Pew Research Center Staff

About half of the U.S. public says they have had a religious or mystical experience.

Nearly one-in-five Americans say they have seen or been in the presence of ghosts.

Fully 16% of Americans believe in the "evil eye" or that certain people can cast curses or spells that cause bad things to happen to someone.

Some parents may be spending more than just the holidays with their grown children as 13% say one of their adult sons or daughters has moved back home.

Majorities or pluralities in 21 of 25 countries surveyed believe Obama will get the U.S. to take significant measures to control global climate change.

Large majorities in every country surveyed say global warming is a serious problem, and majorities in 15 of the 25 countries say it is "very serious."

Though just a third of Turks have confidence in President Obama, that is up from 2008 when only 2% had faith in the American president.

Nearly half the country considers Hollywood unfriendly toward religion.

About one-in-five Americans say the Democratic Party is unfriendly to religion.

Given a list of 14 programs, for only two are more than 20% of Americans in favor of decreasing government spending.