More than one in three Americans considers the decline in African American players in Major League Baseball to be a problem. … African Americans, 49%, are more likely than whites, 34%, to consider the composition of MLB players to be troublesome. CONT. Marist Poll Read more »
Parents’ College Funding Worries Are Top Money Concern
More U.S. parents worry about having enough money to pay for their children’s college education than other Americans worry about any common financial concerns. The 73% of parents of children younger than 18 who worry about funding college tops the 70% of lower-income Americans who worry about having enough money […] Read more »
Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015
24% of teens go online “almost constantly,” facilitated by the widespread availability of smartphones. Aided by the convenience and constant access provided by mobile devices, especially smartphones, 92% of teens report going online daily — including 24% who say they go online “almost constantly,” according to a new study from […] Read more »
Percentage Saying Vaccines Are Vital Dips Slightly
A slight majority of Americans, 54%, say it is extremely important that parents get their children vaccinated, down from the 64% who held this belief 14 years ago. Another 30% call it “very important” — unchanged from 2001. The rest, 15%, consider it “somewhat,” “not very” or “not at all […] Read more »
Conservatives are more likely to believe that vaccines cause autism
In the recent political flare-up about vaccines, a persistent topic of debate is how attitudes toward vaccines are shaped by political ideology. Some research finds little association between perceptions of vaccine risk and political ideology — suggesting that vaccines are less politicized than many other scientific issues. But a recent […] Read more »
Majority of Americans want vaccines to be required as measles outbreak grows
A new CNN/ORC poll shows nearly 8 of 10 Americans believe parents should be required to vaccinate their healthy children against preventable diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella and polio. If the children are not vaccinated, most agree the child should not be allowed to attend public school or day […] Read more »