Pew Research Center Staff

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short reads | Oct 10, 2007

Jordanians with Confidence in Bin Laden

That's the share of Jordanians who say they have a lot or some confidence in Osama bin Laden as a world leader, down sharply from the 56% who said so four years ago.

short reads | Oct 10, 2007

Decline in Support for Suicide Bombing

Support for suicide bombings in defense of Islam declined by half or more in Lebanon, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Indonesia over the last five years, according to a recent Pew Global Attitudes survey.

short reads | Oct 10, 2007

A Society of Haves and Have-Nots?

That's the share of the public who say that American society is divided into two groups, the "haves" and the "have-nots." An equal number (48%) say society is not divided.

short reads | Oct 9, 2007

White Students in All-White Schools

By 2005-06, just one in five white students (21%) attended a nearly all-white school while the number of nearly all-white public schools was down by 35% from the level a dozen years earlier.

short reads | Oct 3, 2007

Online Hobbyists

That's the very large share of U.S. online adults who use the internet to pursue hobbies from genealogy to gambling.

short reads | Oct 3, 2007

Contented Mexicans

That's the share of the Mexican public who rate their current lives at 7 or better on a scale of zero to 10 -- the highest proportion of any of the 47 countries covered in the latest Pew Global Attitudes survey.

short reads | Oct 3, 2007

America’s “Have-Nots”

That's the percentage of the public who say they are probably among the "have-nots" in society rather than the "haves" -- twice the number who said so two decades ago.

short reads | Oct 1, 2007

What’s Best for the Children?

That's the percentage of American adults who say an at-home mother is the ideal situation for children; a nearly identical proportion (41%) say a mother working part-time is ideal.

short reads | Sep 21, 2007

Pentecostals and the Separation of Church and State

That's the proportion of American pentecostals who say that the government should take steps to make the U.S. a Christian nation, rather than emphasizing the distinction between church and state.

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