What is the Ideal Number of Children for a Family?
A plurality of Americans (46%) say two children is the ideal number for a family.
A plurality of Americans (46%) say two children is the ideal number for a family.
In 2008, more children were born to women older than age 34 (14% of all births) than to women younger than age 20 (10%).
A record four-in-ten births were to unmarried women in 2008.
A quarter of households have no landline service, posing a large problem for pollsters who rely on telephones to reach potential respondents.
Just one-in-ten among Hispanic high school dropouts has a GED, far less than the percentages of white (29%) and black (20%) high school dropouts with GEDs.
Though fewer Americans support offshore oil drilling in the wake of the Gulf spill, a majority still supports new drilling.
The word "libertarian" draws a mixed reaction from Americans, with as many having a positive (38%) as negative (37%) response to the word.
What we think others can see about us online
Online reputation-monitoring has increased--57% of adult internet users now use search engines to find information about themselves online, up from 47% in 2006. Young adults actively manage what they share online--71% of social networking users ag...
How people monitor and maintain their identity through search and social media.