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Key takeaways: In a world where health information can come from countless sources outside of a doctor’s visit, social media and AI chatbots offer newer, digital-first avenues to health news and advice for some Americans. But these always-available alternatives don’t necessarily include guarantees of accuracy or understandability, and some of that shows in how users […]
The number of Black eligible voters in the United States is projected to reach 34.4 million in November 2024 after several years of modest growth.
The 119th Congress is the most racially and ethnically diverse in history, and it includes the nation’s first openly transgender legislator at the federal level.
More than 80% of Americans believe elected officials don’t care what people like them think.
Across religious groups, majorities see America’s openness to others as essential to national identity. But views on rising immigration are more mixed. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center.
Naturalized citizens make up a record number of eligible voters in 2022, most of whom have lived here more than 20 years.
Here’s a look back at 2023 through some of our most striking research findings.
The data in this report is drawn from a national cross-sectional survey conducted for Pew Research Center by Westat. The sampling design of the survey was an address-based sampling (ABS) approach, supplemented by list samples, to reach a nationally representative group of respondents. The survey was fielded July 5, 2022, through Jan. 27, 2023. Self-administered […]
This report draws on three surveys and a series of focus groups conducted by Pew Research Center between 2021 and 2023. These include a nationally representative survey of Asian American adults, two nationally representative surveys of U.S. adults, and a qualitative study of Asian Americans. Brief descriptions of and links to the methodologies for these […]
Today, the average annual earnings of older workers lag behind those of younger workers, but the gap is nowhere near what it once was. In 1964, the average annual earnings of workers ages 65 and older were 19% of the average earnings of workers ages 25 to 64: $5,200 vs. $26,900, respectively. (Figures in this […]
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