The Databank includes:
- The Daily Number - a statistic, updated every weekday and typically drawn from Pew project findings, that highlights an important trend; includes links to more information and an archive of past Daily Numbers.
- Weekly News Coverage Index - a weekly index produced by the Project for Excellence in Journalism that tracks the percentage of the news hole devoted to stories in 48 different news outlets from five media sectors.
- Key Data Trends - frequently asked Pew survey questions and data
- Datasets - Pew Research Center datasets available to scholars for secondary analysis
Daily Numbers from the Last Seven Days
May 9
66% - Mom's Toughest Critics
Two of every three women ages 50-64 say today's mothers are doing a worse job as parents than mothers did 20 or 30 years ago -- the highest level of criticism among any age-sex group in the US population.
May 8
23% - Republicans Rating the Economy as Good or Excellent
Fewer than one-in-four Republicans (23%) now rate economic conditions as excellent or good, substantially fewer than did so a few months ago.
May 7
57% - Iraq War Wrong Decision
The proportion of the U.S. public saying the decision to go to war in Iraq was wrong has edged up to 57%, the highest percentage expressing this view in the five years of the Iraq war.
May 6
51% - The Party's Over
A majority (51%) of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters now says the undecided nomination contest is bad for the party, up from 27% in late February.
May 5
2 - Media Pass on NY Times Pentagon Piece
A single pair of follow-up stories to The New York Times military analyst expose have appeared in the mainstream press, according to a PEJ analysis.
May 3
9% - Looking For Love Online
Only 9% of online adults have used a search engine to find information about a romantic partner.
