What we’ve learned about Americans’ views of technology during the time of COVID-19
Some of Americans’ pandemic adaptations have relied on technology, including adults working from home and students learning online.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Some of Americans’ pandemic adaptations have relied on technology, including adults working from home and students learning online.
Remittances – money sent by migrants to their home countries – are projected to fall by a record 20% this year.
Social hostilities involving religion, including violence and harassment against religious groups by private individuals and groups, declined in 2019, according to Pew Research Center’s 12th annual study of global restrictions on religion, which examines 198 countries and territories.
In a new analysis based on dozens of focus groups, Asian American participants described the challenges of navigating their own identity in a nation where the label “Asian” brings expectations about their origins, behavior and physical self.
Two-thirds of parents in the U.S. say parenting is harder today than it was 20 years ago, with many citing technologies – like social media or smartphones – as a reason.
Most would welcome government-sponsored job training and other interventions.
A median of 77% across 34 countries surveyed use the internet at least occasionally or own an internet-enabled smartphone.
Some Americans – particularly those who are younger or college educated – are finding virtual ways to connect, shop and be active.
As ownership of mobile phones, especially smartphones, spreads rapidly across the globe, there are still notable numbers of people in emerging economies who don’t have access to mobile phones. And even phone owners struggle with connectivity, costs and security issues.
Roughly six-in-ten U.S. adults often get news on a mobile device, compared with 30% who often do so on a desktop or laptop computer.
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