With billions confined to their homes worldwide, which living arrangements are most common?
Looking at household living arrangements in 130 countries and territories may shed light on how coronavirus-related quarantines are being felt.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
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.
Globally, women are younger than their male partners. They also are more likely to age alone and to live in single-parent households.
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.
Just half of Americans (52%) say they trust all or most of their neighbors, while a similar share (48%) say they trust some or none of their neighbors. Neighborly trust also varies between demographic groups.
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