Striking findings from 2023
Here’s a look back at 2023 through some of our most striking research findings.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Here’s a look back at 2023 through some of our most striking research findings.
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.
Overall, 30% of U.S. adults say descendants of people enslaved in the U.S. should be repaid in some way. 68% say they should not be repaid.
Amid rising inequality, many Americans feel that the U.S. economic system is unfair and generally favors powerful special interests.
Nearly half of U.S. adults say the pandemic has driven people in their community apart. Many see a long road to recovery: About one-in-five say life in their community will never get back to the way it was before COVID-19.
61% of adults now say that the feeling that some corporations don’t pay their fair share bothers them a lot. 60% say this about some wealthy people.
Black Americans support significant reforms to or complete overhauls of several U.S. institutions to ensure fair treatment. Yet even as they assess inequality and ideas about progress, many are pessimistic about whether society and institutions will change in ways that would reduce racism.
49% of Americans say the availability of affordable housing in their local community is a major problem, up 10 points from early 2018.
Following the passage of a second stimulus package in December, 79% of U.S. adults say another economic assistance package will be necessary.
A growing share of U.S. adults say it’s a bad thing for the country that some people have personal fortunes of a billion dollars or more.
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