Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports
Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.
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Muslim Americans share political attitudes with both the Democratic and Republican parties
Around half of Muslim adults (53%) identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party, while 42% identity with or lean toward the Republican Party.
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4. How COVID-19 impacted Americans’ relationship with technology
Colleen McClain, Olivia Sidoti and Monica Anderson contributed to this chapter. For many Americans, life in the early days of COVID-19 was lived on screens. Schools pivoted to virtual learning and businesses shuttered or moved online as in-person contact risked spreading the virus. Not everyone could – or wanted to – avoid in-person interaction. And […]
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Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off
After years of decline, the U.S. Christian share now shows signs of leveling off. The new Religious Landscape Study explores trends in identity, beliefs and practices.
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Advice on aging from older Americans
As part of a survey of 8,750 U.S. adults aimed at understanding how Americans are thinking about and experiencing aging, we asked 2,582 Americans ages 65 and older the following question: “Based on your own experiences, what advice would you give to younger people to help them prepare for getting older?” Respondents answered this question […]
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Appendix B: Post and comment classification prompts
For this report, Reddit posts and comments were classified using the following prompts to GPT-4.1 mini. The prompts were designed to mirror the codebooks that our research team used to create the validation datasets of human-annotated posts and comments. In the prompt templates below, italics indicate input text that varies based on the post or […]
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Indian Americans: A Survey Data Snapshot
Here’s how Indian Americans describe their own identities, their views of the U.S. and India, and how they feel about achieving the American dream.
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2. Asian Americans who send remittances to their ancestral homelands
In addition to asking Asian adults whether they have given to charitable organizations, we asked whether they have sent remittances – personal monetary transfers to someone living in the Asian country where they, their family or ancestors are from. About a quarter of Asian adults in the United States say they have sent remittances in […]
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1. How Black Americans view personal success
Most Black adults describe themselves as at least somewhat successful (66%) and view personal success in terms of their ability to provide for their families (82%). Still, Black Americans experience pressure to live up to these goals, with majorities saying they feel a great deal or fair amount of pressure to have enough money (71%) […]
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Asian Americans, Charitable Giving and Remittances
Overall, 64% of Asian American adults say they gave to a U.S. charitable organization in the 12 months before the survey. One-in-five say they gave to a charity in their Asian ancestral homeland during that time. And 27% say they sent money to someone living there.
