Pew Research: Accepters, Skeptics, and Rejecters on Changes in Family Structure

Daily Number:  31%-32%-37% - Judging Family Trends. (Pew Research Center, 5/10/2011)

Excerpt:   The American family has seen sweeping changes over the past half century. How these changes are viewed splits the public into three roughly equal groups: Accepters, Rejecters and Skeptics.

Accepters (31%). More likely to be represented in this group.

• Women
• Hispanics
• East Coast residents
• Adult who seldom or never attend religious services

Skeptics (37%).  More likely to be represented in this group.

• Young people
• Democrats and political independents
• Minorities

Rejecters (32%).  More likely to be represented in this group.

• Whites
• Older adults
• Religiously observant
• Married adults
• [Oh, you mean, like John Ensign, Larry Craig, David Vitter, and Ted Haggard]