Nearly one-in-five middle-income families report receiving unemployment benefits in 2020.
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42% of U.S. adults say that dealing with climate change should be a top priority for President Joe Biden and Congress to address this year.
Most Americans who have heard about the law say it’s had a positive impact on gender equality in the United States (63%).
The share of adults who live in middle-class households fell from 61% in 1971 to 50% in 2021, according to a new analysis.
Nearly one-in-five middle-income families report receiving unemployment benefits in 2020.
Many Black Americans say they learn about their ancestors and U.S. Black history from family.
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Here are some of the key measures of the housing affordability crunch in the United States and the reasons behind it.
Attitudes toward NATO have grown more positive: 67% express a favorable opinion of the organization, up from 61% in 2021.
72% of Americans have confidence in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, higher than any other international leader asked about.
More than 3.7 million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries – the sixth-largest refugee outflow over the past 60-plus years.
About a third of adults (32%) say the U.S. is providing about the right amount of support for Ukraine, while a larger share (42%) says it should be providing more support; just 7% say it is giving Ukraine too much support.
Americans in 2022 find themselves in an environment that is at once greatly improved and frustratingly familiar.
Americans are increasingly critical of the response to COVID-19 from elected officeholders and public health officials. Positive ratings of public health officials, such as those at the CDC, have fallen 10 points since August. And 60% of U.S. adults say they’ve felt confused as a result of changes to recommendations on how to slow the spread of COVID-19.
A new survey, along with a related series of focus groups, shows the many nuanced views Black Americans hold about science.
Most Black Catholic churchgoers are racial minorities in their congregations, unlike White and Hispanic Catholics – and Black Protestants
Fewer than half of Black adults say they have a three-month emergency fund, and some have taken multiple jobs to make ends meet.
The U.S. Hispanic population reached 62.1 million in 2020, an increase of 23% over the previous decade.
“A record 23 million Asian Americans trace their roots to more than 20 countries … and the U.S. Asian population is projected to reach 46 million by 2060.”
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