Pew Research Center Staff

Young adults are just as likely to check their email as their Facebook account on a typical day; older adults still favor email.

One-in-ten online adults ages 50-64 use Twitter or another status-updating service.

More than four-in-ten internet users ages 50 and older now use social networking sites.

A majority of Americans say the U.S. is no better prepared for a natural disaster than it was before Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.

Majorities or pluralities in 12 of 22 nations disapprove of how President Obama has dealt with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

A plurality of Americans say Islam does not encourage violence more than other religions.

A majority of Americans say they do not know very much or know nothing at all about Islam.

Unauthorized immigrants comprise about 4% of the U.S. adult population, but their children comprise 8% of newborns.

One-in-five American adults do not use the internet.

A majority of Americans do not believe that the spread of affordable broadband should be a major government priority.