Most in the U.S. say young adults today face more challenges than their parents’ generation in some key areas
About seven-in-ten say young adults today have a harder time when it comes to saving for the future, paying for college and buying a home.
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About seven-in-ten say young adults today have a harder time when it comes to saving for the future, paying for college and buying a home.
About half of U.S. adults who are currently unemployed and are looking for a job are pessimistic about their prospects for future employment.
The abrupt closure of many offices and workplaces this past spring ushered in a new era of remote work for millions of employed Americans and may portend a significant shift in the way a large segment of the workforce operates in the future.
Roughly one-in-five workers say they are very or somewhat likely to look for a new job in the next six months, but only about a third of these workers think it would be easy to find one.
Earnings overall have held steady through the pandemic in part because lower-wage workers experienced steeper job losses.
On key economic outcomes, single adults at prime working age increasingly lag behind those who are married or cohabiting
Nearly one-in-five U.S. adults say they have had a physical reaction at least some or a little of the time when thinking about the outbreak.
College graduates without a college-educated parent have lower incomes and less wealth, on average, than those with a parent who has a bachelor’s or higher degree.
The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.
24% of civilian workers in the United States, or roughly 33.6 million people, do not have access to paid sick leave.
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