Economic Mobility by Generation in US

Economic Mobility by Generation in US

In a recent report from Public Religion Research Institute on the Economic Values Survey of a random sample of 2,002 American adults...

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Depression and Employment

Depression and Employment

In a recent report of the Gallup-Healthway s Well-being Index, a survey conducted by landline or cell phone interview between Janua...

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Medicaid Recipients Most Likely to Suffer from Preventable Illnesses

Medicaid Recipients Most Likely to Suffer from Preventable Illnesses

A survey conducted by The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index shows that those who rely primarily on Medicaid are far more likely to have pr...

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A Broken Visa System

A Broken Visa System

        A recent article in The Economist argues that our current visa system is in desperate need of reform. Year after year, the gov...

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Progress Towards MLK's Dream for America

Progress Towards MLK's Dream for America

In a recently released report from Pew Research Center's Social and Demographic Trends , "King’s Dream Remains an Elusive ...

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Importance of Career Advancement by Age

Importance of Career Advancement by Age

In a recent report of the Gallup survey, “ Work and Education Survey,” by Frank Newport, it was found that “young men and women value...

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Americans and Retirement

Americans and Retirement

In a recent article for Pew Research Social and Demographic Trends , Rich Morin and Richard Fry write that more Americans are worry...

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Cost of Raising Children

Cost of Raising Children

In a recent CNN/Money article, Melanie Hicken reports that it will cost a middle class family an estimated $241,080 to raise a child f...

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Americans in the Lower Class

Americans in the Lower Class

In a recent post for the Pew Research Center Social and Demographic Trends , Rich Morin and Seth Motel report that, in 2012, one-th...

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The Cost of Students Going "Back-to-School"

The Cost of Students Going "Back-to-School"

A recent Pew Research Center  report in FacTank , analyst, Drew DeSilver,  wrote the article, " Economic impact of back-to-school ...

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ICPSR Webinar Alert! Teaching Students to Document Empirical Research - Wed, August 28, 2 pm

ICPSR Webinar Alert! Teaching Students to Document Empirical Research - Wed, August 28, 2 pm EDT The guiding principle behind the protocol...

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Minimum Wage Workers in US

Minimum Wage Workers in US

In a recent FACTANK blog post, Drew DeSilver wrote “Who Makes Minimum Wage?” that reports 3.55 million hourly workers are at or bel...

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Approval Rates of Black and White Marriage

Approval Rates of Black and White Marriage

A recent article from Gallup  based on their Minority Rights and Relations poll, conducted June 13-July 5 which surveyed 4,373 Amer...

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In 2013, Americans Exercise Less

In 2013, Americans Exercise Less

In a recent report from the Gallup and Healthways survey, Well-Being Index , which tracks well being in the US, it was found that f...

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Americans on Living 120 Years or More

Americans on Living 120 Years or More

In a recent survey by Pew Research on Religion and Public Life Project  of a nationally representative sample of 2,012 adults, examinin...

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Education in the US: Separate and Unequal

Education in the US: Separate and Unequal

In a new study of 4,400 two and four year college and university systems by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Work...

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Smoking Ban Support Increases in US

Smoking Ban Support Increases in US

In a recent article on the Web site, Gallup Wellbeing, by Andrew Dugan, based on the Gallup Daily Tracking Survey that interviews a ra...

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Latinos and the Language of the News

Latinos and the Language of the News

In a recent report , Mark Hugo Lopez   and   Ana Gonzalez-Barrera from the Pew Research Hispanic Center found that an increasing number...

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