Tuesday, May 10, 2011

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]

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