Friending Mom and Dad
Over a third of adults now have a profile on a social networking website.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Pew Research Center Staff
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Immigration Issue
Fewer than a third of Latinos rate immigration an “extremely important” issue.
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Lonely Valentine
Even among the minority of single young Americans who say they are seeking relationships, about half (49%) say they have had at most one date over the previous three months. -
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Reject Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
On his 200th birthday, Charles Darwin can claim relatively few American adherents to his theory of the evolution of species through natural selection. In a recent survey, 63% of Americans say they believe that humans and other animals have either always existed in their present form or have evolved over time under the guidance of a supreme being -
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The Simple Life
Fully a third of people living in rural areas see five or fewer widely held consumer products as necessities rather than luxuries.
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Nation’s Capital: People Magnet
More than six-in-ten current residents of Washington, DC were born in another state.
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Heaven: Not a Gated Community
Most Americans who claim a religious affiliation think many religions, not just their own religion, can lead to eternal life.
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Gain to Believe In
Roughly half of Americans say people like themselves would gain influence under the Obama administration.
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Nation Building — at Home
Seven-in-ten Americans say President Obama should focus on domestic policy.
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Fewer See a Partisan Divide
Fewer than half (46%) among the American public now see the country as more politically divided than in the past, down 20 points from January 2007.