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    China’s eBay-MySpace

    In China, there is a virtual meeting place for people who have social connections to buy or sell.

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    Are Americans Ready to Elect a Female President?

    When evaluating Sen. Hillary Clinton’s 2008 prospects, one question remains inescapable: Are American voters ready to pick a female president? A review of exit polls in statewide elections suggests that, at least for Democratic candidates, being a woman is not an obstacle.

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    (Relative) Kudos for Today’s Dads

    About one-in-five among the public say that today’s fathers are doing a better job compared with fathers a generation ago; far fewer (9%) say that today’s mothers are doing a better job than their predecessors.

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    Motherhood Today: Tougher Challenges, Less Success

    Summary of Findings From managing busy schedules to dealing with outside influences, mothers have their hands full these days. There is broad agreement among the public that it is harder to be a parent today – especially a mother – than it was in the 1970s or 1980s. Fully 70% of the public says it […]

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    Remembering the Troops

    All of the 50 states but one, Delaware, have lost National Guard troops in the U.S. war on terror. Pennsylvania has suffered the highest number of losses — 31 of a total of 480 Guard deaths since Sept. 11, 2001.

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    Demographic Differences across Groups

    Introduction The development of the typology itself did not include demographic factors. A person’s gender, race, income, or educational level did not determine the group in which someone was slotted. In prior sections, the discussion of the demographic make up of each group sought to fill out the portrait of the typical member of each […]

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    Oppose Making Abortion Less Accessible

    That’s the percentage of American adults who oppose making it more difficult for women to obtain abortions — 35% favor such a move.

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    Gen Nexters Stay Fit

    That’s the portion of Gen Nexters — Americans ages 18-25 — who say they exercise on at least a weekly basis — though not all Gen Next pastimes are healthy ones.

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    ¡Here Come ’Los Evangélicos’!

    June 6, 2007 by Luis Lugo, Director, and Allison Pond, Research Assistant Next week hundreds of evangelical Latino pastors and church leaders will descend on Washington, D.C., for the annual National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast. Over the years, the event has steadily grown from a simple banquet to a three-day affair, running Wednesday through Friday. It […]