Pew Research Center Staff

That's the percentage of Americans who agree that "when something is run by the government, it is usually inefficient and wasteful."

That's the median weekly earnings of Latino workers in the second quarter of 2006 -- up from $423 in the second quarter of 2005.

Two-in-three Latinos living in the U.S. say that their religious beliefs are a very important or a somewhat important influence on their political thinking, and among Hispanic evangelicals, more than eight-in-ten (86%) feel this way.

About one-in-five among the public say that today's fathers are doing a better job compared with fathers a generation ago; far fewer (9%) say that today's mothers are doing a better job than their predecessors.

That's the number of Americans who agree that "the rich just get richer while the poor get poorer" -- an 8-point increase since 2002.

That's the percentage of Americans who can name a favorite journalist or news person; in 1985, 65% of Americans could identify a favorite.

That's the portion of Gen Next Americans (ages 18-25) who say they are both going to school and working either part-time or full-time.

That's the percentage of U.S. adults who used the internet during the 2006 midterm election campaigns to get political news and information and to discuss the races through email. And the number of Americans using the internet as their main source of political material doubled since the last mid-term election, rivaling the number from the 2004 presidential election year.

That's the percentage of American adults who support finding "a middle ground" when it comes to abortion. Three-in-ten Americans believe "there's no room for compromise when it comes to abortion laws."

All of the 50 states but one, Delaware, have lost National Guard troops in the U.S. war on terror. Pennsylvania has suffered the highest number of losses -- 31 of a total of 480 Guard deaths since Sept. 11, 2001.