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data essayFeb 12, 2024

Who Are You? The Art and Science of Measuring Identity

As a shop that studies human behavior through surveys and other social scientific techniques, we have a good line of sight into the contradictory nature of human preferences. Here’s a look at how we categorize our survey participants in ways that enhance our understanding of how people think and behave.
reportMay 6, 2025

2. Beliefs about the afterlife

In nearly every place surveyed, half or more say life after death is likely. Fewer believe in reincarnation or that ancestral spirits can affect their lives.
short readsAug 29, 2024

The link between local news coverage and Americans’ perceptions of crime

Roughly three-quarters of adults (77%) say they often or sometimes get local news and information about crime.
short readsApr 22, 2024

A look at small businesses in the U.S.

Among the roughly 6 million small business firms with employees, 49% have just one to four workers.
reportOct 11, 2023

In Their Own Words: Cultural Connections to Religion Among Asian Americans

Read about some of the ways focus group participants with ties to different faith traditions explain the complex relationship of religion and culture in their lives.
reportJan 24, 2024

3. Are ‘nones’ less involved in civic life than people who identify with a religion?

Survey data shows that religious “nones” are, on average, less civically and politically engaged than people who identify with a religion. But the differences are often modest and tend to be concentrated among the subset of “nones” who describe their religion as “nothing in particular.” Indeed, by several measures, atheists and agnostics are about as […]
short readsJul 25, 2025

International adoptions to the U.S. have slowed to a trickle, matching trends in other countries

After peaking in 2004, the annual number of international adoptions to the United States has fallen by 94% as of 2023.
reportJun 17, 2024

2. Religion as a way of life

Many in the region are unaffiliated, but most feel a connection to the “way of life” of a religious tradition or spiritual philosophy.
reportMay 23, 2024

1. Views of the nation’s economy

Fewer than a quarter of Americans (23%) currently rate the country’s economic conditions as excellent or good, while 36% say they are poor and about four-in-ten (41%) view conditions as “only fair.” While positive ratings of the economy have slowly climbed since the summer of 2022, there has been a slight drop since the start of […]
short readsSep 19, 2024

1 in 10 eligible voters in the U.S. are naturalized citizens

Naturalized citizens make up a record number of eligible voters in 2022, most of whom have lived here more than 20 years.

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Who Are You? The Art and Science of Measuring Identity

2. Beliefs about the afterlife

The link between local news coverage and Americans’ perceptions of crime

A look at small businesses in the U.S.

In Their Own Words: Cultural Connections to Religion Among Asian Americans

3. Are ‘nones’ less involved in civic life than people who identify with a religion?

International adoptions to the U.S. have slowed to a trickle, matching trends in other countries

2. Religion as a way of life

1. Views of the nation’s economy

1 in 10 eligible voters in the U.S. are naturalized citizens

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