Pew Research Center Staff

The Mexican public overwhelmingly backs a tough anti-drug strategy: 83% support using the Mexican army to fight drug traffickers.

Close to six-in-ten Mexicans (57%) say that people who leave Mexico enjoy a better life in the U.S., up from 51% in 2007.

A slim majority of Americans (53%) know the Muslim name for God is Allah, and a similar number (52%) can correctly name the Koran as the Islamic sacred text.

Nearly half of Americans (45%) personally know a Muslim, slightly more than in November 2001, when 38% said they personally knew a Muslim.

Only one-in-five Americans (19%) say they think of themselves as belonging to a minority because of their religious beliefs.

A plurality of Americans (45%) say Islam is no more likely than other faiths to encourage violence among its believers.

Nearly six-in-ten adults say that Muslims are subject to a lot of discrimination, far more than say the same about Jews, evangelical Christians, atheists or Mormons.

About half of all current retirees say they retired because they wanted to.

Fully nine-in-ten employed Americans say they are either "completely satisfied" or "mostly satisfied" with their jobs; older working adults are the most content.

By a ratio of nearly two-to-one, survey respondents say they would prefer a job that offers better security over one that offers higher pay but less stability.