Across U.S. religious groups, more see decline of marriage as negative than positive
Large numbers of Americans in many different religious groups express concern about fewer people getting married.
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Large numbers of Americans in many different religious groups express concern about fewer people getting married.
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.
For Father’s Day, here are six facts about the views and experiences shaping fatherhood in the United States today.
Two-thirds or more in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam say that women should decide for themselves whether to bear children.
Disagreements among Americans across the religious spectrum extend to personal issues, such as life priorities and gender roles in the family.
Changes in marriage and childbearing have reshaped the American family. These shifts are playing out somewhat differently across urban, suburban and rural counties.
The share of U.S. children living with an unmarried parent has more than doubled since 1968, jumping from 13% to 32% in 2017.
At this year’s annual meeting of the Population Association of America, the nation’s largest demography conference, researchers explored some long-studied topics from new perspectives.
We gathered key facts for this year’s Population Association of America (PAA) meeting.
Today’s working fathers are just as likely as working mothers to say that finding the right balance between their job and their family life is a challenge.
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