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presentationOct 21, 2013

Libraries and communities

what types of services Americans value in their libraries and what additional services they would like their libraries to offer.
short readsOct 17, 2013

The ‘leisure gap’ between mothers and fathers

In America, fathers, on average, have about three hours more leisure time per week than mothers. This “leisure gap” has been consistent at least over the past decade. What are dads doing with their extra time? For the most part, they’re watching TV, according to new Pew Research Center analysis of data from the government-sponsored […]
presentationOct 10, 2013

E-patients and their hunt for health information

How patients and caregivers seek health information in the digital age
reportOct 8, 2013

Parents’ Time with Kids More Rewarding Than Paid Work — and More Exhausting

There’s no tougher job than being a parent, or so the saying goes. This sentiment seems to be confirmed by a new Pew Research Center analysis of government time use data. Parents find caring for their children to be much more exhausting than the work they do for pay. At the same time, parents find much more meaning in the time they spend with their children than in the time they spend at work.
presentationOct 3, 2013

The New Library

What people do at libraries and what they’d like libraries to become
reportOct 2, 2013

New reading data from the NEA’s Survey of Public Participation in the Arts

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) recently released the findings of its latest Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted in July 2012. It found 58% of all American adults ages 18 and older had engaged in “voluntary reading” within the past year.
presentationSep 30, 2013

Networked Learners

Four big points about the impact of technology on learning
presentationSep 26, 2013

The next rural library

Lee Rainie speaks about the Project’s latest research about the way people use libraries and the role they play in their communities.
short readsSep 24, 2013

The odds that you will give birth to a boy or girl depend on where in the world you live

Research over hundreds of years has consistently found that boys naturally outnumber girls at birth. The speculation is that this is nature’s way of countering the relatively high mortality rates of males, and creating more of a gender balance in the population. While historically, there have been about 105 boys born for every 100 girls […]
reportSep 24, 2013

College-Educated Americans Take Bigger Share of the Income Pie

This links to a posting about the growing share of U.S. household income that goes to college-educated households, who take home a disproportionate share of aggregate income.