Pew Research Center Staff

As of January 2012, about two-in-ten Americans said they owned a tablet computer, nearly double the number that said they did before the holiday gift-giving season in December 2011.

About two-thirds of U.S. Hispanics speak only English at home or speak English very well, compared with 91% of the total U.S. population

Americans’ satisfaction with the state of the nation has edged upwards since the fall of 2011, though many more continue to say they are dissatisfied than satisfied with the way things are going in the country today. It has been more than five years since satisfaction has been higher than 34%. Satisfaction with national conditions […]

Barack Obama’s job approval rating has ranged from 44% to 50% in recent months. Obama’s job rating hit a two-year high of 56% in May 2011, in the days immediately after U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden. Read More

The Great Recession seems to have accelerated the tendency of today’s young adults – sometimes labeled the “boomerang generation” – to move out of the family house for a time and then boomerang back.

A majority of Mexicans continue to support the use of the country’s army to fight drug traffickers.

Nearly two-in-ten cell phone owners do most of their online browsing on their phone. Most do so for convenience, but for some there is no other option.

Most Latinos support proposed DREAM Act legislation that would grant legal status to unauthorized immigrant children if they meet certain conditions.

In a survey done just after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act, 55% correctly said that the court upheld most of the law’s provisions.

More than half of the public see the presidential campaign so far as dull. Still, a larger majority (79%) sees the campaign as important.