Pew Research Center Staff

A record four-in-ten births were to unmarried women in 2008.

A quarter of households have no landline service, posing a large problem for pollsters who rely on telephones to reach potential respondents.

Just one-in-ten among Hispanic high school dropouts has a GED, far less than the percentages of white (29%) and black (20%) high school dropouts with GEDs.

Senior research staff answer questions from readers relating to all the areas covered by our seven projects, ranging from polling techniques and findings, to media, technology, religious, demographic and global attitudes trends.

Senior research staff answer questions from readers relating to all the areas covered by our seven projects, ranging from polling techniques and findings, to media, technology, religious, demographic and global attitudes trends.

As the U.S. Episcopal Church consecrates its first lesbian bishop, fully 70% of its members say homosexuality should be accepted by society as a way of life.

Just four-in-ten voters want to see their representative reelected this year.

Senior research staff answer questions from readers relating to all the areas covered by our seven projects, ranging from polling techniques and findings, to media, technology, religious, demographic and global attitudes trends.

Seven-in-ten Americans say technology companies are having a positive effect on the way things are going in this country.

Nearly a quarter of Americans say Hispanics face a lot of discrimination in society today, making them the racial/ethnic group the public sees as most often subjected to discrimination.