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Research Topics

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Table of contents

  • About Pew Research Center

Research Topics

  • Main List
  • A-Z List
  • Condensed View
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • X
  • Y
  • Z

A

  • Abortion
  • Affirmative Action
  • Age
  • Age, Generations & Tech
  • Algorithms
  • American News Pathways 2020 Project
  • American Trends Panel
  • Angela Merkel
  • Apps
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Asian Americans
  • Atheism & Agnosticism
  • Audio, Radio & Podcasts
  • Authoritarianism
  • Automation
  • Age & Generations

B

  • Baby Boomers
  • Barack Obama
  • Beliefs & Practices
  • Bilateral Relations
  • Bill Clinton
  • Biotech
  • Birth Rate & Fertility
  • Black Americans
  • Blogs
  • Border Security & Enforcement
  • Bots
  • Bots & Misinformation
  • Broadband
  • Buddhism
  • Business & Workplace

C

  • Capitalism
  • Catholicism
  • Children & Tech
  • China Global Image
  • Christianity
  • Citizenship
  • Civic Activities Online
  • Climate, Energy & Environment
  • Communism
  • Comparison of Age Groups
  • Comparison of Generations
  • Comparison of Religions
  • Congress
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19)
  • COVID-19 in the News
  • COVID-19 & Politics
  • COVID-19 & Science
  • COVID-19 & Technology
  • COVID-19 & the Economy
  • Criminal Justice
  • Cyberattacks

D

  • Data Science
  • Death & Dying
  • Death Penalty
  • Defense & National Security
  • Democracy
  • Demographic Research
  • Demographics & Politics
  • Digital Divide
  • Digital News Landscape
  • Digital News Landscape
  • Disasters & Accidents
  • Discrimination & Prejudice
  • Divorce
  • Donald Trump
  • Drug Policy

E

  • E-Commerce
  • E-Reading
  • Economic Conditions
  • Economic Inequality
  • Economic Policy
  • Economic Systems
  • Economics, Work & Gender
  • Economy & Work
  • Education
  • Education & Gender
  • Education & Learning Online
  • Education & Politics
  • Educational Attainment
  • Election 2002
  • Election 2004
  • Election 2006
  • Election 2008
  • Election 2010
  • Election 2012
  • Election 2014
  • Election 2016
  • Election 2018
  • Election 2020
  • Election 2022
  • Election 2024
  • Election 2026
  • Election News
  • Election News
  • Election System & Voting Process
  • Elections Before 2008
  • Email
  • Emerging Technology
  • Employee Benefits
  • Energy
  • Entertainment
  • Environment & Climate
  • European Union
  • Evangelicalism
  • Evolution

F

  • Facebook
  • Facts & Fact Checking
  • Family Caregiving
  • Family & Relationships
  • Family Reunification
  • Federal Government
  • Fertility
  • Food Science
  • Free Speech & Press
  • Freedom of the Press
  • Friendships
  • Future of the Internet (Project)
  • Future of Work

G

  • Gaming
  • Gender
  • Gender Equality & Discrimination
  • Gender Identity
  • Gender & Leadership
  • Gender & LGBTQ
  • Gender Pay Gap
  • Gender & Politics
  • Gender & Religion
  • Gender Roles
  • Gender & Tech
  • Gender & Work
  • Gene Editing
  • Generation X
  • Generation Z
  • Generations
  • Generations, Age & Politics
  • George W. Bush
  • Gig & Sharing Economies
  • Global Balance of Power
  • Global Economy & Trade
  • Global Health
  • Global Image of Countries
  • Global Religious Demographics
  • Global Tech & Cybersecurity
  • Global Trade
  • Government
  • Government Spending & the Deficit
  • Greatest Generation
  • Gun Policy

H

  • Happiness & Life Satisfaction
  • Health Care
  • Health Policy
  • Healthcare Online
  • High-Skilled Immigration
  • Higher Education
  • Hinduism
  • Hispanic/Latino Demographics
  • Hispanic/Latino Identity
  • Hispanic/Latino Voters
  • Hispanics/Latinos
  • Hispanics/Latinos & Income
  • Hispanics/Latinos & Language
  • Hispanics/Latinos & Education
  • Historically Black Protestantism
  • Homeownership & Renting
  • Household Structure & Family Roles
  • Human Enhancement
  • Human Rights

I

  • Immigrant Populations
  • Immigration Attitudes
  • Immigration & Economy
  • Immigration Issues
  • Immigration & Language Adoption
  • Immigration & Migration
  • Immigration Trends
  • Income & Wages
  • Income, Wealth & Poverty
  • Influencers
  • Instagram
  • Integration & Identity
  • Interreligious Relations
  • Intermarriage
  • International Affairs
  • International Issues
  • International Political Values
  • International Religious Freedom & Restrictions
  • International Survey Methods
  • International Technology
  • International Terrorism
  • Internet Connectivity
  • Internet of Things
  • Internet & Technology
  • Islam
  • Israel Global Image
  • Issue Priorities

J

  • Job Satisfaction
  • Joe Biden
  • Journalists
  • Journalists
  • Judaism

K

  • K-12
  • Kamala Harris
  • Knowledge & Education

L

  • Latter-day Saint (Mormon)
  • Layoffs & Employment
  • Leaders
  • Legal Immigration
  • Leisure
  • LGBTQ Acceptance
  • LGBTQ Attitudes & Experiences
  • Libraries
  • Lifestyle
  • Lifestyle & Relationships Online
  • Local News

M

  • Mainline Protestantism
  • Marriage & Divorce
  • Media Attitudes
  • Media Industry
  • Media Layoffs & Employment
  • Media Polarization
  • Media & Society
  • Medicine & Health
  • Methodological Research
  • Middle Class
  • Migration Issues
  • Military & Veterans
  • Military & Veterans
  • Millennials
  • Millennials & Other Age Groups
  • Misinformation
  • Misinformation Online
  • Mobile
  • More Leaders
  • More Platforms & Services
  • More Racial & Ethnic Groups
  • Motherhood & Fatherhood
  • Music
  • Muslim Americans
  • Muslims Around the World

N

  • Narendra Modi
  • National Conditions
  • Nationalism
  • NATO
  • Net Neutrality
  • News Audience Demographics
  • News Content Analysis
  • News Coverage
  • News Habits & Media
  • News Influencers
  • News Knowledge
  • News Media Trends
  • News Platforms & Sources
  • Newspapers
  • Non-Religion & Secularism
  • Non-U.S. Governments
  • Nonprobability Surveys
  • Nuclear Weapons

O

  • Occupational Groups
  • Older Adults & Aging
  • Older Adults & Tech
  • Online Activism
  • Online Dating
  • Online Harassment & Bullying
  • Online Privacy & Security
  • Online Random Sample Surveys
  • Online Search
  • Online Services
  • Online Surveys
  • Organizations, Alliances & Treaties
  • Orthodox Christianity
  • Other Religions
  • Other Topics

P

  • Parenthood
  • Partisanship & Issues
  • Party Identification
  • Pentecostalism
  • Personal Finances
  • Personal Life
  • Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project
  • Platforms & Services
  • Police
  • Police
  • Political Animosity
  • Political & Civic Engagement
  • Political Discourse
  • Political Ideals & Systems
  • Political Issues
  • Political Parties
  • Political Parties & Polarization
  • Political Polarization
  • Political Typology
  • Politics & Media
  • Politics & Media
  • Politics Online
  • Politics & Policy
  • Pope Benedict XVI
  • Pope Francis
  • Pope John Paul II
  • Pope Leo XIV
  • Populism
  • Poverty
  • Presidential Approval
  • Presidents & Press
  • Privacy Rights
  • Protestantism
  • Protests & Uprisings
  • Public Knowledge

R

  • Race & Ethnicity
  • Race, Ethnicity & Politics
  • Race, Ethnicity & Religion
  • Race Relations
  • Racial Bias & Discrimination
  • Racial & Ethnic Groups
  • Racial & Ethnic Groups Online
  • Racial & Ethnic Identity
  • Racial & Ethnic Shifts
  • Racial Intermarriage
  • Recessions & Recoveries
  • Refugees & Asylum Seekers
  • Religion
  • Religion & Government
  • Religion & Abortion
  • Religion & Bioethics
  • Religion & Death Penalty
  • Religion & Government
  • Religion & Government
  • Religion & LGBTQ Acceptance
  • Religion & Politics
  • Religion & Politics
  • Religion & Race
  • Religion & Science
  • Religion & Social Values
  • Religions
  • Religious Characteristics of Demographic Groups
  • Religious Commitment
  • Religious Demographics
  • Religious Freedom & Restrictions
  • Religious Identity & Affiliation
  • Religious Knowledge & Education
  • Religious Leaders & Institutions
  • Religious Typology
  • Religiously Unaffiliated
  • Remittances
  • Remittances
  • Research Explainers
  • Retirement
  • Romance & Dating
  • Rural Residents & Tech
  • Rural, Urban and Suburban Communities

S

  • Same-Sex Marriage
  • Same-Sex Marriage
  • Science
  • Science Funding & Policy
  • Science Issues
  • Science Knowledge
  • Science News & Information
  • Scientists' Views
  • Segregation
  • Sexual Misconduct & Harassment
  • Silent Generation
  • Size & Demographic Characteristics of Religious Groups
  • Smartphones
  • Social Media
  • Social Media & the News
  • Social Relations & Tech
  • Social Security & Medicare
  • Socialism
  • Space
  • Sports
  • State & Local Government
  • State of the News Media (Project)
  • STEM Education & Workforce
  • Stresses & Distraction Online
  • Student Loans
  • Student Loans
  • Supreme Court
  • Survey Basics
  • Survey Methods

T

  • Taxes
  • Tech Companies
  • Technology Adoption
  • Technology & Immigration
  • Technology Policy Issues
  • Teens & Tech
  • Teens & Youth
  • Telephone Surveys
  • Television
  • Terrorism
  • Texting
  • TikTok
  • Time Use
  • Transportation
  • Trust in Government
  • Trust in Institutions
  • Trust in Media
  • Trust in Science
  • Twitter (X)

U

  • U.S. Census
  • U.S. Democracy
  • Unauthorized Immigration
  • Uncategorized
  • Unemployment
  • Unions
  • United Nations
  • Unmarried Adults
  • U.S. Elections & Voters
  • U.S. Global Image
  • U.S. Religious Demographics
  • User Demographics

V

  • Vaccines
  • Video
  • Visas & Employment
  • Vladimir Putin
  • Voter Demographics
  • Voter Files
  • Voter Participation
  • Voters & Voting

W

  • War & International Conflict
  • Wealth
  • White Americans
  • World Elections
  • World Leaders

Y

  • Younger Adults
  • YouTube