Many Expect At Least 20 at Thanksgiving Meal
About a quarter of those sharing Thanksgiving dinner with family expect 20 or more people at the table.
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About a quarter of those sharing Thanksgiving dinner with family expect 20 or more people at the table.
More than eight-in-ten veterans of the post-9/11 wars say the American public has little understanding of the problems those in the military face.
The Great Recession seems to have accelerated the tendency of today’s young adults – sometimes labeled the “boomerang generation” – to move out of the family house for a time and then boomerang back.
More than eight-in ten (84%) of veterans of the post-9/11 wars say the American public has little or no understanding of the problems faced by those in the military, an assessment with which pre-9/11 veterans and the public shares.
More than four-in-ten (44%) veterans of the post-9/11 wars say that re-entering civilian life was very or somewhat difficult, a higher number than among those who served in earlier conflicts.
Many borrowers say the burden of paying back student loans has made it harder to pay their bills and make ends meet.
Six-in-ten U.S. Asians most often describe themselves using their country of origin.
Despite more than a decade of warfare following the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, only about 0.5% of the American population has been on active military duty at any given time.
Four-in-ten working mothers (40%) say they always feel rushed.
About half (48%) of students who took out college loans say that paying them back has made it harder to make ends meet after they left school.
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