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.
A quarter of U.S. adults ages 25 to 34 resided in a multigenerational family household in 2021, up from 9% in 1971.
Roughly 9.6 million U.S. workers lost their jobs during the COVID-19 downturn; only about 2.6 million EU workers lost jobs in this period.
The gender wage gap is narrower among younger workers nationally, and the gap varies across geographical areas.
Mental health concerns top the list of worries for parents, followed by concerns about their children being bullied. The vast majority of parents say being a parent is enjoyable and rewarding all or most of the time, but substantial shares also find it tiring and stressful.
49% of Americans say the availability of affordable housing in their local community is a major problem, up 10 points from early 2018.
The reasons Americans without children don’t expect to have them range from just not wanting to have kids to concerns about climate change.
The biggest takeaway may be the extent to which the decidedly nonpartisan virus met with an increasingly partisan response.
The share of mothers who said it would be best for them to work full time dropped from 51% to 44% between 2019 and 2020.
In the United States, the transience of economic status varies significantly across racial and ethnic groups and by level of education.
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