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This decade will likely be the first since the one that began in 1850 to break a long-running decline in American household size.

Amid questions over e-cigarettes and public health, here’s a look at what data shows about vaping in the U.S.

Black and Hispanic adults are more likely than whites to say they feel a need to change the way they talk around people of other races and ethnicities.

Moms are more likely than dads to say they are the primary meal preparers, and they spend more time on average than dads on meal preparation.

Household incomes in the United States have rebounded from their 2012 bottom in the wake of the Great Recession. And for the most part, the typical incomes of households headed by less-educated adults as well as more-educated adults have increased.

Veterans of prime working age generally fare at least as well as non-veterans in the U.S. job market, though there are differences in the work they do.

Balancing work and family duties brings challenges for working parents. Yet many say working is best for them at this point in their life.

Today’s active duty military is smaller and more racially and ethnically diverse than in previous generations. More women are officers.

What it means to be a military veteran in the United States is being shaped by a new generation of service members. About one-in-five veterans today served on active duty after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Their collective experiences – from deployment to combat to the transition back to civilian life – are markedly different from those who served in previous eras.

A majority of Americans have heard about the use of gender-neutral pronouns, and about one-in-five personally know someone who goes by such pronouns.