Survey Reports

1997 Survey Reports

December 22, 1997
High Personal Contentment, Low News Interest
Top 10 Stories of the Year


November 21, 1997
AMERICANS SUPPORT ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING
Progress Seen On AIDS, Jobs, Crime and the Deficit


November 9, 1997
STOCK MARKET DOWN, NEW MEDIA UP


October 10, 1997
America's Place in the World II
More Comfort with Post-Cold War Era; Opinion Leaders Say, Public Differs


October 7, 1997
PUBLIC AND OPINION LEADERS FAVOR NATO ENLARGEMENT
As Senate Begins Consideration


September 12, 1997
DIANA'S DEATH INTERESTED EVERYONE - A RARE NEWS EVENT


August 15, 1997
WHEN WASHINGTON WORKS, INCUMBENTS PROSPER
Now Fix Education and Social Security


June 27, 1997
PUBLIC DIVIDED ON MEDICARE REFORMS
90% Doubt Tax Cut


May 23, 1997
AMERICANS ONLY A LITTLE BETTER OFF, BUT MUCH LESS ANXIOUS
What Budget Agreement?


May 17, 1997
Ten Years of the Pew News Interest Index


May 9, 1997
MOTHERHOOD TODAY -- A TOUGHER JOB, LESS ABLY DONE
As American Women See It


April 18, 1997
TRUST AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT IN METROPOLITAN PHILADELPHIA: A CASE STUDY


April 11, 1997
AMERICANS UNMOVED BY WASHINGTON'S BIG STORIES
77% Fear Nuclear, Biological Terrorism


March 21, 1997
FEWER FAVOR MEDIA SCRUTINY OF POLITICAL LEADERS
Press "Unfair, Inaccurate and Pushy"


February 28, 1997
WIDESPREAD PESSIMISM ABOUT BALANCED BUDGET
Bipartisanship, Yes... Compromise, Maybe


January 24, 1997
PUBLIC INDIFFERENT ABOUT NATO EXPANSION


January 17, 1997
THE OPTIMISM GAP GROWS
Politics, Morality, Entitlements Sap Confidence


January 16, 1997
A PARTISAN PUBLIC AGENDA
Opinion of Clinton and Congress Improves


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