Pew Research Center Staff

That’s the large percentage of Americans who, despite increasing support for government help for the poor, think that “poor people have become too dependent on government assistance programs.” Still, the number in agreement has declined from 79% in 1997.

That’s the percentage of Muslim Americans who say they converted to Islam, 77% say they have always been a Muslim

That’s the percentage of Hispanics in America who say that having children is very important for a marriage to be successful–far higher than the number of non-Hispanic whites (35%) who say so.

That’s the percentage of Americans who disagree with the idea that success in life is mostly determined by forces outside a person’s control.

That’s the percentage of American Muslims who identify with Sunni Islam, 22% say they are just Muslim without any particular affiliation, and 16% identify with Shia Islam.

That’s the number of states that now place limits on minors seeking a bronze glow from the ultraviolet lights of a tanning bed. Utah, Virginia and North Dakota are the most recent states to join the list.

More than six-in-ten Americans say they expect no interruption in the upward climb of U.S. home prices — a view not currently shared by many housing market experts.

That’s the percentage of Americans who would rather have a smaller government providing fewer services; a statistically equal 43% would prefer a bigger government providing more services.

That’s the percentage of Muslim Americans who say they have been singled out by airport security for inspection or questioning in the past year.

That’s the number of countries, among the 47 nations covered in the 2007 Pew Global Attitudes survey, in which majorities or pluralities called China’s growing military power a “bad thing.”