Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

Read our research on:

Publications

Refine Your Results

  • report

    Women, Men and Marriage

    Our new report uses four decades of U.S. Census data to delve into historic gender role reversals in the spousal characteristics and economic benefits of marriage.

  • short reads

    Mixed Reactions

    Asked to state what race they are (black; white; Asian; some other race) and told they could choose as many categories as they wished, just 1% of Americans identified with more than one category.

  • short reads

    Top Discrimination Targets: Gays

    A plurality of the public believes that gays and lesbians face “a lot” of bias — roughly double the proportions that see widespread discrimination against blacks or Hispanics.

  • short reads

    Racial Convergence

    Seven-in-ten whites and six-in-ten blacks say that the values held by blacks and whites have become more similar in the past 10 years.

  • short reads

    Discrimination Against Hispanics

    More Americans now say that Hispanics face “a lot” of discrimination than say the same about blacks, whites or Asians.

  • short reads

    Who’s Responsible?

    A majority of blacks now say that blacks who cannot get ahead in this country are mainly responsible for their own situation.

  • short reads

    Is Obama Black?

    Overall, about a quarter of Americans see President Obama as black; a majority see him as of mixed race.

  • report

    Women, Men and the New Economics of Marriage

    In the past, when relatively few wives worked, marriage enhanced the economic status of women more than that of men. Recently, however, the economic gains associated with marriage have been greater for men.

  • short reads

    African Americans More Upbeat

    Nearly twice as many blacks now as in 2007 say that the “situation of black people in this country” is better than it was five years earlier.