More than 4 in 10 U.S. workers don’t take all their paid time off
About half of upper-income workers (51%) say they take off less time than offered, compared with 45% of middle-income workers and 41% of lower-income workers.
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About half of upper-income workers (51%) say they take off less time than offered, compared with 45% of middle-income workers and 41% of lower-income workers.
Key trends in marriage and family life in the United States.
As of 2021, 25% of 40-year-olds in the United States had never been married, a significant increase from 20% in 2010.
42% of U.S. adults say they or someone they know has used fertility treatments. This is up from 33% five years ago.
Women made up 47% of the U.S. civilian labor force in 2023, up from 30% in 1950 – but growth has stagnated.
One-in-five adults say they took on leadership roles when growing up in their school or community extremely often or often, while 35% say they did so sometimes.
College enrollment among young Americans has been declining over the past decade, and it’s mostly due to fewer young men pursuing degrees.
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.
Most Americans say Martin Luther King Jr. has had a positive impact on the country, with 47% saying he has had a very positive impact. 52% say the country has made a great deal or a fair amount of progress on racial equality in the past six decades.
Here’s a closer look at what recent surveys have found about Americans’ views of affirmative action.
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