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That’s the number of Americans who recently said it was difficult to find a job in their community — a proportion that rises to 55% when the qualifier “good job” is added to the question.
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That’s the number of Americans who recently said it was difficult to find a job in their community — a proportion that rises to 55% when the qualifier “good job” is added to the question.
That’s the proportion of foreign-born Latino workers in the lowest fifth of the wage distribution, a significant decline from the 42% who were low wage workers a decade earlier.
That’s the number of adult Americans who now say that sexual relations between a man and woman before marriage is always or almost always wrong.
That’s the percentage of working mothers who say their ideal situation would be working part-time, up from 48% in 1997.
That’s the percentage of those who get most of their news from the internet who say that news organizations are politically biased.
That’s the percentage of the U.S. public that thinks the problems uncovered at Walter Reed Hospital are common in medical care for returning troops. Veterans generally share that view.
That’s the percentage of Americans who say they think that maintaining military strength is the best way to ensure peace – the lowest percentage in the 20-year history of Pew values surveys.
That’s the percentage of at-home moms who say full-time work would be their ideal situation; by contrast, nearly half (48%) say not working at all outside the home is ideal situation for them.
That’s the percentage by which turnout among young voters (ages 18-25) increased in 2004 over the previous presidential election in 2000 — the largest increase in any single age group. But young people still lag on basic measures of political engagement.
That’s the number of U.S. adults who support allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally; a majority, 55%, are opposed.
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