Globally, women are younger than their male partners, more likely to age alone
Globally, women are younger than their male partners. They also are more likely to age alone and to live in single-parent households.
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Globally, women are younger than their male partners. They also are more likely to age alone and to live in single-parent households.
Some countries where COVID-19 has been deadliest – including the United States and Italy – have populations that skew considerably older than the global average.
A median of 45% across 34 surveyed countries say it is necessary to believe in God to be moral and have good values. However, public opinion on this question, as well as the role of God, prayer and religion varies by country, region and economic development.
Trials are rare in the federal criminal justice system: Just 2% of criminal defendants went to trial in fiscal 2018. Acquittals are even rarer.
Amid questions over e-cigarettes and public health, here’s a look at what data shows about vaping in the U.S.
Depression is rising among American teenagers, and teen girls are particularly likely to have had recent depressive episodes.
More than one-in-five voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are racial or ethnic minorities.
While women are still underrepresented in top corporate jobs, there has been a small increase in the share of women executives in such positions over the past decade.
English language learners in U.S. K-12 public schools are a diverse group from many different states and native language backgrounds.
Despite some ups and downs over the past several decades, today’s real average wage in the U.S. has about the same purchasing power it did 40 years ago. And most of what wage gains there have been have flowed to the highest-paid tier of workers.
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