Across U.S. religious groups, more see decline of marriage as negative than positive
Large numbers of Americans in many different religious groups express concern about fewer people getting married.
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Large numbers of Americans in many different religious groups express concern about fewer people getting married.
Disagreements among Americans across the religious spectrum extend to personal issues, such as life priorities and gender roles in the family.
A new Pew Research Center report takes a closer look at Jewish Americans. Here are 10 of our key findings.
Looking at household living arrangements in 130 countries and territories may shed light on how coronavirus-related quarantines are being felt.
Almost a quarter of U.S. children under 18 live with one parent and no other adults, more than three times the share of children around the world who do so.
In the United States, 27% of adults ages 60 and older live alone, compared with 16% of adults in the 130 countries and territories studied.
Globally, women are younger than their male partners. They also are more likely to age alone and to live in single-parent households.
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.
But among those who have children, there are notable differences in perceptions of who actually does more of the work around the house.
We gathered key facts for this year’s Population Association of America (PAA) meeting.
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