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A new Pew Research Center report concludes that the decline in birth rates and number of births from 2007 to 2010 was led by immigrant women. Overall birth rates declined 8% during this period, but birth rates for immigrant women plunged 14%. Overall numbers of births declined 7% from 2007 to 2010, but births to immigrant mothers fell by 13%. Despite these decreases, foreign-born mothers still account for a disproportionate share of births--23% in 2010, greater than the 17% share of women of childbearing age who are immigrants.

The U.S. birth rate dipped in 2011 to the lowest ever recorded, led by a plunge in births to immigrant women since the onset of the Great Recession. The overall U.S. birth rate, which is the annual number of births per 1,000 women in the prime childbearing ages of 15 to 44, declined 8% from […]

At a time of major news developments in the Middle East and North Africa, the Arab-American media’s efforts to meet the demands of its audience have been complicated by declining ad revenue, new technology, and growing competition from Arab outlets in the Middle East and North Africa, according to a new PEJ study.

The Project’s latest research about how people use technology and how people use libraries.

About eight-in-ten Egyptians believe a fair judiciary is very important, making that one of the top priorities for the nation.

Survey Details: Conducted Sep, 2011 | File Release Date: 27 Nov 12

Survey Details: Conducted Jul-Sep, 2011 File Release Date: 27 Nov 12

Almost seven-in-ten of the religiously unaffiliated say they believe in God or a universal spirit.