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Sociology Class Supplement: Pew Research Center Project

About Pew

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions.

How to Cite the Pew Research Center

 

Cite articles and data sets from Pew Research Center like this:

Author, A.A., & Author, B.B. or Name of Group. (Publication date). Report title: Subtitle if given [Format type]. URL

Examples:

No Author:

Pew Research Center. (2018). American trends panel: Wave 26 [Data set]. https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/dataset/american-trends-panel-wave-26/

With Author:

Starr, K.J., & Lesage, K. (2024). Korean Americans are much more likely than people in South Korea to be Christian. Pew Research Center [Report]. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/08/30/korean-americans-are-much-more-likely-than-people-in-south-korea-to-be-christian/

Note: URLs for Pew Reports are often named, and don't resemble typical https:// addresses. Cut and paste the URL from its source. 

Sample APA-formatted Paper