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    App Downloaders

    Three-in-ten adults who use cell phones have downloaded an app to their phone.

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    Okay to “Walk Away” from a Mortgage

    More than a third of Americans say it is acceptable to “walk away” from a home mortgage, at least under certain circumstances.

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    Taxed Enough Already?

    Despite increased anti-government sentiment, more Americans say they pay about the right amount in taxes than say they pay more than their fair share.

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    Attention Shoppers: Online Product Research

    Nearly six-in-ten adults have done research online about the products and services they buy, and about a quarter have posted comments or reviews online about the things they buy.

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    Online Product Research

    58% of Americans have researched a product or service online; 24% have posted comments or reviews online about the things they buy.

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    Online Product Research

    58% of Americans have researched a product or service online; 24% have posted comments or reviews online about the things they buy.

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    U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey

    Executive Summary Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions. On average, Americans correctly answer 16 of the 32 religious knowledge questions on the […]

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    New Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Survey Explores Religious Knowledge in the U.S.

    For Immediate ReleaseSeptember 28, 2010, 12:01 a.m. Washington, D.C. —Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions about the core teachings, history and leading figures […]