Amid the pandemic, a rising share of older U.S. adults are now retired
As of the third quarter of 2021, 50.3% of U.S. adults 55 and older said they were out of the labor force due to retirement.
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As of the third quarter of 2021, 50.3% of U.S. adults 55 and older said they were out of the labor force due to retirement.
Hiring by the self-employed has fallen since 2019, with the cutbacks emanating mainly from businesses run by men.
Amid mounting public concern about violent crime in the U.S., Americans’ attitudes about police funding in their own community have shifted.
The 2020 census counted 126.8 million occupied households, representing 9% growth over the 116.7 million households counted in the 2010 census.
On key economic outcomes, single adults at prime working age increasingly lag behind those who are married or cohabiting
Veterans and non-veterans in the United States largely align when it comes to the decision to pull all troops out of Afghanistan.
Currently, 55% of U.S. adults express at least some support for the Black Lives Matter movement, unchanged from a year ago.
Earnings overall have held steady through the pandemic in part because lower-wage workers experienced steeper job losses.
The share of mothers who said it would be best for them to work full time dropped from 51% to 44% between 2019 and 2020.
Americans’ comfort levels with using gender-neutral pronouns to refer to someone have remained static since 2017.
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