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Recent stats on poverty, divorce, and perceptions of Islam.

14%

35%

42%

Average increase in requests for emergency food assistance in 25 U.S. cities from 2003 to 2004. Americans who have divorced. Americans of low personal religiosity who perceive Islam as violent.

8%

34%

65%

Improvement in the U.S. employment rate from November 2003 to November 2004. Married born-again adults who divorced after they became Christians. Americans of high personal religiosity who perceive Islam as violent.

Sources: U.S. Conference of Mayors-Sodexho USA Hunger and Homelessness Survey; Bureau of Labor Statistics; The Barna Group; Media and Society Research Group, Cornell University

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Sources: U.S. Conference of Mayors—Sodexho USA Hunger and Homelessness Survey 2004, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Barna, Media and Society Research Group, Cornell University.

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