Three-quarters of adults say they are very satisfied with their family life; 19% are somewhat satisfied.

Among Americans who have ever lived with an unmarried partner, nearly two-thirds say they thought about it as a step toward marriage.

A plurality of Americans (43%) disapprove of gay and lesbian couples raising children, but that number has declined from 50% in 2007.

More than nine-in-ten married people say that love is a very important reason to marry while only about three-in-ten cite financial stability as an important factor. The data suggest otherwise.

Jobs remain the public’s primary economic concern, and given the pessimism about job availability, it’s not hard to see why.

Just a quarter of the public knows that it takes 60 votes to break a filibuster in the Senate.

Only about a third of Americans in a fall survey expected better economic conditions a year hence. By contrast, in the midst of the Great Depression, and with another downturn in the offing, half of Americans still expected general business conditions to improve over the next six months.