State Governments’ Falling Favorability
The favorability rating of state governments has fallen to 50%, down from 59% last year.
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Cell Phone Talking Teens
While teenagers lagged well behind adults in cell phone ownership in 2004, today nearly as many teens (71%) as adults (77%) own a cell phone.
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Saved by the Cell
Teenage cell phone ownership jumps from 53% at age 13 to 72% at age 14, right at the transition from middle school to high school.
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Far More Pakistanis Now View the Taliban Unfavorably
Over the past year, there has been a 37-point increase in the number of Pakistanis who hold unfavorable opinions of the Taliban and a similarly large increase in negative views of al Qaeda.
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Pakistanis Top Threat: India
More Pakistanis say India is a threat to their country than say so about the Taliban or al Qaeda.
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I Go For That Rock And Roll Music
Two-thirds of adults listen to rock music, placing it ahead of the six other musical genres.
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Eight Years After 9/11, Fewer See Need to Sacrifice Liberties for Safety
Only a quarter of Americans say it is necessary to give up some civil liberties to curb terrorism, down from 55% shortly after the attacks of 9/11.
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Widespread Economic Nationalism
Majorities in all 25 of the countries included in the 2009 Pew Global Attitudes Survey agree that their government should take steps to protect their nation’s economy even if other allies object.
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Closing the Racial Digital Divide
Nearly half of African Americans have gone online with a handheld device, helping to offset traditional lower levels of internet access among blacks.
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America’s Health Care is … Fairly Average
Only 15% of Americans believe that the U.S. has the best health care in the world.