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The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It is made up of seven projects. PewResearch.org is a portal to material produced by the seven projects and also a home to original material produced exclusively for this site.

When the material resides on project sites, summaries appear on the pewresearch.org site, with links to the full documents on the particular project web site. The archive of past reports and other features include material posted directly on pewresearch.org beginning in February 2006. Complete lists of all project reports and other features, including archives of material released prior to February 2006, can be found on the individual project websites.

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  • Spotlight - a new report or analysis of special interest
  • Recent Findings and Releases - more studies, transcripts and analyses from the Center and its projects, as well as an archive of items featured on the site
  • Databank - includes the Daily Number, typically drawn from Pew studies; the Weekly News Coverage Index presented by the Project for Excellence in Journalism; Key Trends Snapshot, featuring frequently referenced Pew data; and Where Do You Fit, an interactive feature that allows users to compare themselves with national samples
  • Pew Research Center Projects: Latest Headlines - Links to and featured reports on the websites of the seven projects that make up the Center

Topic Index

  • Demography - studies related to population trends
  • Domestic Policy - studies and backgrounders on domestic policy such as education and health care
  • Economics - studies related to labor, personal finance, consumer behavior and attitudes toward the economy
  • Energy and Environment - studies on energy and the environment
  • Foreign Policy/Global - studies related to international public opinion and U.S. public opinion on national security and other foreign policy issues
  • Immigration - analysis of trends in immigration and their impact
  • Internet and Technology - studies of the social impact of the internet and other technology trends
  • Legal - studies and backgrounders on legal cases and issues before the Supreme Court and lower courts
  • News Media - trends in news coverage, news interest and the state of the industry, plus attitudes toward the press
  • Politics and Elections - news articles, opinion polls, turnout analysis and more related to national and state politics
  • Public Opinion - surveys of publics in the U.S and other countries
  • Religion - surveys, analyses and event transcripts related to religion and public affairs
  • Research Methodology - studies examining methodological issues in polling
  • Social Trends - surveys examining the everyday lives of Americans, at work, at play, in their communities and in their families
  • State Government - studies and news articles examining state policy trends

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Databank

  • 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
  • Dataset Download - Pew Research Center datasets available to scholars for secondary analysis

Where Do You Fit?

  • Interactive features that allow users to compare their own responses to those of larger national and international groups

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Projects of the Center

  • Links to the websites of each of the seven Pew Research Center projects

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