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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories/pew-daily-number topstories Pew Daily Number en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/top-stories/pew-daily-number http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100209/ts_pew/52themarriagedearth pew/20100209/52themarriagedearth Pew topstories Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - The Census Bureau’s 2008 American Community Survey found that a shrinking share of Americans are married -- 52% of males ages 15 and older and 48% of females ages 15 and older. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100208/ts_pew/41russianotoverlyconcernedaboutiran pew/20100208/41russianotoverlyconcernedaboutiran Pew topstories Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - The United States and most of Europe are united in their concerns about Iran’s nuclear program. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100205/ts_pew/58areyoureadyforsomefootball pew/20100205/58areyoureadyforsomefootball Pew topstories Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Most of the country will collectively shut down for a few hours on Sunday afternoon, as the Indianapolis Colts take on the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100204/ts_pew/4540thetattoodivide pew/20100204/4540thetattoodivide Pew topstories Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - The public is divided about the impact of more people getting tattoos; 45% say it has not made much difference, 40% think it has been a change for the worse and only 7% say this has been a change for the better. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100203/ts_pew/8of10littlereportinginthenews pew/20100203/8of10littlereportinginthenews Pew topstories Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - In an in-depth study of the local news in Baltimore, Md., the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism finds there is little original reporting in the "news" people receive. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100202/ts_pew/35nondogmaticamericans pew/20100202/35nondogmaticamericans Pew topstories Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - One-third of Americans (35%) say they regularly (9%) or occasionally (26%) attend religious services at more than one place, and most of these (24% of the public overall) indicate that they sometimes attend religious services of a faith different from their own. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100201/ts_pew/33turkeylessadverseally pew/20100201/33turkeylessadverseally Pew topstories Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Turkey is not only a strategically important nation, but has long been a NATO ally of America. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100129/ts_pew/47hollywoodnotgodskindoftown pew/20100129/47hollywoodnotgodskindoftown Pew topstories Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Few Americans see Hollywood (11%), scientists (12%) or the news media (14%) as friendly toward religion. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100128/ts_pew/15sextreceivers pew/20100128/15sextreceivers Pew topstories Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - In a nationally representative survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, 15% of cell-owning teens ages 12-17 say they have received sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images of someone they know via text messaging on their cell phone, a practice known as "sexting." Older teens are much more likely to send and receive these images; 8% of 17-year-olds with cell phones have sent a sexually provocative image by text and 30% have received a nude or nearly nude image on their phone. Parents, educators and advocates have grown increasingly concerned about the role of cell phones in the sexual lives of teens and young adults. The greatest amount of concern has focused on the creating, sharing and forwarding of sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images by minor teens. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100127/ts_pew/27nationalsatisfaction pew/20100127/27nationalsatisfaction Pew topstories Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Just over a quarter of Americans (27%) are satisfied with the state of the nation today. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100126/ts_pew/33obamapayingtoomuchattentiontothebanks pew/20100126/33obamapayingtoomuchattentiontothebanks Pew topstories Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - With two wars and a struggling economy, President Obama’s agenda has been stretched thin during the first year of his term. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100125/ts_pew/93millennialsendorseinterracialdating pew/20100125/93millennialsendorseinterracialdating Pew topstories Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Since 1987, the percentage of Americans approving of interracial dating has increased dramatically, from 48% to 83%. Support for interracial dating has risen among members of every generation in that time, but substantial gaps in approval remain. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100122/ts_pew/98vs64tvhaveitbutcouldlivewithoutit pew/20100122/98vs64tvhaveitbutcouldlivewithoutit Pew topstories Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Having something, like a car, can sometimes be a proxy for needing something -- but not always; for example, nearly every American (98%) owns a television, but just 64% of adults consider it a necessity. Also, a Pew Social Trends survey finds, more than eight-in-ten (82%) have a satellite or cable television service, but just a third consider it a necessity. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100121/ts_pew/40beckcheck pew/20100121/40beckcheck Pew topstories Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Four-in-ten Americans can correctly identify Glenn Beck as a TV and radio talk show host in a Pew Research Center News IQ Quiz. Still that is a higher proportion overall than could identify Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board (33%). Moreover about half of Republicans (49%) correctly identified Beck compared with 32% of Democrats, the largest partisan gap recorded on any item covered in the knowledge survey. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100120/ts_pew/47usmuslimsamericansfirst pew/20100120/47usmuslimsamericansfirst Pew topstories Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Asked whether they think of themselves first as an American or first as a Muslim, a 47% plurality of U.S. Muslims say they consider themselves Muslims first; 28% say they think of themselves first as Americans. In May 2006, when U.S. Christians were asked a parallel question, 42% said they think of themselves as Christians first, while 48% said they are Americans first. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100119/ts_pew/88latinoshighlyvalueacollegeeducation pew/20100119/88latinoshighlyvalueacollegeeducation Pew topstories Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Nine-in-ten Latinos (88%) ages 16 and older living in America say that in order to get ahead in life it is necessary to get a college education, a higher percentage than is seen among the general population (74%). Latinos ages 16 to 25 are also more likely to cite the importance of a college education (89%) than those in the same age range among the general population (82%). However, only 48% of young Latinos expect to get a college degree, compared with 60% of the general population. The reason for the gap is explained by another gap: While 60% of native-born Latinos ages 18 to 25 plan to graduate college (the same as the general population), just 29% of immigrant Latinos plan to graduate college. The most cited explanation for not getting a college education is financial obligations related to supporting a family. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100118/ts_pew/39africanamericansmoreupbeat pew/20100118/39africanamericansmoreupbeat Pew topstories Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Despite the severe economic slump, nearly twice as many blacks now (39%) as in 2007 (20%) say that the "situation of black people in this country" is better than it was five years earlier. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100115/ts_pew/39supportforgaymarriage pew/20100115/39supportforgaymarriage Pew topstories Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - A majority of Americans continue to oppose allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100114/ts_pew/18seedeadpeople pew/20100114/18seedeadpeople Pew topstories Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Nearly one-in-five American adults (18%) say they have seen or been in the presence of ghosts. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/pewdailynumber/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20100113/ts_pew/15tooweaktoleadtheworkplace pew/20100113/15tooweaktoleadtheworkplace Pew topstories Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:00:00 GMT Pew - Only 15% of Americans say that the scarcity of women in top business positions is primarly owing to their lacking the toughness required of the job.