Short Reads

Most people in the countries we surveyed – including 11 countries with significant Muslim populations – had negative views of the Islamic State extremist group as of spring.

Two-thirds of Americans say people will have to make major changes in the way they live to reduce the effects of climate change, but data on how much people have actually adopted several recommended lifestyle changes paints a very mixed picture.

Some of the largest Christian denominations in the U.S. have relatively low levels of involvement among their members.

The roughly 47% of the population today who were born under the one-child policy lived through a very different China than those born before.

Religious "nones" make up 23% of U.S. adults, up from 16% in 2007. And only 27% of those “nones” are absolutely certain about God’s existence, down from 36% in 2007.

A larger share of young women live at home with their parents or other relatives than at any point since 1940, as more attend college and marry later in life.

Republican voters give the current field of presidential candidates higher ratings than at comparable times in the past two nomination contests.

Six-in-ten app downloaders have chosen not to install an app when they discovered how much personal information the app required in order to use it.

72% of Americans believe in heaven, while 58% believe in hell.

U.S. homes are more energy-efficient per square foot than they used to be. But they're also bigger, and their increased size offsets most of the efficiency gains.