U.S. Census looking at big changes in how it asks about race and ethnicity
Many communities, including Hispanics, Arabs and people of mixed race, have said they’re unsure of how to identify themselves on census forms.
Data Feed: Global climate change, European and U.S. labor markets, losing teeth in old age
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
Chart of the Week: The ever-accelerating rate of technology adoption
The World Wide Web, first conceived of 25 years ago this week, has been adopted by American society in record time.
People In Many Countries Think Belief In God Essential To A Moral Life
Pew Research: More than two-thirds of Americans are actively engaged with public libraries
A wide-ranging look at Americans’ lives examines the way people use books, technology, and public libraries as part of the social and information landscape in the digital age
Godless: 85% of French say faith in God not necessary for morals
Controversy over new Israeli law highlights growing ultra-Orthodox population
Ultra-Orthodox Jews have been at the center of a controversy in Israel over whether they should be subject to the draft. Their counterparts in the U.S. tend to be more insular than other Jews.
Worldwide, Many See Belief in God as Essential to Morality
From Distant Admirers to Library Lovers–and beyond
A new typology of Americans’ public engagement with public libraries, which sheds light on broader issues around the relationship between technology, libraries, and information resources in the United States.
Data Feed: Online news engagement, rebounding retail sales, firmer Obamacare support
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
