Among parents with young adult children, some dads feel less connected to their kids than moms do
Majorities of both moms and dads with a young adult child age 18 to 34 say they’re as involved in their child’s day-to-day life as they’d like to be.
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Majorities of both moms and dads with a young adult child age 18 to 34 say they’re as involved in their child’s day-to-day life as they’d like to be.
For Father’s Day, here are six facts about the views and experiences shaping fatherhood in the United States today.
Today’s 21-year-olds are less likely than their predecessors in 1980 to have reached five key milestones, including having a full-time job.
For Mother’s Day, here’s a snapshot of what motherhood looks like in the U.S. today, drawn from government data and Pew Research Center surveys.
Among all married or cohabiting adults, 53% say things in their marriage or relationship currently are going very well.
Recent pandemic migrants are more likely than those who moved earlier in the outbreak to have relocated due to financial stress.
The share of 18- to 29-year-olds living with their parents has become a majority since U.S. coronavirus cases began spreading early this year.
45% of Americans don’t think it makes a difference that there is growing variety in the types of family arrangements people live in.
This decade will likely be the first since the one that began in 1850 to break a long-running decline in American household size.
As marriage rates have declined, the share of U.S. adults who have ever lived with an unmarried partner has risen.
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