8 facts about Americans with disabilities
Overall, there are about 42.5 million Americans with disabilities, making up 13% of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.
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Overall, there are about 42.5 million Americans with disabilities, making up 13% of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.
Across 24 countries, large shares have an unfavorable view of Russia and no confidence in Putin to do the right thing regarding world affairs.
Republican- and Democratic-led states alike already require hundreds of thousands of citizens to be vaccinated against various diseases.
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.
The pandemic and its effects on society became a pervasive part of the media narrative about Joe Biden’s first 60 days in office.
Dealing with coronavirus has declined as a policy priority, especially among Republicans. This marks a shift from last year, when the economy and the coronavirus both topped the public’s policy agenda.
Hispanic enrollment at postsecondary institutions in the U.S. has risen from 1.5 million in 2000 to a new high of 3.8 million in 2019.
In Americans’ views of some aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak, there is little, or only modest, partisan difference.
Publics disagree about whether restrictions on public activity, such as stay-at-home orders or mandates to wear masks in public, have gone far enough to combat COVID-19.
There are differences by age in Americans’ attitudes about whether the U.S. should focus more on domestic problems or be more globally active.
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