Younger adults in the United States often use digital devices and media at higher rates than older adults, and they are much more inclined than their elders to engage with podcasts. Two-thirds of adults under 30 say they have listened to a podcast in the past 12 months, as do almost six-in-ten respondents ages of […]
To better understand the coming out experiences of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender adults, we asked them: Half or more in each group say they knew they were gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans before age 14. Far fewer say they first told someone by that age. Small shares ranging from 1% to 4% across these […]
To understand how U.S. adults see their own masculinity and femininity, we asked men and women to rate themselves on two scales: We then subtracted ratings on the femininity scale from ratings on the masculinity scale to come up with an overall rating for each respondent. For example, if someone rated themselves a 4 on […]
Over three weeks studied, a majority of posts on current events or civic issues (55%) by news influencers were about government, politics or the election.
Most say having a personal relationship with Jesus is essential to Catholic identity. Roughly half say this about Marian devotion and helping the poor.