Most Americans who are ‘single and looking’ say dating has been harder during the pandemic
Seven-in-ten U.S. adults who are single and looking for a relationship or dates say their dating lives are not going well.
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Seven-in-ten U.S. adults who are single and looking for a relationship or dates say their dating lives are not going well.
Most Americans (62%) own a pet, including 35% who have more than one. And nearly all U.S. pet owners (97%) say their pets are part of their family.
1.6% of U.S. adults are transgender or nonbinary. Also, a rising share of Americans say they know someone who is transgender.
Americans’ comfort levels with using gender-neutral pronouns to refer to someone have remained static since 2017.
Most say that, compared with five years ago, those who commit sexual harassment or assault at work are more likely to be held responsible and those who report it are more likely to be believed.
The reasons Americans without children don’t expect to have them range from just not wanting to have kids to concerns about climate change.
About a year since the coronavirus recession began, there are some signs of improvement in the U.S. labor market, and Americans are feeling somewhat better about their personal finances than they were early in the pandemic.
About half of Americans see their identity reflected very well in the census’s race and ethnicity questions.
Many single-and-looking people wouldn’t want to date someone who voted for the opposing party’s candidate in the 2016 presidential election.
A majority of LGB adults report that they have used an online dating site or app, roughly twice the share of straight adults who say the same.
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