Pew Research Center for the People and the Press » Household and Family Structure http://www.people-press.org Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:55:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Pew Research Year in Review http://www.people-press.org/2012/12/17/pew-research-year-in-review/ http://www.people-press.org/2012/12/17/pew-research-year-in-review/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:38:08 +0000 Pew Research Center for the People and the Press http://www.people-press.org/?p=20048095 The Year in Data The Lost Decade of the Middle Class Record Educational Achievement About one out of five (19%) of the nation’s households owed student debt in 2010, more than double the share two decades earlier and a significant rise from the 15% that owed such debt in 2007, just prior to the onset of the Great Recession. The Pew Research analysis also found a record 40% of all households headed by someone younger than age 35 owe such debt, by far the highest share among any age group. The Boomerang Generation A Gender Reversal in Career Aspirations Plurality Support for Gay Marriage Decline of U.S. Birth Rate Asian American Population Surges The Decline of Migration from Mexico The Growth of the Latino Vote The Widening American Political Divide More See Evidence of Global Warming A Shift in Global Power? Low Marks for the Presidential Campaign ‘Dual Screening’ Live Events A Shift in News Reading Habits Americans Embrace Social Media Mobile Tipping Point New Mobile and Digital Habits A Less Religious Nation ]]> http://www.people-press.org/2012/12/17/pew-research-year-in-review/feed/ 0