Pew Research Center Staff

Both the Obama and Biden families will be bringing a new family dog to the executive branch in January, joining the nearly six-in-ten Americans who own a pet.

About one-in-five internet users have downloaded a podcast.

About a quarter of news consumers are Integrators, mixing traditional and online sources of media.

Six-in-ten American Muslims say making a pilgrimage to Mecca is very important.

Although baby boomers as a group enjoy higher median household incomes than do younger or older adults, some 55% say it is likely that their incomes will not keep up with the cost of living over the next year, a higher proportion than among either younger Americans (44%) or older ones (43%).

By a ratio of nearly two-to-one, Americans say that men (46%) rather than women (24%) have the better life in this country.

More Americans use TV (57%) to consume news than any other media source.

There was a 24-point gap in Obama support between voters who never attend worship services and those that attend weekly.

Roughly the same number of men and women — about a third — say they enjoying cooking a great deal.