Numbering roughly 11 million today, the older workforce has nearly quadrupled in size since the mid-1980s. The increase is driven in part by the growth of the 65-and-older population. The bulk of the Baby Boom generation has now reached that threshold. But, as prior Pew Research Center analysis has shown, the growth in the older […]
We asked respondents in the survey how many countries they had traveled to outside their own. The share of people who have traveled to a different country ranges from a low of 3% in India to more than 99% in Sweden and the Netherlands. Overall, a median of 79% across the 24 countries surveyed say […]
Most respondents to this canvassing wrote brief reactions to this research question. However, a number of them wrote multilayered responses in a longer essay format. This essay section of the report is quite lengthy, so first we offer a sampler of a some of these essayists’ comments. What follows is the full set of essays […]
On balance, slightly more Americans say the Biden administration’s policies on climate change are taking the country in the wrong direction (50%) than the right direction (45%). As with most assessments of the administration, Republicans and Democrats offer opposing viewpoints on this question. Climate change action has been a central goal of Biden’s administration. In […]
The share of Americans who say climate scientists understand very well whether climate change is occurring decreased from 37% in 2021 to 32% this year.