turnout rate among all eligible voters in […]

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    Reluctant Suffragettes: When Women Questioned Their Right to Vote

    by Jodie T. Allen, Senior Editor, Pew Research Center In the year 1980, 59.4% of voting-age U.S. women cast ballots in that fall’s presidential election. According to the Bureau of the Census, they were joined by 59.1% of voting-age men. That comparison is noteworthy because, 60 years after passage of the 19th Amendment granted them […]

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    Online Classifieds

    The number of online adults who use classified ads websites, such as Craigslist, more than doubled from 2005 to 2009.

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    II. The Legal and Generational Status of Hispanic Children

    The Growth of Hispanic Children The nation’s 16 million Hispanic children will likely continue to be one of our fastest- growing child populations. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that the number of Hispanic children will rise to 24 million by 2025 (Census Bureau, 2008). The share of children who are of Latino origin is projected […]