More than half of Americans live within an hour of extended family
Most Americans value having family close by, while 55% say they live within an hour’s drive of at least some extended family members.
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Most Americans value having family close by, while 55% say they live within an hour’s drive of at least some extended family members.
Most Americans (62%) own a pet, including 35% who have more than one. And nearly all U.S. pet owners (97%) say their pets are part of their family.
A quarter of U.S. adults ages 25 to 34 resided in a multigenerational family household in 2021, up from 9% in 1971.
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.
63% of Americans are pessimistic about the country’s moral and ethical standards, and 59% are pessimistic about its education system.
In 2022, women earned an average of 82% of what men earned, according to a new analysis of median hourly earnings of full- and part-time workers.
61% of U.S. adults say having close friends is extremely or very important for people to live a fulfilling life.
55% of Americans say there are too few women in top executive business positions. This is down somewhat from 59% who said this in 2018.
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.
Today’s 21-year-olds are less likely than their predecessors in 1980 to have reached five key milestones, including having a full-time job.
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