What the data says about Social Security
Most U.S. adults said Social Security benefits shouldn’t be reduced in any way – a view broadly shared across ages, racial and ethnic groups, partisan affiliations and income brackets.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Most U.S. adults said Social Security benefits shouldn’t be reduced in any way – a view broadly shared across ages, racial and ethnic groups, partisan affiliations and income brackets.
Overall, there are about 42.5 million Americans with disabilities, making up 13% of the civilian noninstitutionalized population.
Public K-12 schools in the United States educate about 7.3 million students with disabilities – a number that has grown over the last few decades.
The Education Department is the main conduit for federal aid to public K-12 schools and a major lender to college students.
Workplace diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, or DEI, are increasingly becoming part of national political debates. For a majority of employed U.S. adults (56%), focusing on increasing DEI at work is a good thing. But relatively small shares of workers place a lot of importance on diversity at their workplace.
In 2021, 18% of parents didn’t work for pay, which was unchanged from 2016, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
A majority of U.S. adults say they’re bothered a lot by the feeling that some corporations (61%) and some wealthy people (60%) don’t pay their fair share.
The share of the public that supports authoritarian systems ranges from 85% in India to 8% in Sweden.
The food stamp program is one of the larger federal social welfare initiatives, and in its current form has been around for nearly six decades.
58% of those ages 18 to 29 have experienced high levels of psychological distress at least once between March 2020 and September 2022.
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