Report

• College Enrollment Hits All-Time High

  Oct 29, 2009 - The share of 18- to 24-year-olds attending college in the United States hit an all-time high in October 2008, driven by a recession-era surge in enrollments at community colleges, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

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• The Harried Life of the Working Mother

  Oct 01, 2009 - Women now make up almost half of the U.S. labor force, up from 38% in 1970. The public approves of this trend, but the change has come with a cost for many women – particularly working mothers of young children, who feel the tug of family responsibility much more acutely than do working fathers, according to a nationwide survey by the Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends Project.

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• Is Sotomayor the Court's First Hispanic?

  May 28, 2009 - Is Judge Sonia Sotomayor the first Hispanic ever nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, or does that distinction belong to Justice Benjamin Cardozo, who served on the court from 1932-38 and whose family tree apparently had some roots in Portugal? The question of who's Hispanic—and who isn't—turns out to be pretty complicated.

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• Through Boom and Bust: Minorities, Immigrants and Homeownership

  May 12, 2009 - The ups and downs in the U.S. housing market over the past decade and a half have generated both greater gains and larger losses for minority groups than for whites, according to an analysis of housing, economic and demographic data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.

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• Dissecting the 2008 Electorate: Most Diverse in U.S. History

  Apr 30, 2009 - Demographic changes have increased the number of eligible non-white voters, but the racial and ethnic diversity of last year's electorate was also driven by substantially higher levels of participation by black, Hispanic and Asian voters, according to a new analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Research Center.

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• The Phantom Recovery

  Mar 26, 2009 - A new Pew Research Center report finds that for the typical American household, the Great Recession that began more than a year ago came on the heels of a less dramatic but equally unusual economic phenomenon: a Phantom Recovery.

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• Public Has Split Verdict on Increased Level of Unmarried Motherhood

  Mar 19, 2009 - A new report shows out-of-wedlock births rose to record levels in 2007. A Pew Research survey that year found wide concern about the social costs, but only a minority saw such births as morally wrong.

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• Magnet or Sticky? A State-by-State Typology

  Mar 11, 2009 - Analysis from the Pew Research Center shows that states may seem to fall into one or another category, either attracting or keeping people. And most states do score high on one scale and low on another. But 10 rank high on both scales, and another nine score low on both. Find out where your state lands.

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• Suburbs Not Most Popular, But Suburbanites Most Content

  Feb 26, 2009 - Suburbanites are significantly more satisfied with their communities than are residents of cities, small towns or rural areas, according a Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends survey that explores what Americans like - and don't like - about the places where they live. Overall, 42% of suburban residents give their community high marks, compared with just 34% of city residents, 29% of rural residents and 25% of small town residents.

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• For Nearly Half of America, Grass Is Greener Somewhere Else

  Jan 29, 2009 - A new survey by the Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends project finds that nearly half of the public would rather live in a different type of community from the one they're living in now. However, more than eight-in-ten rate their current communities as good to excellent. When asked about specific metropolitan areas where they would like to live, respondents rank Denver, San Diego and Seattle at the top of a list of 30 large cities.

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• Who Moves? Who Stays Put? Where’s Home?

  Dec 18, 2008 - Americans are settling down: Only 13% of the U.S. population changed residences between 2006 and 2007, the lowest share since the 1940s. A new national survey by the Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends project and an analysis of Census data explore geographic mobility in the United States.

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• Latino Workers in the Ongoing Recession: 2007 to 2008

  Dec 15, 2008 - A small but significant decline has occurred during the current recession in the share of Latino immigrants active in the U.S. labor force, according to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis of Census Bureau data.

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• Do Americans Really Like Diverse Communities?

  Dec 02, 2008 - About six-in-ten Americans say they like the idea of living in politically, racially, religiously or economically mixed communities, while about a quarter take the opposite view: they would rather live in communities made up mostly of people like themselves, according to a new Pew Research Center national survey.

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• Democrats Post Gains in Affiliation Across Age Cohorts

  Oct 31, 2008 - The proportion of voters identifying with the Democratic Party has grown significantly since the 2004 election, and the shift has been particularly dramatic among younger voters.

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• Latinos Account for Half of U.S. Population Growth Since 2000

  Oct 23, 2008 - A new Pew Hispanic Center report analyzes changes in Latino growth and settlement patterns over the past three decades. The report includes a series of interactive maps and data bases that provide demographic information about the Latino population in each of the nation’s 50 states and 3,141 counties.

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• Sharp Decline in Income for Non-Citizen Immigrant Households, 2006-2007

  Oct 02, 2008 - This report outlines recent trends in the incomes of non-citizen immigrant households in the United States and identifies who among them experienced the largest losses from 2006 to 2007. Of a total 116.8 million households in the United States, 15.7 million are headed by immigrants.

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• One-in-Five and Growing Fast: A Profile of Hispanic Public School Students

  Aug 26, 2008 - The Pew Hispanic Center reports that the number of Latino students in public schools nearly doubled from 1990 to 2006, accounting for 60% of the total growth in school enrollments. Projections now show there will be more school-age Hispanic children than school-age non-Hispanic white children by 2050.

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• America's Four Middle Classes

  Jul 29, 2008 - There isn't one American middle class; there are four. Each is different from the others in its attitudes, outlook and financial circumstance—sometimes in ways that defy traditional stereotypes of the middle class, according to an analysis of a recent national survey conducted by the Pew Research Center Social and Demographic Trends Project.

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• Latino Labor Report 2008: Construction Reverses Job Growth

  Jun 04, 2008 - The Pew Hispanic Center reports that the latest economic slowdown has had a disproportionate impact on Latino workers. From an historic low in late 2006, the unemployment rate for Latinos rose sharply in 2007 and currently stands well above the rate for non-Latinos. Immigrant Hispanics, especially Mexican and recent arrivals, have been hurt the most by the slump in the construction industry.

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• Hispanic Women in the United States, 2007

  May 08, 2008 - Fact sheet describes the demographic, employment and income characteristics of Hispanic women in the United States. The findings reveal striking differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic women, and native-born and immigrant Hispanic women from different countries of origin.

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• Inside the Middle Class: Bad Times Hit the Good Life

  Apr 09, 2008 - This report on the attitudes and lives of the American middle class combines results of a new Pew Research Center national public opinion survey with the center's analysis of relevant economic and demographic trend data from the Census Bureau.

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• U.S. Population Projections: 2005–2050

  Feb 11, 2008 - If current trends continue, immigrants arriving from 2005 to 2050 and their descendants will account for 82% of the population growth in the United States during this period, according to new projections from the Pew Research Center.  The nation’s racial and ethnic mix will change markedly by mid-century, the projections show, and the nation’s elderly population will more than double in size.

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• A Changing Racial and Ethnic Mix in U.S. Public Schools

  Aug 30, 2007 - A new analysis of public school enrollment data by the Pew Hispanic Center finds that in the dozen years from 1993–94 to 2005–06, white students became less isolated from minority students while, at the same time, black and Hispanic students became slightly more isolated from white students.

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• Muslim Americans: Middle Class and Mostly Mainstream

  May 01, 2007 - The first-ever, nationwide, random sample survey of Muslim Americans found them to be largely assimilated, happy with their lives, and moderate.

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• Who Are the Immigrants? A Statistical View of the Foreign-Born Population at Mid-Decade

  Oct 17, 2006 - A detailed look at the United States’ foreign-born population based on Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of the Census Bureau’s 2005 American Community Survey public use microdata file.

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• 2006 National Survey of Latinos: The Immigration Debate

  Jul 13, 2006 - National survey of Latinos' attitudes surrounding the policy discussions on immigration in June 2006.

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• 'Trends 2005' by the Pew Research Center

  Jan 25, 2005 - Information projects of the Pew Research Center take the pulse of the American public in this reference book, "Trends 2005."

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• In Good Company (Fall 2004 Trust Magazine article)

  Oct 01, 2004 -  A new subsidiary — the Pew Research Center — is one change following Pew's governing transformation. The components of this organization, however, are well known.

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• A Year of Contention at Home and Abroad

  Jan 29, 2004 - A 2003 year-end report from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press summarizes nearly 50,000 interviews in the U.S. and worldwide.

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