Pew Research Center Staff

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.

The public overwhelmingly supports requiring all airport passengers to submit to whole-body scans that can see through clothing.

Muslim publics are split on extremist groups, including Palestinians who oppose their own such group (Hamas) but support Hezbollah.

Muslim publics overwhelmingly support educating girls and boys equally.

In seven of nine nations surveyed, a majority of Muslim respondents said Sunni-Shia tensions are not limited to Iraq, but rather a broader problem.

Just four in ten say they have a favorable opinion of labor unions; 42% express an unfavorable opinion.

The unemployment rate stood at 7.6% when Obama took office; its rise, and the corresponding fall in Obama’s approval rating, so far mirrors Reagan’s first term.

Six in ten Americans were especially looking forward to the Winter Olympics.

Nearly six-in-ten Americans are especially looking forward to the Super Bowl this year.