Despite the pandemic, wage growth held firm for most U.S. workers, with little effect on inequality
Earnings overall have held steady through the pandemic in part because lower-wage workers experienced steeper job losses.
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Earnings overall have held steady through the pandemic in part because lower-wage workers experienced steeper job losses.
The 30-year low reflects in part tight labor markets and falling unemployment, but also higher shares of young women at work or in school.
Black Americans are the most likely to say that what happens to people from their racial group affects them personally.
Establishing the interviewer’s perceived race or ethnicity is essential to understanding how it might affect the respondent’s answers to survey questions.
Migration, racial or ethnic self-identity, and marriage were among the many topics explored at the Population Association of America’s annual meeting last month.
Republicans and Democrats have vastly different opinions about how well police do their jobs and the realities of policing today.
General awareness of Black Lives Matter is widespread among black and white U.S. adults, but attitudes about the movement vary considerably between groups.
The number of U.S. households renting their home increased significantly between 2006 and 2016, as did the share.
There are deep divisions between blacks and whites in how they see racial discrimination, barriers to black progress and prospects for change.
There are profound differences between black and white Americans in how they view the current state of race relations and racial equality and in the ways they experience day-to-day life.
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