That’s the large percentage of American adults who favor allowing public schools to provide students with birth control information; only 18% oppose such instruction.

That’s the proportion of the British public who say they have a favorable opinion of the U.S. in the recent Pew Global Attitudes survey, a new low in favorable attitudes toward America from its closest European ally.

That’s the number of states, including 5 whose legislatures acted this year, that now have laws aiming to curb the threat of toxic waste created by the proliferation of discarded computer gear and other digital junk.

Only about a third of Americans (35%) say they follow the stock market on a regular basis.

As recently as June, more than six-in-ten Americans (62%) still expected U.S. housing prices to continue to rise.

That’s the number of U.S. adults who say that the growing number of children in this country born to unmarried mothers is a “big problem,” although there is little agreement on the primary cause of the problem.

That’s the percentage of Muslim Americans who say that since the 9/11 attacks, it has become more difficult to be a Muslim in the United States; 40% see no change.

That’s the plurality of at-home moms who consider the increase in working mothers bad for society; some 34% of working moms agree.

That’s the percentage of Muslim Americans who say that homosexuality is a way of life that should be discouraged by society, not accepted.