NORC: The Early Years blog
The National Opinion Research Center is a non-profit organization associated with the University of Chicago. NORC has been conducting polls since 1941.…
A Guide to Roper's New Home, in Polls
This fall the Roper Center will relocate to Cornell University in beautiful Ithaca, New York! We're so excited about our new home that we wanted to share…
Prescription Painkiller Abuse - HSPH/Boston Globe Poll blog
The CDC estimates that almost two million people abused painkillers in the year 2013, and everyday seven thousand people go to the emergency room for…
Hurricane Katrina: A Look Back blog
Hurricane Katrina was one of the most deadly, costly, and destructive storms in U.S. history. A decade later, people impacted by the storm are still…
Rutger's Work Trends Series blog
The John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development is based at Rutgers University. The university-based research and policy center, founded in 1997, is…
Pew Hispanic Trends: National Surveys of Latinos blog
Pew Hispanic Trends Project by Pew Research Center chronicles the diverse and changing lives of the U.S. Latino population and its impact on the nation.…
What Shapes Health? blog
When people say that they're healthy, what do they mean? What external factors can cause health problems, and what is it exactly that makes a person…
Special Education in Public Schools blog
This one-of-a-kind Public Agenda Foundation poll asks about the unique concerns and experiences that parents of special needs children have, especially…
Employers Perspectives on the Health Insurance Market blog
New health care legislation affects small business owners in unique ways. They deal first-hand with the potential fiscal and staffing issues brought about…
Climate Change in the American Mind blog
The March 2015 Climate Change in the American Mind study asks questions about global climate change issues, including its causes and effects, how to…
2014 TransAtlantic Trends Survey
What role should the United States play in the world? Should Iran be prevented from obtaining nuclear weapons, and what measures should be taken? Are…
2014 Chicago Council on Global Affairs Survey
With frequent debates about defense spending and international intervention, United States foreign policy is often at the forefront of conversations about…
Attitudes of American Women 1962 blog
The 1960’s are a decade characterized by social change, counterculture, and civil disobedience. From the Stonewall demonstrations to the moon…
Nine historical polling results that might surprise you
Draft Rosie the Riveter - then fire her In March, 1944, Gallup asked a war-weary country whether they preferred the army to "draft 300,000 single women…
2014 National Poll on the Civil Justice System
DRI -- The Voice of the Defense Bar and Langer Research Associates have teamed together for their third annual poll on the civil justice system. Find out…
Latin American Databank blog
The Latin American Databank features a collection of roughly 1500 studies from South American, Central American, and Caribbean countries, as well as…
2014 "Non-Employed" Poll blog
Find out the concerns and experiences faced by out-of-work Americans in this new poll of the non-employed sponsored by the Henry J. Kaiser Family…
2014 Kaiser Family Foundation Poll - ACA and the Supreme Court blog
After the Affordable Care Act was passed, the Supreme Court dealt with the case of for-profit companies providing birth control to women in their…
Office of Public Opinion Research Collection blog
The Office of Public Opinion Research Collection, established by Hadley Cantril, spans the turbulent years of World War II. The first survey took place…
Pew Global's India Winter 2014 Survey
How big of a threat are extremist groups to India and her neighbors? Do you approve of drone usage by the United States? Are the punishments for…