Americans name China as the country posing the greatest threat to the U.S.
In an open-ended question allowing Americans to name which country they see as the greatest threat to the U.S., 50% name China.
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In an open-ended question allowing Americans to name which country they see as the greatest threat to the U.S., 50% name China.
Much larger shares of people in most nations see China’s influence growing than say the same of the United States.
A median of 70% of adults across 19 countries say children in their country will be worse off than their parents financially when they grow up.
A new survey, along with a related series of focus groups, shows the many nuanced views Black Americans hold about science.
Nearly half of Americans (47%) say that the United States’ influence in the world has been getting weaker in recent years.
The shares of American 9- and 13-year-olds who say they read for fun on an almost daily basis have dropped from nearly a decade ago.
People in advanced and emerging economies have mixed feelings about social media’s impact on political life.
Fewer than 1 million foreign students enrolled for either online or in-person classes at U.S. universities in the 2020-21 school year.
In his second year in office, Joe Biden receives generally positive ratings in the 18 countries surveyed in spring 2022.
The growing gender gap in higher education – in enrollment and graduation rates – has been a topic of conversation and debate in recent months.
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