A third of Americans experienced high levels of psychological distress during the coronavirus outbreak
Distress levels changed little overall from March to April, but this concealed considerable change at the individual level over this period.
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Distress levels changed little overall from March to April, but this concealed considerable change at the individual level over this period.
About a third of Americans register low levels of trust in other people, versus 29% who are “high trusters” and 32% who are “medium trusters.”
Sharply growing majorities of Americans say the outbreak poses a major threat to the health of the U.S. population and the nation’s economy.
Here’s what our surveys have found about how Americans across the age spectrum have experienced the coronavirus pandemic.
The official U.S. unemployment rate understated the situation for women, Asian Americans, immigrants and workers without a bachelor’s degree.
Most Americans are at least somewhat happy with their lives, but some have grappled with issues like loneliness and work-life balance.
Around half of Hispanics say they or someone in their household has taken a pay cut or lost a job – or both – because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The experiences of several groups of workers in the COVID-19 outbreak vary notably from how they experienced the Great Recession.
Republicans and Democrats have similar views on some aspects of the coronavirus outbreak, though areas of significant disagreement remain.
A large share of expert respondents in this canvassing expect some already evident trends to extend and expand through 2025. They said the greatest needs include more refined and responsive global governance of the complex systems on which people depend, as telemedicine, telework, tele-learning and tele-life spread. These dependences will increase demands for expansion of […]
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