The Hardships and Dreams of Asian Americans Living in Poverty
About one-in-ten Asian Americans live in poverty. Pew Research Center conducted 18 focus groups in 12 languages to explore their stories and experiences.
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2. The annual earnings of older workers
Today, the average annual earnings of older workers lag behind those of younger workers, but the gap is nowhere near what it once was. In 1964, the average annual earnings of workers ages 65 and older were 19% of the average earnings of workers ages 25 to 64: $5,200 vs. $26,900, respectively. (Figures in this […]
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Most U.S. voters say immigrants – no matter their legal status – mostly take jobs citizens don’t want
Three-quarters of voters say undocumented immigrants fill jobs citizens don’t want, while 61% say the same of legal immigrants.
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Q&A: How – and why – we’re changing the way we study tech adoption
With our shift to using NPORS for studying topics like the digital divide, Americans can now respond by mail or online. This change in approach sets us up to continue studying tech adoption long into the future.
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3. What would improve the U.S. immigration system?
When asked about policies that might address the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, several are seen by large shares of the public as ways to improve the situation: Half or more say increasing the number of judges to process asylum applications (60%), creating more opportunities for people to legally immigrate (56%), and increasing deportations of […]
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Turks Lean Negative on Erdoğan, Give National Government Mixed Ratings
55% of Turks have an unfavorable view of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and about half lack confidence in the national government.
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Most Americans continue to rate the U.S. economy negatively as partisan gap widens
Nearly three-in-four U.S. adults (74%) say economic conditions are only fair or poor, up slightly from 72% in January 2024.
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How Latino voters view the 2024 presidential election
While Latino voters have favored Democratic candidates in presidential elections for many decades, the margin of support has varied.
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Appendix B: Post and comment classification prompts
For this report, Reddit posts and comments were classified using the following prompts to GPT-4.1 mini. The prompts were designed to mirror the codebooks that our research team used to create the validation datasets of human-annotated posts and comments. In the prompt templates below, italics indicate input text that varies based on the post or […]
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1. Politicians, changing leadership and political parties
In the vast majority of the 24 countries surveyed, politicians are the most common subject of proposals to improve democracy. Some call for different types of people to enter the political arena, while others simply want their current politicians to perform better. Many want their leaders to pay closer attention to and respond more appropriately […]
