Pew Research Center Staff

While today’s mothers of newborns are more likely to be older, better educated, unmarried and nonwhite, less than 1% have all these traits.

The percentage of Mexicans holding favorable views of the U.S. fell from 62% to 44% after Arizona’s immigration law passed.

In 20 nations surveyed in both 2010 and 2007, the median percentage expressing favorable views of the U.S. rose by 20 points.

Despite a decline in his popularity at home, Obama continues to enjoy broad popularity around the world.

In 20 countries surveyed in each of the last three years, the 2010 Pew Global Attitudes survey finds the median number naming China as the world’s leading economy has risen from 20% to 31%.

In 16 of 21 countries, majorities or pluralities approve of Obama’s international policies generally — but that number falls to 7 with respect to his handling of the Middle East.

Of the 22 nations surveyed before the start of the soccer tournament, a plurality in 14 countries — including every nation not picking its own country — predicted that Brazil would win the 2010 World Cup.

Just roughly a quarter of Americans said they were excited about the 2010 World Cup in a survey administered prior to the start of the tournament.

Four-in-ten internet users have been contacted by someone from their past who found them online.