Academic, emotional concerns outweigh COVID-19 risks in parents’ views about keeping schools open
53% of parents of K-12 students say schools in the United States should be providing a mix of in-person and online instruction this winter.
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A growing share of Americans say affordable housing is a major problem where they live
49% of Americans say the availability of affordable housing in their local community is a major problem, up 10 points from early 2018.
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Some gender disparities widened in the U.S. workforce during the pandemic
Among adults 25 and older who have no education beyond high school, more women have left the labor force than men.
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Trust in America: Do Americans trust the police?
While views of and experiences with police vary substantially across demographic groups, there is support for a number of police reforms.
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Trust in America: How do Americans view economic inequality?
Amid rising inequality, many Americans feel that the U.S. economic system is unfair and generally favors powerful special interests.
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In 2020, fewer Americans moved, exodus from cities slowed
Americans relocated less during the COVID-19 outbreak, moving from one residence to another in 2020 at the lowest rate in more than 70 years.
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Americans Are Less Likely Than Before COVID-19 To Want To Live in Cities, More Likely To Prefer Suburbs
Nearly half of U.S. adults say the pandemic has driven people in their community apart. Many see a long road to recovery: About one-in-five say life in their community will never get back to the way it was before COVID-19.
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Growing share of childless adults in U.S. don’t expect to ever have children
The reasons Americans without children don’t expect to have them range from just not wanting to have kids to concerns about climate change.
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What’s behind the growing gap between men and women in college completion?
The growing gender gap in higher education – in enrollment and graduation rates – has been a topic of conversation and debate in recent months.
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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.
