Key facts about Americans and guns
Six-in-ten U.S. adults say gun violence is a very big problem in the country today, up 9 percentage points from spring 2022.
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Six-in-ten U.S. adults say gun violence is a very big problem in the country today, up 9 percentage points from spring 2022.
Mothers are more likely than fathers to be extremely or very worried about a school shooting, and concerns also vary by race and ethnicity.
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.
Kamala Harris embodies trends that have been unfolding over recent decades. As a result, many Americans can see themselves in her story.
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.
Despite improvements in recent decades, the former East Germany trails the former West on several important economic measures.
While there are many reasons that Americans get science news, the most common driver of attention to science news is curiosity, according to a 2017 Pew Research Center study. But people are also motivated to seek out science news for different reasons depending on the issues they care about most, with the environment being a prime example.
We gathered key facts for this year’s Population Association of America (PAA) meeting.
Still another reason to send your children to college: You’ll live longer.
Second-generation immigrants are just “catching up” with the rest of us, a new study says.
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