The Data on Women Leaders
Key trends and data on women in top U.S. political, business and higher education positions.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Key trends and data on women in top U.S. political, business and higher education positions.
Latinas have made considerable gains on several fronts in the last two decades. The share with a bachelor’s degree has roughly doubled since 2003, and their labor force participation rate and median hourly wage have both increased. However, Hispanic women still lag Hispanic men, non-Hispanic White men and non-Hispanic women in labor force participation and […]
Young adults are more likely than in the past to have a college education, work full time and have student debt. They’re less likely to be married or have kids.
63% of Americans are pessimistic about the country’s moral and ethical standards, and 59% are pessimistic about its education system.
A majority of those who say it’s headed in the wrong direction say a major reason is that schools are not spending enough time on core academic subjects.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to limit affirmative action in higher education is likely to have the biggest impact on a relatively small group of schools.
Key takeaways Amid a record number of U.S. measles cases and falling childhood vaccination rates nationwide, 57% of U.S. parents with minor children have high confidence that childhood vaccines are effective at preventing illness. But trust in these vaccines – and confidence in different aspects of them – differs by parents’ demographic characteristics and party […]
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.
On balance, people in middle-income countries are more likely to say they would be uncomfortable than comfortable if they had a child who came out as gay or lesbian.
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